Since the H-1B visa cap was reached on June 11, 2012, U.S. employers wishing to hire a foreign worker who is a Canadian or Mexican citizen should consider … Read more
Survey Reveals Top Opportunities to Improve Employee Engagement
Aon Hewitt recently released their 2012 Trends in Global Engagement. Several findings were unsurprising, but worthy of highlighting as many organizations … Read more
Doing Business in Ireland: The Ins and Outs of Employment Law
By Corbett Gordon If the Celtic Tiger roars again and your company responds to the call, are you familiar with basic employment laws in Ireland? Beginning … Read more
The State of Spanish Labor Law in the Wake of Spanish Labor Reforms
By Amanda K. Caldwell In the face of a growing economic crisis, a 23 percent unemployment rate and an unemployment rate of 50 percent affecting the youth, … Read more
Switzerland & Toyota: 3 Things We Can Learn to Innovate and Create Jobs
Businesses in the U.S. and Europe face the same challenge: compete with emerging economies that have a fraction of the labor costs and minimal health and … Read more
Referrals On The Rise At eBay As It Ponders How To Handle Pipeline
Employee referrals are up at eBay, the owner of such brands as PayPal and StubHub, up enough that it has candidates in a pipeline that is hasn’t … Read more
The Ins and Outs of Employment Law in South Africa
By Celia Joseph South Africa, a country with over 50 million people, has the largest economy in Africa. Among its major sources of business are tourism, … Read more
In the Workplace and Around the World, Language Mangling is Universal
A friend of mine is certainly no linguistic scholar but over the years, she’s learned to communicate in several languages other than English. The biggest … Read more
Diversity and Affirmative Action: More Than Just an American Issue
MYTH: Affirmative action is a U.S. policy that is peculiar to America. FACT: Affirmative action is not the product of the U.S. In fact, affirmative action … Read more
Five Reasons To Think Differently About Sources Of Hire
Every single time I write about sources of hire, a little red siren goes off in my head with a robotic voice saying, “WARNING: Actual results may … Read more