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            Daily HR Headlines               HR News Analysis
Employment situation not expected to brighten any time soon

Jobless rate steady at 6.1 percent

Golden age of retirement looking tarnished to average Americans

Taiwan launches national pension system

Detroit Public Schools to begin layoffs

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Hot-Button Issues on the Ballot
Hot-Button Issues on the Ballot | Human Resource Executive Online Union-rights and healthcare issues, penalties for hiring illegal immigrants and initiatives dealing with affirmative action and English-only rules will be on various state ballots this November. MORE

Distressing Bosses
Distressing Bosses | Human Resource Executive Online Women have more psychological and physical problems when they work for a woman than when they work for a man, a study finds. Experts say HR leaders need to pay attention to the reasons. MORE

Degrees of Value
Degrees of Value | Human Resource Executive Online Recent data suggest the salary gap between college graduates and high-school grads has narrowed in recent years. Have college degrees depreciated in value, and will this trend continue? MORE


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Newt Gingrich on Health Initiatives
VIDEO: At the 21st Annual Benefits Forum and Expo, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks about the importance of digital health records and other company best practices, in this short video narrated and produced by staff writer Jared Shelly.

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Best of the Lot
Best of the Lot | Human Resource Executive Online The editors of Human Resource Executive® announce their selections for the top HR and training products of 2008. The competition attracted a wide array of solutions that seem to be mastering software integration and the use of Web 2.0 technology, such as social networking, wikis, blogs, video-sharing and other forms of collaboration. MORE

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The Web 2.0 Wave
By Grae Yohe
The Web 2.0 Wave | Human Resource Executive Online Welcome to Web 2.0 HR, where information is abundant, transparency is everywhere and everyone is a potential author of content. The proliferation of inexpensive and easy-to-implement Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, podcasts and online video, has given HR more tools to reach and engage their workers. MORE


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Making Their Numbers
By Tom Starner
Making Their Numbers | Human Resource Executive Online Some HR executives are turning to workforce analytics as a way to demonstrate their department's strategic value. For analytics to be meaningful, HR needs to understand not just the 'what," but also the 'why,' say experts. MORE


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Coming to America
By John Slocum
Coming to America | Human Resource Executive Online The United States may be the top destination spot for foreign managers, but most studies on expatriates focus on the issues involving relocations to other countries. HR leaders need to consider what cross-cultural adjustments are necessary to create successful assignments for foreign managers coming to America. MORE


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Legal Clinic
By Keisha-Ann G. Gray
Accidents Will Happen
Accidents Will Happen | Human Resource Executive Online Job-related accidents can happen on the road or in the office -- and could cost a company millions if a lawsuit ensues. This month's questions involve an employee's accident on the way home from work and the potential liability if an aged employee is injured walking up or down the office stairs.MORE
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Benefits
By Dallas Salisbury
Will the 401(k) Allow for Retirement?
Will the 401(k) Allow for Retirement? | Human Resource Executive Online The trend away from defined-benefit plans toward defined-contribution plans makes it harder for workers to have adequate retirement income. And even with default enrollment and other provisions in the pension-reform act, it's likely that many workers will not be able to stop working.MORE
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HR Technology
By Bill Kutik
Cool New Technologies for HR
Cool New Technologies for HR | Human Resource Executive Online Five vendors have been chosen to blow your mind at the "Cool New Technologies for HR" session at next month's HR Technology Conference® in Chicago. Beyond being fun and entertaining, their products are all available now to help improve the work of recruiting, performance management, training and social networking.MORE
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HR Strategy
By Peter Cappelli
HR Lessons from Investment Banking
HR Lessons from Investment Banking | Human Resource Executive Online Extraordinarily callous and inept management, combined with huge rewards for success and incentives for hiding failure, are some of the typical attitudes exhibited by financial institutions, many of which have been collapsing. HR leaders should understand the dynamics of such meltdowns in order to avoid such a fate in their own organizations. MORE
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Compensation
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HR Plays the 'Critical Role'
By David Shadovitz and Anne Freedman
It's up to HR executives to manage the executive-comp process as well as the comp committee itself, according to experts. Recent trends in CEO compensation and proxy analysis were also topics of discussion, as was the impact of private-equity firms on comp packages. MORE


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