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	<title>Global Work Watch</title>
	<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork</link>
	<description>A journey through workforce issues in the world's fastest growing economy.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Safety Harness a Better Metaphor Than Safety Net?</title>
		<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork/2008/05/01/safety_harness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Frauenheim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economic security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quality of Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Trends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the stream of grim economic and job market news continues, let me throw out an idea I’ve been mulling for a while.
Maybe we need a new metaphor for the way we help workers struggling without a job. Instead of calling it a “safety net,” perhaps we should call it a “safety harness.” By harness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Markets—and Workers—Need Stability</title>
		<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork/2008/04/23/workers_need_stability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Frauenheim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Work &amp; Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Business Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the recent talk about reforming the global financial system to increase its “stability,” there’s been little said about extending the idea of economic security to workers.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development research group came close earlier this month. The OECD’s Financial Markets Committee—made up of officials from central banks, finance ministries and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Seeds for Success in China</title>
		<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork/2008/04/14/success_in_china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Frauenheim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work &amp; Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Business Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s an ongoing contest between the U.S. and European economic systems. And one of the key battlegrounds is nowhere near New York, Dallas, Brussels or Berlin. It’s China—that is to say, which side of the Atlantic is best able to work with and take advantage of Asia Pacific’s emerging economic powerhouse?
A recent press release from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death By a Thousand Job Cuts</title>
		<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork/2008/04/04/death_of_1000_job_cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Frauenheim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Downsizing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Staffing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work &amp; Culture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The news of major U.S. job losses in March is ominous for a number of workforce management reasons.
The U.S. Labor Department said Friday, April 4, that the American economy lost 80,000 payroll jobs in March. That was worse than expected and the biggest one-month loss in five years. Payroll employment figures also were revised to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Modest H-1B Proposal?</title>
		<link>http://workforce.com/wpmu/globalwork/2008/03/25/modest_h1b_proposal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Frauenheim</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Global Employment Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Managing International Operations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work &amp; Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Workforce Trends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Business Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An advocacy group for U.S. software programmers proposes an intriguing fix for a possible flood of H-1B visa applications.
The Programmers Guild is calling for guest worker visas to be given to companies pledging to pay the highest salary, with salary serving as a proxy for skill level.
“H-1B workers with the highest skills should be given [...]]]></description>
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