Many studies have assessed the “deferred cost” of stress, in terms of lost productivity and proved that the phenomenon costs between 3 and 5% of GDP in most industrialized countries.
Courtesy, professionalism, respect and speed of response may appear givens, but are pre-requisites that many recruiting professionals are slow to acquire or have apparently chosen to neglect.
Employers take note! If your employees are working longer hours than normal but are not rewarded for their extra effort, they will seek to “reward” themselves during work hours.
At the end of November, law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP announced the launch of lawsuit against Taleo...
On September 22, 2008, a labour dispute turned ugly in a factory in Greater Noida, an industrial suburb east of New Delhi.
Admitting that one isnot a good team player is almost suicidal. And yet, few companies walk thetalk.
Media in China’s Guangdong province have accused McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut of underpaying their employees. The three fast food chains are allegedly only paying their employees 4 or 5 yuans an hour...
According to a Reuters story, the former general counsel and senior vice-president of Monster Worldwide, Myron Olesnyckyj, to manipulating stock options...
According to Statistics Canada, eight per cent of Canadian workers are not very or not at all satisfied with their jobs...
Wealth is now created, but in Canada, a larger share is going to profits than to salaries...
Since the section relating to psychological harassment came into effect in the Law on work norms in June 2004, around 5000 non-unionized Quebecer workers, especially women, brought claims before the work norms Commission.
Humiliation invitation The American job board Dice invites unhappy employees to humiliate their colleagues with the help of an online game which allows them (among other things) to throw pizza or jelly donuts in their face. A viral marketing venture in questionable taste…