The world is your competitor PDF Print E-mail
Written by Arshad Merali   
Thursday, 16 August 2007

Access to good talent continues to be a problem for companies of all sizes. It used to be normal for me to find a bunch of Canadians working down in the States and a bunch of Americans working up in Canada… almost like how the people that live in the burbs work in the city and people that work in the city live in the burbs. I’m sure that happens all over the place.

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A religious perspective on biometrics PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007

StarNewsOnline, the Web site of the Star-News in Wilmington, N.C had an interesting article entitled Workers claim 'mark of beast' in time-keeping, file protests on city ID system. The article is about a religious protest being claimed by a dozen City of Wilmington employees against the use of biometric readers for the city's Kronos Time and Attendance system.

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Wasting time at work PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007

The 2007 Wasting Time Survey conducted by the good folks at salary.com has revealed that the average employee wastes around 20% of their work day. While the amount of wasted time has steadily declined over the past 3 years, companies are still paying billions in salaries for which they receive no direct benefit.

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Labor costs going up around the world PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 06 August 2007

This time its in China. As the global demand for human capital continues to out-pace the supply, the Chinese labor market is experiencing some pretty rapid increases in labor costs.

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Long Live HR Software PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 02 August 2007

Over the past year or so, we’ve seen a lot of activity in the HR software industry, especially with the recent acquisitions of Kronos and Workbrain, almost back-to-back.

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