Workforce Management October 19, 2009

By Staff Report

Oct. 19, 2009

	GM’s Latest Model by Jeremy Smerd
	General Motors is betting that a new company culture—one emphasizing risk-taking and independent decision-making—can help reverse its fortunes. But the carmaker has been down the culture-change road many times before.

	SPECIAL REPORT ON HR TECHNOLOGY: Talent Planning for the Times by Ed Frauenheim
	After the chaotic cutting of the latest recession, many employers are looking at workforce planning software to provide more stability in meeting their short- and long-term talent needs.

	SPECIAL REPORT ON CONTINGENT STAFFING: An On-Demand Workforce by Irwin Speizer
	Experts are forecasting an explosion in the use of contingent labor as U.S. businesses emerge from the recession, a trend that could present a host of new issues for companies—and for HR in particular.

	The Last Word Calm, Cool Leadership John Hollon		Feedback Weighing In on Wellness From our readers


	Fever for Flu Shots Amid H1N1 worries and a shortage of seasonal vaccine, employers are rushing to acquire inoculations for their workers; long-held retirement-plan strategies get a fresh look in the recession’s wake; an Indiana ruling could make employers hesitant to hire obese people; ‘stealth’ employment-law cases dot the Supreme Court’s new docket. 5 Questions: blowing the whistle at Bayer. The Hot Lists I and II: staffing companies and HRMS providers. Data Bank: health benefits on the brink.

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