by wallyg
The president notched two legislative victories this week.
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Unemployment benefits for those who’ve been out of work for six months or longer were restored Thursday. How did the 2.8 million waiting for their checks survive the last two months, and what will happen when the checks run out again?
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A couple of weeks ago we told you about a survey that found over half of female respondents felt more productive at work when dressed provocatively. Now, according to a different survey, it’s apparent that employers don’t agree. The poll, conducted by UK law firm DWF , found that employers overwhelmingly feel that dress codes are a necessary part of office life, and say that inappropriately dressed employees will… Read the rest

Disheartening News on Employee Engagement Less than 1 in 5 public-service employees in the UK trust senior managers or are consulted by them on important decisions Summary comment . Ben Willmott, senior public policy adviser, CIPD, stated: “Against this background it is worrying to see that public-sector employees have increasingly negative attitudes to their senior managers, with less than a fifth saying they trust senior managers or are consulted… Read the rest

Right off the top… Quick Picks and Great Pics. Click here or on the image below to engage with us! The Employee Engagement Network has over 2700 members who bring their eclectic and extensive experience and views to all things related to employee engagement. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ David Zinger, M.Ed., works with organizations and individuals foster engagement. He is a writer, educator, speaker, and consultant who founded… Read the rest

by bobster855
The Senate is preparing to approve an extension of unemployment aid to millions of Americans after the seating of the late Senator Robert Byrd ’s successor gave Democrats the last vote needed to advance the measure.
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The Arizona Department of Economic Security is “gearing up” now that the Senate passed an extension of unemployment benefits Wednesday. After months of increasingly bitter stalemate, the… Read the rest

According to the late Bureau of Labor Statistics figures, 6.8 million Americans fall into the category of long-term unemployment. Long-term unemployment is identified as looking for work for 27 weeks or longer. When you think about it, that’s a lot of people not earning a paycheck right now. Plus, if you think about how many people have taken pay cuts or worked fewer hours since the recession began, you… Read the rest

by wstera2
The House of Representatives today approved a bill to extend unemployment benefits through November and sent it to the President for signature. The President is expected to quickly sign it.Under the bill, an estimated 400,000 laid-off Californians…
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Unemployment benefits, mortgage rates, AmeriCredit, Green Dot, oil spill clean-up, tropical storm and Dalian are the trending topics on Google and Yahoo.
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by Michigan Municipal League (MML)
The unemployment rate fell in most states in June, mainly because more people gave up searching for work and were no longer counted.
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Brazil’s unemployment rate came in at 7 percent for June, against 7.5 percent one month earlier, the government announced Thursday.
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by Center for American Progress
The U.S. Senate approved a long-awaited billion extension of long-term unemployment benefits in a 59-39 vote Wednesday, sending the measure one step closer to U.S. President Barack Obama’s desk. Following a successful 60-40 cloture vote Tuesday that helped stave off a Republican filibuster, Democrats only needed…
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It’s the fifth annual Penelope Trunk Q&A. It’s not that I don’t answer questions. I actually answer almost every question I receive. But only rarely in a blog post. The problem is that most questions suck . Look, here are posts about how to ask good questions . In fact, I've been getting so ornery about questions sucking that I did a webinar about how to write a good… Read the rest