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Survey: More Companies, Jobs to Head Back into Chicago
Almost 80 percent of 12,000 area professionals surveyed by Ernst & Young LLP say they believe companies will keep moving from the suburbs to Chicago.
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Chicago Boardrooms Lag Nation in Diversity
Overall, minorities account for only 12 percent of the boards of directors at Chicago's 50 largest firms, versus 15 percent at the 200 largest S&P 500 firms, said a new report by Chicago United, a not-for-profit group that advocates diversity in executive ranks.
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Are You Allowed to Use Social Media at Work?
Companies cannot promulgate a disconnect between their external social media efforts and their internal social media policies. Openness to the public at-large will cause resentment among your employees if you restrict internal access. It sends a mixed (and wrong) message.
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Towers Watson 2010 Merger Fuels Top Consultant Firms' Growth
At Towers Watson, a merger between Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt in January 2010 spurred most of its growth, according to a company spokesman. The firm, which ranked No. 2 on Crain's list, reported 801 local professionals in 2011, up from 204 in 2010.
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Study: Generational Job Seekers Not Using All Their Tools
Recruiters take note: Baby boomers, Gen X and millennials are spending almost all their time job searching online instead of offline. Boomers turn to LinkedIn first, while Gen X and millennials are first using Google and Google Plus.
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How Do We Cope With Generational Conflict?
What best practices do leading companies apply when managing a multigenerational workforce?
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Demand Up for Recruiters with Social Media Skills
Recruiters with social media skills are most frequently recruited for jobs located in New York City, Chicago, Washington, Boston and Los Angeles.
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Kinder and Gentler: The New Path to Reducing Employee Turnover
Auto dealers are moving toward a more flexible, more enjoyable, less rule-restricted workplace—in hopes of keeping staffs content and motivated enough to stay on the job.
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Analysis Notes More Large Employers Freeze Defined Benefit Plans
In 2004, as the corporate drive to freeze defined benefit plans was picking up momentum, only 45, or 7.1 percent of 633 Fortune 1000 companies with defined benefit plans, had frozen at least one plan, reports consultancy Towers Watson.
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When Johnny or Janey Comes Marching Home
Veterans find it's a tough terrain in getting from the battlefield to their chosen field.
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Novartis Agrees to $99M Settlement in Sales Rep Wage Dispute
The $99 million settlement resolves the wage-and-hour claims brought in 2006, as well as additional wage-and-hour claims covering a more recent time period, according to the joint announcement by Novartis and Sanford Wittels.
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Morgan Stanley to Pare Workforce by 1,600
Morgan Stanley is finished cutting the ranks of financial advisers at the firm's brokerage joint venture, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, said a spokeswoman for MSSB. Like virtually every other provider of financial services these days, Morgan Stanley is cutting jobs. Mark Lake, a spokesman for
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Losing Our Religion
R.E.M. just broke up. It's an occasion for mourning not just the end of the pop band's 31-year run, but the decline of lasting teamwork in our society.
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Protest Group Calls News Conference on Opening Day of SHRM Confab
SHRM Members for Transparency plans to air its grievances following the association’s failure to respond to repeated invitations for a summit.
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Wedbush Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million for Reprehensible Failure to Compensate Worker
Financial regulatory panel says the brokerage stiffed a municipal sales trader who was owed years worth of incentive compensation.
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Employment Law Landscape Changes With Wal-Mart Ruling
The decision makes it more difficult for employees to file large class-action lawsuits unless they are able to clearly identify a common injury, such as a companywide discriminatory policy.
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Aon Alleges Employee, Client Poaching by Another Firm
In a chancery suit filed June 15 in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Aon Risk Services Cos. Inc. and Aon Risk Insurance Services West Inc. alleged that the former executives violated their employment agreements with Aon.
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Postal Service Cuts, Job Insecurity and You
News last week that the U.S. Postal Service is seeking to cut 120,000 jobs might not have rocked your world. Maybe you saw it as more of the same old drama around public sector employee relations, or perhaps just another sign that the economy is deeply troubled. But the Postal Service's
