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RECRUITERS GET AN OFFSHORE ASSIST
Cost-Conscious Firms Find India Offers a Down-Home Recruiting Touch
By Fay Hansen
The fee for one U.S. firm with an India call center is less than half of what U.S. companies might pay for a full-time, in-house recruiter. There’s also additional training in how to sell the U.S. firm and its unique culture to potential hires.


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HEALTH CARE REFORM
New Details of Senate Health Reform Bill Emerge; Employers Must Pay Some Insurance Costs or Face ‘Annual Fee’
July 2, 2009 11:00 AM PT
The Senate bill also prohibits employees who can afford their employer’s health insurance from purchasing a plan through the proposed government-regulated health insurance exchange. >>

BUMMER SUMMER
June’s Jobless Jump Worse Than Expected; More Economic Turbulence Ahead
July 2, 2009 2:15 PM PT
Recession-racked employers in the U.S. slashed 467,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reports, far worse than the 363,000 that economists expected and a grim signal that the path to recovery will be bumpy. >>

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Seeking help in communicating available federal benefits to your organization’s lower-wage employees? Corporate Voices for Working Families, a nonprofit corporate membership organization, offers its 2008 Employer Guide: Educate Your Employees About the Benefits They’ve Earned.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Web site page on “Retaliation” details what by law is considered retaliation against an employee who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a proceeding investigating a claim of discrimination or otherwise opposes discrimination.

 

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