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New research from Black Book Research and Brown-Wilson Group ranked the safest and most dangerous offshore locations, Workforce Management reports. Employers with international operations and looking to outsource jobs or entire business units will want to do their homework to make sure the location they...

Rep. Hilda Solis, (D-Calif.), is President-elect in Barack Obama´s pick for Secretary of Labor, he will announce in a news conference today.

You know, the survey doesn't compare unemployment rates or break out what exactly is included in severance. From the wording, it looks like it only includes base pay, but don't quote me on that.

In a recent Watson Wyatt Workforce Planning Survey, almost two thirds (71%) of employers cite scarcity of talent as the biggest challenge impeding their business strategy. Other major concerns include restructuring (42%) and layoffs or hiring freezes (20%).

Does the survey describe what is included in the severance?Base Pay?Automobile Allowance?Management Bonus?Benefits?SERP?401(k)?

How do the unemployment rates compare to the U.S.? Just looking at severance alone doesn't tell much.

I hate to say it, but this is part and parcel of actions like (1)dumping pensions to the PBGC during bankruptcies (started by United Airlines) and (2) the of lack statutes requiring employers who are off-shoring large operations to provide meaningful workforce and community remdiation as part of their...

Jennifer Schramm, manager of workplace trends and forecasting at the Society for Human Resource Management, offers insights into the top workplace trends, based on SHRM´s survey data. For more complete survey results, read "Seeing around the curve," in this month's EBN.

A new survey tool from DMAA allows employers, health plans, disease management companies and other stakeholders to better understand providers' experiences with and attitudes toward population health improvement programs. The organization developed the tool because the "success of disease management,...

As the number of layoffs nationwide mounts higher, it seems employees who are terminated aren't walking away with much. According to survey by Right Management, U.S. employers offer the lowest amount of severance regardless of seniority and/or tenure.