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 [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
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 [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
The principal of Saratoga High School, Jeff Anderson, has received a promotion. The school board members have voted and decided to promote Anderson to the position of assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and human resources. The high school is now looking for a replacement for Anderson because when the school year is over, he will [...]
Continue reading...26. January 2012
Students who believe that Tuft’s management carries out improper practices within the work environment against employees who work within dining services have managed to create an online petition during the month of December. The petition was created on Change.org and because of it, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Human Resources is under investigation. The [...]
Continue reading...23. January 2012
Wendy Petersen, formerly from the Pinal County Attorney’s Office, took her position as the Director of Pinal County’s Human Resource Department on January 1, 2012. She has been practicing law for over 25 years and specializes in employment law for the past 15 years. Petersen has represented multiple departments from Pinal County, and previously Pima [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2012
Labor problems continue in the state of Wisconsin as the sheriff for Milwaukee County has been sued by the county because he refused to lay off 27 deputies after being ordered to do so. He also told those deputies to keep coming to work each day. In the county’s 2012 budget, the 27 deputies were [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2012
The Alamo Colleges board of trustees has unanimously voted to recommend purchasing software that will consolidate multiple human resources systems that keep records in Banner. If the full board decides to pass the motion at the regular meeting this coming week, then the district will be paying Sungard Higher Education $469,800 over three years. The [...]
Continue reading...19. January 2012
Emilio Rodriguez has been waiting quite some time to clear his name and set the record straight. Rodriguez is the former Isles of Capri fire-rescue chief who attended a name clearing hearing held by the Collier County Department of Human Resources on January 13. The county manager terminated Rodriguez back on November 4, which has [...]
Continue reading...19. January 2012
The new vice president for human resources at Swarthmore is Pamela Prescod-Caesar. Her position begins on February 15, 2012. She is taking over the role previously held by Melanie Young. While serving as the vice president for human resources, Prescod-Caesar will be responsible for establishing and communicating human resources policies to staff and faculty at [...]
Continue reading...18. January 2012
A $315,000 settlement has been issued to a Louisville public works department employee by the city. The employee claims he was retaliated against after he alleged mismanagement by the Metro Public Works officials. A whistle-blower complaint was filed by Eric Garrett against the city and metro government back in June of 2010. He claimed that [...]
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26. January 2012
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