The federal program that grants up to 13 weeks of additional unemployment benefits
to jobless workers who have exhausted their state benefits is set to expire
before the end of the year unless Congress acts to renew the program, the San
Francisco Chronicle reports.
The Department of Labor has issued a final rule to remove Birth and Adoption
Unemployment Compensation (BAA-UC) regulations, which allowed states to use
their unemployment insurance trust funds to pay workers taking leave for the
birth or adoption of a child.
Year-end rewards are alive and well with nearly 60 percent of workers reporting that their companies provide office parties, cash bonuses and other gifts or rewards. This article highlights what workers would really like (corporate) Santa to bring.
In a recent issue of National News Update BLR published the comments of a customer who said, in part, "Any woman who dresses in very short skirts is advertising. It’s provocative." We asked for your reactions, and...
Does concern about alcohol-induced sexual harassment quell employees’ ardor for the annual holiday office party? Will companies’ trepidation over legal liability prompt them to poll employees on their feelings regarding office parties?
