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HR: Friend or Foe of your Organization?

16 August 2013

HR serves indispensable functions to provide redress to employees’ grievances, compile and enforce the Company Code of Conduct, handle benefits, facilitate reviews, training, all sorts of compliance...

Why Aren’t Corporations Investing and Expanding?

11 July 2013

By a variety of measures, America’s corporations are experiencing record profits over the last couple of years. Indeed, profits to corporations amounted to

Despite “End” to Recession, Hard Times Persist

18 April 2013

A recession, goes an old Wall Street proverb, is simply a period of time in which wealth and capital returns to its rightful owners. E.g., the Rockefellers....

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Employment Scammers and How to Spot Them

28 March 2013

Times are tough out there. Which means a lot of workers are getting less picky about what they apply for – and many of them have let down their guard to trust someone – only to be disappointed. In...

Regulatory Changes Mean It’s Time to Update Your Employee Handbook

14 March 2013

It’s important for any employer to put together a detailed employee handbook. Putting your workplace policies on paper not only heads off problems before they occur – but they are also invaluable ...

Veterans Struggle to Enter Tight Job Market

26 February 2013

While there has been some good news for job seekers in recent months as the economy sputters along in a halting “recovery,” one group has still been largely left behind: Younger veteran...