Minnesota-based work-life specialist, Work & Family Connection, pioneer
Susan Seitel and stress management consultant Rachel Hastings announce the release of
a new tool in the battle against workplace stress. The company's latest web-based course, "From Stress to Resiliency," will be an
invaluable resource for organizations looking for ways to reduce employee stress and build a more productive workforce.
Providing a systematic framework to increase individual resiliency skills, the course has four modules and can be completed in
less than two hours. A variety of learning methods are used and original graphics keep users engaged.
Boynton & Boynton, a property and casualty
risk management and insurance brokerage firm, has teamed up with Egan, Amato &
O'Connor (EAO), an employee benefits consulting firms, to form a new joint venture, Boynton/EAO Benefits, LLC.
The primary focus of the firm will be to deliver high-quality employee benefits
consulting and brokerage services to employers on a wide range of issues, including health insurance, retirement plans, Internet-based human resource solutions, benefits compliance consulting, benefits regulatory filings,
executive benefits, estate planning and a variety of other benefits and human resource needs.
Competitive Solutions, Inc. (CSI) and
Spider Strategies have jointly developed a new customized software program to
manage accountability, business metrics and company communications.
Process Based Leadership Scoreboard™, integrates CSI's
Process Based Leadership model and becomes a powerful tool to not only drive business metrics and accountability at all levels,
but also provides a unique communication platform that tracks meetings, action registers, corrective actions and
performance management.
Universal Background Screening, introduced two products
designed to help employers improve workplace security and comply with anti-terrorism laws. Universal's OFAC SDN search
provides an immediate query of the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).
A more expanded product, USA SecuritySearch™, also includes OFAC plus thirteen other lists of dangerous individuals.
According to federal law, all business must ensure that they do not engage in business dealings with an individual included on the OFAC SDN list. Certain industries, including financial services, import/export and travel, have additional requirements. Universal Background Screening recommends that employers check with their legal counsel or compliance officer to determine the appropriate level of screening for both new hires and existing employees.
Competitive Solutions, Inc. (CSI) and
Spider Strategies have jointlt developed a new customized software program to manage
accountability, business metrics and company communications.
Process Based Leadership Scoreboard™, integrates CSI's
Process Based Leadership model and becomes a powerful tool to not only drive business metrics and accountability at all levels,
but also provides a unique communication platform that tracks meetings, action registers, corrective actions and
performance management.
You Should Know
Brussels:
EC calls on old EU members to lift workforce movement restriction
he European Commission called on old EU member states to lift restrictions for the employment of people from the countries that joined the European Union in May 2004.
A report submitted by European Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla does not contain direct advice to the governments but clearly speaks in favour of the end of the restriction periods during which people from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are not allowed to work in the old EU countries.
(The Prague Daily Monitor)
U.S.:
Pensions Are No Longer Guaranteed
IBM. Verizon. Sears. Hewlett-Packard. Motorola. The list of corporations that have put a halt to guaranteed pension plans comes as a jolt to Baby Boom employees entering what they thought would be their peak pension-building years.
At the same time, new accounting rules and Congressional legislation are being drafted to close the U.S. pension-funding gap, now estimated at $450 billion.
While some proposals under discussion could make it easier for companies to discontinue defined-benefit plans, others would create incentives to support investment in defined-contribution programs, such as 401(k) plans, according to Wharton faculty and pension experts.
Olivia Mitchell, director of Wharton's Pension Research Council, says the recent rush to freeze guaranteed pension benefits is a continuation of a long-term trend in abandoning defined-benefit plans in which workers receive a guaranteed retirement payout.
(Workindex.com)
Dubai:
Human resources next on the emiratisation agenda The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is planning to nationalise the human resources post to enable further emiratisation in both private and public sectors.
This was revealed by Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, who stated that he was not very pleased with the results achieved by the National Human Resources Development Authority (Tanmia).
"If the official responsible for recruiting new staff in a company is a national, he or she will give priority to a national job-seeker over an expatriate," he said.
Clarifying his criticism of Tanmia over the ministry's inability to offer jobs to nationals, Dr Ali said, "I was wondering how the ministry was unable to provide job opportunity to at least 15,000 nationals at a time that there are about 700,000 employment opportunities in the emirate."
(Khaleej Times)
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