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Proposed NCAA Reform: A Progressive Labor Movement or Settling for Crumbs?
- Saturday, 09 August 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
It's an ongoing story with many layers. On one level, it's about college athletes fighting to form their own union (at least at one university) to secure better benefits and eliminate what they see as the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) long-standing exploitation of them as unpaid amateurs: in other words, a labor struggle as old as the NCAA and the history of organized labor in America itself. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...Does Your Firm Encourage Employees to Unplug During Vacation?
- Friday, 25 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
This is the time of year when business slows down at many companies, and employees take time off. So reports Insight Performance.
Read more...Woman-on-Woman Sexual Harassment Suit Latest Yahoo Woe
- Friday, 25 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
The once high-flying Yahoo has seen its share of corporate troubles in the past year or two. So reports MSN.
Read more...Obama Seeks to End Discrimination Against LGBT Employees
- Friday, 25 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
President Obama has signed an Executive Order banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees by federal contractors. So reports TLNT.com.
Read more...Malaysia Air, Business Travel and Duty of Care
- Friday, 25 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
While the lion's share of media coverage surrounding the recent downing of a Malaysian Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers on board has centered on geopolitics and the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the tragedy has raised some pressing business issues as well.
Read more...Border Crisis: Is it About Jobs?
- Saturday, 12 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
The news pages and blogosphere have been deluged metaphorically in recent weeks by an actual deluge of Central American children to the U.S. border. It’s a morass of issues and problems faced by these kids in their home countries, compounded by the fact that Congress has failed to enact any kind of immigration reform during the Obama presidency. So reports The Daily Beast.
Read more...Missing: $6.6 Trillion from Our Nation’s Economy
- Saturday, 12 July 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
The year 2000 seems a lifetime ago. It ushered in a brand-new millennium; the grave concern that New Year’s Eve was Y2K and whether the resetting of computers worldwide would collapse the global economy. So reports Al Jazeera America.
Read more...World Cup Soccer: Office Distraction, Morale Booster or Both?
- Saturday, 28 June 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM News
It seems that 2014 is the year that soccer – or futbol, as it's known in virtually anywhere outside the U.S. – may finally catch on as a national sport in this country. So reports ABC News.
Read more...High Court Decision with Far-Reaching Implications for Employers
- Saturday, 28 June 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM Staff
Just prior to adjourning for its summer recess, the nation's High Court handed down a decision that could impact hundreds of rulings made by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). So reports SHRM.
Read more...Corporate Life Insurance: Could You Just Die, Please?
- Saturday, 28 June 2014
- News Roundup
- Written by PHRM Staff
It sounds like an old Henny Youngman one-liner, but unbeknownst to thousands of employees in corporate America, their companies are taking out hefty life insurance policies on them. So reports the New York Times' DealBook.
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