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HR Projects Moving Forward

27. January 2012

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HR Projects Moving Forward

The University of Wisconsin has being making an effort to overtake the human resources system and is currently going through the second phase of the process, which will take place next week since legislations has given the University of Wisconsin the authority to set up their very own HR system which will operate outside of [...]

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Workers at Condo Complex Allege Violation of Labor Laws

27. January 2012

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Workers at Condo Complex Allege Violation of Labor Laws

Two former employees of a condominium complex filed a suit against the company, claiming that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not paying them minimum wage and overtime due. The plaintiffs recently appealed a district court’s decision. The two men worked at Aragon Towers Condo in Florida for nearly three years, performing [...]

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Stoughton Town Manager Resigns

26. January 2012

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Stoughton Town Manager Resigns

The Stoughton town manager, Francis T. Crimmins Jr., left a judgeship in order to take the job as town manager. When he did so it came at a time when the residents of the town were looking to have the Police Department cleaned up because of recent scandals that wracked the town and harmed its [...]

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Trouble with ADP Hinted at in Leaked Augusta Memo

26. January 2012

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Trouble with ADP Hinted at in Leaked Augusta Memo

The city of Augusta is preparing to outsource its human resources functions to a company called Automatic Data Processing. Before the outsourcing takes place, an internal memo has been leaked to the public that shows problems with the city’s existing relationship with the outsourcing company it has hired. City Administrator Fred Russell said that the [...]

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Satisfaction scores fall, workers planning to quit increase: 4 reasons

26. January 2012

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Satisfaction scores fall, workers planning to quit increase: 4 reasons

Nearly one in three of workers is considering leaving his or her job, according to a recent Mercer Study of 2,400 U.S. workers. That is a sharp increase from the 23% that said they’d leave their jobs in 2005. Younger employees- 40% of those age 25 to 34 intend to quit. Men-34% of men intend [...]

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Many Workers Don’t Understand Benefits Options

26. January 2012

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Many Workers Don’t Understand Benefits Options

While 80 percent of HR decision-makers in the U.S. believe that it’s important for employees to understand their benefits options fully, they estimate that only about 60 percent of their employees do, according to a survey by benefits services firm ADP Inc. The finding has serious implications for how companies communicate one of the most [...]

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President Obama Seeks to Bring Jobs Back to U.S., Stimulate Manufacturing

26. January 2012

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President Obama Seeks to Bring Jobs Back to U.S., Stimulate Manufacturing

Washington: Saying that ‘no challenge is more urgent’ than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at “outsourcing” with a call to bring “manufacturing jobs back” to America. Declaring that “the state of our nation is getting stronger”, Obama in his third State of the Union address [...]

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Siemens Plans on Hiring Hundreds of Veterans

26. January 2012

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Siemens Plans on Hiring Hundreds of Veterans

The Siemens Company recently made an announcement which stated that the company will commit to hiring at least 300 veterans during 2012. This announcement was first made by the CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Judy Marks, who was excited to make the announcement about the commitment to hire hundreds of veterans. Mike Panigel, the Senior [...]

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Louisville Spending Millions on Overtime

26. January 2012

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Louisville Spending Millions on Overtime

The Louisville Government has spent close to $14 million each year on overtime that was not scheduled. The Mayor, Greg Fischer, would like to greatly reduce this number and believes that the number can increase dramatically if the changes are made to the union and the contracts of employees. With Fischer’s proposal, hours of vacation [...]

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Schools in Atlanta Billing Workers

26. January 2012

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Schools in Atlanta Billing Workers

A number of public schools in Atlanta are asking just about 134 educators to repay some of the salary that they received last year. The reason is because the district has realized they actually overpaid some of these educators by mistake. The district overpaid educators for a total of $234,000. The educators that were overpaid [...]

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