Are You at Risk? What Cybercriminals Do With Your Personal Data

When Zappos notified its customers (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248244/zappos_hacked_what_you_need_to_know.html)that their names, email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of their credit card numbers may have been exposed...

Video conferencing mistakes make espionage easy, say researchers

HD Moore finds thousands of exposed conference and board rooms where secrets aren't so secret Computerworld - Tens of thousands of video conferencing setups, including some in corporate meeting rooms where...

15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Sony named in our Online Privacy Hall of ShameIn honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we've put together a list of the...

Justices Deny Review of Applebee's Tip Credit Ruling

In May, my partner Staci reported (http://www.wagehourinsights.com/tip-credit/tip-credits-eighth-circuit-adopts-twenty-percent-rule-for-non-tipped-duties/) on a ruling against Applebee's (http://www.applebees.com/)by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, holding that tipped employees who spent more than 20 percent...

Cozy Hiring Agreements used as Evidence in Anti Trust Poaching Class-Action

The Evidence Demonstrates that Google, Apple, Intel, Intuit, Pixar and Adobe, Conspired To Manipulate and Keep Wages Low We all know that high-tech firms do their best to retain valuable...

More Lockdowns as companies continue to battle Unions

America’s unionized workers, buffeted by layoffs and stagnating wages, face another phenomenon that is increasingly throwing them on the defensive: lockouts.

Californian IT workers fired for being Americans

• Lawyer says visa loophole being used to hire foreigners for cheap, pink-slip U.S. workers On April 22, 2011 attorney James Otto filed a pioneering lawsuit against Long Beach, Calif.’s Molina...

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Candidate vs. Recruiter: Whose Experience is More Important?

If you’re currently searching for a new job, I have tremendous sympathy for you. Unemployment is high, the job market is full of overqualified candidates, and unfortunately the candidate application process isn’t made to suit you.

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Good Cop – Bad Cop Method of Fee Collecting

frankrisalvato Before I even start this brief article I should mention that my client relationships are generally rock solid. They realize the vast amount of effort and work that goes into each search and more than 95% of the time so appreciative that they gladly pay as soon as the invoice is received.

Workplace Conflict- The Hidden Culprit

The Hidden Culprit of Conflict?

Workplace conflict costs companies billions of dollars by turnover, absenteeism, loss of productivity, and even legal costs. The hidden cause of workplace conflict may not be what you may think. This simple error can compound itself and your team into costly and embarrassing trouble.

Job Seeker Integrity: It Matters

barbpoole Nice guys do not always finish last. Your integrity influences hiring decisions. The Corporate Executive Board in Arlington, Virginia recently surveyed 500,000 employees in over 85 countries. The study found that companies identified as having high-integrity cultures are 67 percent less likely to observe significant instances of misconduct, such as accounting irregularities and insider trading, than companies with low-integrity cultures. What does this mean to the job seeker?

Seven Tips For Getting Past Preferred Vendor Agreements

“We have a Preferred Vendors List.”
If you’re actively marketing your candidates to new clients, you probably get this objection every day.And this objection probably causes more frustration among recruiters than almost any other. The truth is that this objection is less of an obstacle than most recruiters realize.

OFF-CLOCK WORK: "Flintstone" laws in a "Buck Rogers" world

robinshea 78x99 It seems like such an insignificant little case, but it's really a can of exploding snakes.

An Illinois woman who was terminated after she was caught working during her lunch period has won her claim for unemployment. (The employer said that she was not terminated for working but for her behavior after she was confronted about the unauthorized work.) Read more...