In any organization across the world, there is one golden rule: “rewards are paid commensurate with risk”. Many industries across the globe deal in activities which may be hazardous to human life and functioning. With the...
Before you slice that ham or carve that turkey this Thanksgiving, take a moment to reflect on the hidden costs of bringing that food to your table.Throughout the South, in rural areas along the hog belt and poultry belt,...
A fresh wave of labour cuts has already begun to ripple through the economy. Lonmin's announcement is the first visible sign of large-scale labour cut-backs, but in Statistics South Africa's quarterly labour force survey it was...
But it's OK. Evidence tends to be backfill, as suggested by the September 15 decision of the NSW Remuneration Tribunal to give judges a 4.3per cent pay rise. Comparative wage justice - or "relativities" for NSW judges - had to...
Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 1, 2008; Page A02 The next labor secretary will be taking charge of an agency widely criticized for walking away from its regulatory function across a range of issues, including...
With barely a month to go before Mayor Mark Begich leaves town to become Alaska's new U.S. senator, labor contracts with about half the unions representing city employees are up for approval by the Anchorage Assembly.
Published Date: 01 December 2008 DO WE take our prejudices to work with us? The recent disclosure on a website of a membership list of the BNP (which purportedly included police officers, medical professionals, soldiers and...
After one of the most dramatic, hardest-fought campaigns in American history, Election Day has come and gone. Barack Obama is the next president of the United States and, as he celebrates his victory and his party's expanded...
America's Big Three automakers, which are teetering on a financial abyss, shouldn't expect much sympathy in West Point. By Richard Fausset Los Angeles Times WEST POINT, Ga. — West Point, an attractive old mill town along the...
Jeff Rogers spent 21 years in the Air Force, working in military intelligence. Yet the Arkansas native doubts he could pass muster under Columbia County’s new voter-approved law requiring employers to check new hires’...