Buying a house in the U.S. cost 8.5 percent more in October of this year than it did in the same month last year, according to the Federal Housing Finance Board.
Average hourly earnings were up by 1 cent in November to $15.83, seasonally adjusted, following a 4-cent gain in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
President Bush has signed into law the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004,
which makes changes to rules covering nonqualified deferred compensation programs.
Bill Rancic says he had "probably one of the most elaborate interviews
in the annals of human resources," when he beat out the competition on
Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice, to be hired for the Trump
organization. Yet Rancic, as an entrepreneur, has himself been an employer who
had to make hiring and compensation decisions at his company, Cigars Around
the World.
Nearly half of all employers with variable pay plans have revised them in the
past year as companies continue to shift from fixed pay to variable pay, according
to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a consulting firm.
Compensation costs for the private sector rose 0.9 percent from June to September
2004, after advancing 1.0 percent in the prior quarter, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.
The last recession only widened the wealth gap between white families and black and Hispanic families, according to a private analysis of U.S. Census data.
The number of multinational companies with centralized compensation structures is growing, according to new survey results released by jointly by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, an HR consulting firm, and WorldatWork, a not-for-profit association for compensation professionals.
Business and Legal Reports Inc. has just launched a completely new website, www.BLR.com, that sets a new level of ease of use for busy managers in human resources, compensation, safety, and environmental compliance.
To mark Labor Day, the Associated Press polled Americans on their attitudes
toward work. It found most of them satisfied with their jobs, though many expressed
concerns about job stress, opportunities for advancement, health care, and retirement
benefits.
Bill Rancic says he had "probably one of the most elaborate interviews
in the annals of human resources," when he beat out the competition on
Donald Trump's reality show, The Apprentice, to be hired for the Trump
organization. Yet Rancic, as an entrepreneur, has himself been an employer who
had to make hiring and compensation decisions at his company, Cigars Around
the World.
