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Heidrick Revenue Down Amid Fewer Executive Searches
The number of executive searches for the international firm decreased 16.9 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter, according to the Chicago-based company.
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A Modest H-1B Proposal?
An advocacy group for U.S. software programmers proposes an intriguing fix for a possible flood of H-1B visa applications. The Programmers Guild is calling for guest worker visas to be given to companies pledging to pay the highest salary, with salary serving as a proxy for skill level. "H-1B
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A Chinese Law With Lessons for America
With its new employment contract law, is China out of its mind--or on to something? The new law, passed in June, promises to provide a degree of job stability for Chinese workers and strengthen their hand against management. Business leaders criticized the law while it was in draft stage, arguing
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China's Safety Net Challenge
China's new labor laws are a step forward. But the country has an economic security problem that rivals the unraveling of the safety net in the United States. These are among the nuggets that can be gleaned from a new report on China's future labor market and the impact of new labor laws from the
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Talent Consultants See Greener Pastures Abroad
News that HR consulting firm Mercer forged a deal with an executive search firm in Vietnam is a sign of the times. U.S.-based firms that pitch talent-related services see strong growth in Asia even as evidence keeps pointing toward a downturn in the U.S. economy. Mercer, a unit of professional
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Employers Resist Government Electronic Worker Verification
The government is having a hard time getting companies to sign up for the program. There are complaints that E-Verify is inefficient, prone to error and incapable of being ramped up to handle traffic from all 6 million employers in the country.
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The New Year Brings Employment Act Changes in Singapore
For a country whose labor climate is known for tenuous boss-employee relationships, the changes to the Singapore Employment Act serve primarily the interests of the employee and organized labor by increasing employee benefits while also increasing restrictions on employers.
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Business Lobbies for Program to Help Workers Hurt by Trade
The fate of a trade agreement with Colombia, a Bush administration and business priority, hinges in part on the outcome of Trade Adjustment Assistance talks. In April, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put an indefinite hold on legislation to implement the deal until 'economic security' issues are ...
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Firms in France Penalized for ‘Abusive Layoffs’
French industrial tribunals have hit companies with stiff financial penalties for what they term "abusive layoffs" of people hired under so-called new-hire contracts, which were introduced to encourage recruitment, and companies to fire employees for any reason in the first two years.
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Industrial Policy No Joke
In America, the concept of government playing a major role in guiding the economy is usually scoffed at. Industrial policy is thought to be a distasteful, counterproductive thing without a place in the free enterprise system. Except that the U.S. government does in fact support various industries,
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Yes, You Can Enforce Non-Compete Clauses
California is most notorious for this, but in recent years several states have considered or passed legislation limiting the use of employee noncompetition agreements. Courts in other jurisdictions have cut back on the ways in which such agreements may be used, often in contradictory and confusing
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The Immigration Squeeze
Not only is a complete overhaul of immigration law a remote possibility in 2008, but prospects are dim for narrow legislation that would address employers' specific needs for both high-skill and low-skill workers.
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The Brave New World of Electronic I-9s
Nearly three years ago, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued an interim rule that allows employers to continue completing I-9 forms on paper while storing the forms electronically. However, its guidance stops short of identifying which systems will be acceptable under the law. Here are
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Sexual Harassment Abroad
When the United States, Canada and Mexico enacted the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, it’s arguably fair to say the governments couldn’t estimate the immense impact the treaty would have on the current bodies of employment law in place. Nor could they have predicted the
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What You Need To Know About Works Councils
On September 22, 1996, 17 European nations implemented the European Works Council Directive (Directive 94/95/EC). This is the first piece of pan-European legislation designed to regulate collective relationships—as opposed to individual relationships—between companies and employees. The only
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How Your Overseas Operations May Expose You to Liability in the U.S
One case settled for a whopping $30 Million. It's a wake-up call to those with global operations. Take a look at your potential liability, and make sure decisions are made at the global site, not in the U.S.
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Start Early To Avoid the Visa Crunch
Most international HR professionals at some point will experience the mad rush to pull together visa application materials in time for an expat assignment scheduled to begin in a few short weeks. The trouble is, there’s only so much you can do to speed up this process. As Betsy Stelle Morgan, an
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Setting Up Shop in Vietnam
The Pacific Rim has long been viewed as an area with significant opportunities for economic development. With the lifting of the U.S. embargo of Vietnam in 1994 and, more recently, the normalization of relations and Vietnam’s acceptance into ASEAN [Association of South East Asian Nations],
