Employers that fail to consider flexible work options may be missing important opportunities to enhance both their business performance and their … Read more
Truck Driver Slowdown
Retaining truck drivers is not an easy job. The driver market is the tightest it has been in 20 years, and the turnover rate at large trucking companies … Read more
City Manager Fired Over Gender Reassignment
After a city manager in Largo, Florida, admitted he is seeking a sex-change operation, city commissioners voted 5-2 to fire him based on their views that … Read more
Prevent That 6-Month Itch
A new Kenexa survey of multi-national companies found that for the first six months, nearly 75% of workers are engaged on the job. Data from more than … Read more
Executive Living: Compensation Goes Up, Trust Goes Down
Just weeks after President Bush criticized lavish salaries and bonuses for corporate executives, two new surveys are showing that although executive … Read more
India’s Offshoring Ways
After years of benefiting from Western corporations sending outsourced services, it looks like India is returning the favor globally. A recent McKinsey … Read more
Catering to the Boomer Crowd
New methods for attracting the largely untapped baby boomer demographic are sprouting up around the country. A growing number of companies, being served by … Read more
More Retailers Move Online to Hire Hourly Workers
Approximately 70% of major retailers accept hourly applications on their corporate website, up from 41% in 2004. In addition, 16% currently accept … Read more
Words Versus Actions: Survey Shows Most Workers Report to White Males
According to a new survey on attitudes and action in the workplace, 19% of workers say they know someone who they believe was denied a job, promotion, or … Read more
Canada’s Best Employers Measure Employee Engagement, Hewitt Says
Somewhat overshadowed by Fortune‘s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For released earlier this month is a smaller survey that took place among … Read more