Today is “c-day” for unemployment rates. That is, the State is required to, and will, calculate the rates that employers must pay on their payroll, so that the unemployment coffers don’t dry up. This recalculation was predictable, of course, but with employers not quite ready to take the leap of faith to rehire people, it...
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Computer Privacy at the Office – It’s a Myth
As I mentioned before, an employee can’t be certain that use of the employer’s computers will remain private. Employers are worried about the loss of trade secrets, such as customer lists and pending contracts. They also are concerned by the amount of nonproductive time that people spend on the computer. A new study just reported that...
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Competition for Open Jobs is Fierce
The New York Times hit another graphic home run with the simple and dramatic illustration of the competition for jobs during this recession. On average, according to its analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are six unemployed people for each job opening. Even government openings are down, despite certain areas in which the government is...
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The Swine Flu at Work
Maybe we are all fatigued. Not from the swine flu, I hope, but from the endless overplayed news stories. It’s only September, though, and smart people are genuinely worried that this illness could infect a large swath of the population. (I’m somewhat comforted by one story that theorized that people who lived in the 1950s...
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