Career & Workplace
Career & Workplace
Understanding Reasonable Accommodations and the Interactive Process Federal law pertaining to disability discrimination can be challenging to navigate for employers. For example, an employee, Jill, does not say to her […]
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Thing5, United Personnel Ramp Up Search for 500 Employees The announcement that Thing5 would relocate to downtown Springfield and hire 500 new employees this year was met with suitable excitement […]
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Job Prospects Are Bright for the Class of 2012 There are a number of indications that the employment outlook for college seniors is fairly bright — from the strong turnout […]
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Program Readies Students for Arts, Entertainment Careers As he talked about his exploits with the bass guitar, or at least as far as organized performances are concerned, Jonathon Eells made […]
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That’s the Goal of an Initiative Involving the State’s Community Colleges Jeff Hayden says it all comes down to one word: transformation. That was his way of describing, in a […]
In Collective Bargaining, Employers Have to Watch What They Say By FREDERICK L. SULLIVAN, Esq. The general council for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued guidelines to the […]
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For Lower Insurance Premiums, it Pays to Keep Employees Fit Healthier employees lead to lower premiums, according to numerous studies. If companies can help their workers improve their health without […]
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Employment Board’s Strategic Plan Identifies Challenges, Game Plans The days when a college degree or training certificate combined with years of experience were enough to ensure job security and a […]
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Presenteeism Is a Growing Workplace Challenge Everyone knows what absenteeism is — staying home from work due to sickness or some other reason. Not everyone has heard of its counterpart, […]