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Homeland Security Program Seen Failing to Catch Half of Unauthorized Hires

A number of industries in New York state, including financial services, terminated at least 5 percent of their workers in the current recession, which has fallen harder on men, minorities and those without college degrees, a report said on Tuesday.

Last week, in Schuler v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Civ. No. 08-7115 (Feb. 16, 2010), the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (FPA), Pub. L. No. 111-2, does not apply to promotion claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.

Quite frequently, I run across discussions on the nature of recruiting- is it Art or is it Science? There seem to be two extremes- those who believe that most recruiting  problems can be solved through technological fixes, and those who decry (or at least minimize the importance) of technology and say that the fundamentals of recruiting are developing personal, qualitative relationships whit individual candidates.

In response to two U.S. Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released for public comment a proposed rule construing the “reasonable factor other than age” (RFOA) defense under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).

Despite Treatment, Employees with Depression Generate Higher Absentee Costs, According to Thomson Reuters Study

The Congressional Budget Office issued a helpful reminder yesterday of why comprehensive health care reform is so important to our nation’s future.

One of the key achievements of Congress this session has been the enactment of the Credit CARD Act – or the “Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights” – which Neil co-sponsored and President Obama signed into law on May 22, 2009.

The number of people who worked at home increased by nearly 2 million, from about 9.5 million in 1999 to about 11.3 million in 2005, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half of these home workers had college degrees and nearly half of them earned $75,000 a year or more.

The Internal Revenue Service will begin its first Employment Tax National Research Project since 1984.  This study will involve the audit of 6,000 companies and will be completed within three years.

A new Website is trying to show users why it's not a good idea to let people know their every move.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an $880,000 grant to provide an estimated 800 jobless workers in Maine with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.

A federal judge in Iowa has ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay $4.56 million in attorneys' fees and expenses to a Cedar Rapids trucking business after dismissing the agency's sexual harassment lawsuit.

Making sure to properly classify independent contractors is a perennial challenge for HR, payroll, and benefits professionals. It is taking on new importance now because new state statutes are focusing on misclassification issues. This is the latest challenge, on top of the numerous federal laws addressing misclassification and that little coordination exists among the federal agencies that must deal with independent contractor issues in enforcing wage, labor, and tax laws.

The theme of this USA Today story is a concept I've been debating mentally the past few months; for many years in the manufacturing field there has been something called 'just in time' inventory to promote efficiency.  Now we might be moving to an era of 'just in time' labor - easily hired, easily fired.

A $4.95 million grant from the federal stimulus package will be used to boost education, training, and placement services for people who are seeking jobs in San Diego’s life sciences and health care professions, according to local biotech and education leaders.

Look for growth in business investment, temp hiring, and car and home sales. Here's what to watch for and why.

There may not be an antidote to customer attrition, but one thing that surely can help is keeping your pipeline well stocked with new leads. Yet many companies are inconsistent in their lead generation and may find themselves running dry just when new leads are most crucial. Micro-sourcing this critical business function could be the answer.

Steady increases among women with college degrees over the past two decades apparently paid off during the recession, with government statistics showing they fared better than men over the past year, and for the first time surpassed the number of men holding payroll jobs.

More than half of the low-wage workers in New York City are routinely being cheated of some of the meager pay that is due them, according to a report to be released on Thursday by the National Employment Law Project.

Companies that use social networking sites to screen applicants could be breaking the law. Memo to human resources: Be careful what you look for on Facebook; it could come back to haunt.

When it comes to medical marijuana, Colorado employers are caught between conflicting laws.

Businesses are increasingly using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for marketing purposes, but those same companies don’t want employees logging on during work hours.

Class-action lawsuits over workplace labor practices have become a rewarding subspecialty for labor law firms. And the East Bay is ground zero.

WASHINGTON — A protracted case that started with a U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) investigation has resulted in an administrative law judge's (ALJ) recommended ruling that Bank of America discriminated against African-American job applicants for entry level positions in Charlotte, N.C., in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005.

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Since 1990 American has run a cumulative deficit on our traded goods account of $ 9 trillion dollars. Much of this money was re-circulated fueling the increasingly larger budget deficits and the over consumption of American consumers.    

As the Obama Administration seeks backing for a tax on banks' lucrative pay packages, the Internal Revenue Service has been stepping up its oversight of executive pay through its auditing and other powers.

Workplace Fairness has an idea to ensure that the American Dream is maintained for future generations of hard-working Americans. Their idea: a Workplace Bill of Rights, is a list of 10 basic rights they believe every worker to which every worker should be entitled. 

For the first time in recorded history, Women are Now a Majority in American Workplace.

One's happiness might seem like a personal subject, but a Kansas State University researcher says employers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees because it could be the underlying factor to success.

  The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the results of its Tools for America's Job Seekers Challenge. Voting tallied, and the public's  top-rated sites in each of six categories — general job boards, niche tools, career tools, career exploration tools, web 2.0 and "other" are posted

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday won the right to cut Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day from state workers' list of paid holidays.

A report shows 44-percent hike in wage-and-hour lawsuits in 2009. With more employees out of work and uncertain of their future, that number may increase, experts say. HR needs to audit company practices -- especially in light of some of the changing job responsibilities brought on by the recession -- to pre-empt a class-action lawsuit against their organizations.

The people who brought the world malicious software that steals credit card numbers from your personal computer and empties bank ATMs of their cash are hiring, and they're advertising online.

Secretary Solis, Congressman Clay Announce  $6 Million Recovery Act Grant to Help Missouri Veterans Train for Green Energy Jobs
Missouri’s State Energy Sector Partnership Will Create Over 800 Training Slots in Clean Energy Sector

A partnership changes every time counterparts communicate -- or fail to do so

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - (Business Wire) Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today that it has reached a global settlement in several retail wage and hour class action lawsuits related to the alleged misclassification of its assistant store managers concerning overtime pay.