Ivy Exec Helps People Find High-Paying Jobs Online
Now the start-up wants $1.5 million from investors, to help take on Monster and other online job sites Read story
Jobs and Labor
Firms Liable for Telecommuters' Safety
QUESTION: As telecommuting is becoming more common, employers are concerned about their liability for injuries incurred by employees in their hom... Read story
IT Outsourcing Can Be Profitable - or a Headache
Here's how to strike a mutually beneficial partnership. Read story
Is Your Company Web Site Turning Candidates Away?
Most corporate job sites are failing at one important goal: they make it difficult for candidates to apply for positions online. As a result, companies ar... Read story
Age Discrimination
America's workforce is aging. And as workers stay on the job longer, they generally move up the compensation ladder, acquiring more benefits and higher sa... Read story
Are Your Salaries Competitive?
For clerks to controllers, here's where to find out the going rate. Read story
Changing "comp" To Cope With The Crunch
American business found little to celebrate when the books were closed on 1980. Battered by record-high inflation and interest rates, most companies were... Read story
Top Execs Take Home An $8,600 Raise
Double-digit inflation nibbled away at a lot of paychecks last year, but not for most of the people who run smaller companies. Instead, they actually gai... Read story
Disability Discrimination
Many individuals fortunate enough to be healthy in mind and body--and to be employed--lament the difficulties a workplace can impose. But for those with p... Read story
Running a Business Without Insurance
What are the legal ramifications of not carrying workers' compensation insurance, should a claim arise? For better and for worse, the workers' comp system... Read story
Metatags, Newsgroups Help to Recruit on the Web
There are currently about 5 million resumes online in career sites, resume banks and job boards. But there aretens of millions of passive candidates who h... Read story
Custom Packaging for Paychecks
Stock options. Lucrative bonuses. High starting salaries. Flextime. What kind of compensation matters most to experienced managers? There's no universal a... Read story
Home with the Kids
Donald Fay, operations manager for the Payne Firm, a Cincinnati environmental consulting firm with 1998 revenues of $4million, has begun to tap an underus... Read story
Home-based Businesses Show Rapid Increase
"When I had small children at home," recalls Toni L. Goldfarb, of Teaneck, N.J., the editor and publisher of Medical Abstracts Newsletter, "I used to comm... Read story
Why Unions Don't Work Anymore
The "scientific" methods that once made labor unions strong are now making them weak. Read story
Fake Jobs Convert Real Members
Would you make a good Superhero? How about a cushy White House job as a "Pronunciation Strategery Specialist"? If these jobs sound too bizarre to be true,... Read story
The Dynamics of Downsizing
Many employers utilize the tactic of position elimination or downsizing (a.k.a. layoffs) as a means to enhance short-term financial results. When profits ... Read story
12 Ways to Grow Your Home-Based Business
If you can't face the prospect of giving up the convenience and comforts of working from home, but you don't want to miss out on your chance to grow to th... Read story
What Managers Make
Insiders and outsiders alike have never been quite sure just who smaller company middle managers are, let alone how much they make. While trade groups and in... Read story
The Decline And Fall Of A Union
When Joanne and Les Frederick learned how to manage, employees decided they didn't need a union after all. Read story
Terminating Pregnant Employees
Can you terminate an employee who is pregnant during her probation period? Read story
The Real Cost of Layoffs
Many companies use layoffs to help boost the bottom line, but in the long run, such hasty measures cost a company more than they save. Read story
Writing Effective Online Job Postings
There isn't a better way to quickly and inexpensively reach qualified candidates than online job postings. The trick is not in where you advertise -- it's ho... Read story
HR Watch: The ADA, Casinos and Bars, and Wall Postings
Employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by giving job applicants medical exam before conducting background check. Th... Read story
The Dos and Don'ts of Office Dating -- for Employees and the Boss
You just might find that special someone in the next cubicle. But office relationships can also end in disaster. Here are some ways to avoid heartbreak -- an... Read story
The End of Rush Hour?
Amid a tight labor market, smaller companies are hoping to retain key employees by letting them work from home and offering other commuting incentives. Read story
When Opportunity Knocks with a Pink Slip in Hand
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling and other entrepreneurs launched successful ventures only after losing their day jobs. Who knew getting fired coul... Read story
Can I See Your Video Resume?
It's certainly not because of the quality of his video. Banerjee was lucky enough to have a friend who is a filmmaker help shoot the resume, editing in cl... Read story
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits any employer from refusing to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any individual ... Read story
Age Discrimination
Age discrimination is the practice of letting a person's age unfairly become a factor when deciding who receives a new job, a promotion, or other job bene... Read story
Career and Family
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Employee Strikes
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established to enforce provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII forbids d... Read story
Flexible Work Arrangements
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Gender Discriminations
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Grievance Procedures
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Industrial Safety
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Labor Unions and Small Business
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Labor Unions
A labor union is an organization of wage earners or salary workers established for the purpose of protecting their collective interests when dealing with ... Read story
Layoffs, Downsizing, and Outsourcing
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