Regional and State Unemployment, 2008 Annual Averages Summary

February 28th, 2009

Regional and State Unemployment, 2008 Annual Averages Summary Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Annual average unemployment rates rose in 2008 in all 4 regions and in 46 states and the District of Columbia, …

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International Journal of Employment Studies - Organisational Development & Change: Asia Pacific Edition (3rd edition).(Book review)

February 27th, 2009

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CHANGE: ASIA PACIFIC EDITION (3rd edition) Dianne M. Waddell, Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher G. Worley Thomson Learning Australia, 2007

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What Do Third-Party Administrators and Adjusters Do?

February 26th, 2009

Third-party administrators (TPA’s) are companies hired by insurers and self-insured employers to handle their workers’ compensation claims. They must be registered with the state’s Department of Insurance, and their actions are monitored by the Division of Insurance Regulation (DIR). It is the adjuster for the third-party administrator who actually controls most of what happens on your workers’ compensation claim.

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No grounds for charges in RCMP insurance case: OPP

February 25th, 2009

No charges will be laid over allegations the RCMP insurance plan was mishandled, the Ontario Provincial Police said Wednesday.

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International Journal of Employment Studies - Beyond the unemployment rate: is immigration really the solution to the Australian skills shortages problem?(Report)

February 24th, 2009

The official unemployment rate in Australia is currently about five per cent. Consequently, neo-liberal labour market analysts are arguing that 95 per cent of all labour resources in Australia are employed and so the Australian labour market is fully employed. This observation is being used by the pro-migration lobby as a reason to boost immigration to solve the present skills shortage.

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Understanding Wrongful Termination Law

February 23rd, 2009

There is no getting around the fact that Arizona employment laws are generally quite friendly to employers when it comes to a question of wrongful termination. Many Arizona employment lawyers frequently recount the truism that an employee may be filed for a good reason or for no reason whatsoever, as long as he isn’t fired for a bad reason.

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McDonald’s shooting victim wants worker’s compensation

February 22nd, 2009

An attack at a McDonalda s on Rodney Parham back in August was caught on tape. The video shows a man wearing a white shirt hitting a woman.

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International Journal of Employment Studies - Older male workers and job mobility in Australia.(Report)

February 21st, 2009

Extending the working life of older workers, defined in this study as between 55 and 64 years of age, is an important policy goal in Australian and overseas in the context of an ageing society. However, current research on older workers’ job mobility is scant, except for the established finding that older workers have lower job mobility rates than younger workers.

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Compliance With Labour & Retrenchment Laws in India - Hire & Fire Policy of the Indian IT Industry

February 20th, 2009

One of the most critical need of the burgeoning Indian software industry and other outsourcing service providers is to have the flexibility and the independence to hire the most worthy of the manpower and fire the unproductive employees. There is also a growing need to draw a fine balance between the hire and fire policy of the employer and the rights of the workmen. This article proposes to discuss the Indian retrenchment laws, right of compensation of employees and …

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Appeals court revives Katrina insurance case

February 19th, 2009

NEW ORLEANS - A judge incorrectly dismissed several insurance companies from a lawsuit accusing insurers of overbilling the federal government for Hurricane Katrina’s flood damage in Louisiana, a federal …

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