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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new online tool called Energy Star @ Work, which provides employers and employees with information on how to save energy and protect the environment in the workplace. Energy use in commercial buildings and manufacturing plants accounts for nearly half of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 50 percent of energy consumption nationwide. With the average U.S. worker spending almost eight hours a day at their place of employment, the workplace offers a unique opportunity for people to make a significant impact in the fight against climate change. CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,287.
Location is a key factor in determining how much an employee is paid. A job that commands a salary of $30,000 nationally can pay as little as $28,117 in Birmingham, Ala., or as much as $37,023 in San Francisco, Calif., according to the 2008 U.S. Geographic Salary Differentials study from Mercer. This represents a pay variation of 30 percentage points—from 6.3 percent below the national median to 23.4 percent above. CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,290.
Twenty-two percent of hiring managers said they use social networking sites to research job candidates, up from 11 percent in 2006, according to a nationwide survey of more than 3,100 employers from CareerBuilder.com. An additional 9 percent said they don't currently use social networking sites to screen potential employees, but plan to start. Of those hiring managers who have screened job candidates via social networking profiles, one-third (34 percent) reported they found content that caused them to dismiss the candidate from consideration. CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,284.
Enrollment rates in wellness and health coaching programs vary significantly by industry sector, with the healthcare and social assistance sector topping the list, according to a survey by Gordian Health Solutions, Inc. According to the research, the healthcare and social assistance sector's relative rate of enrollment in wellness and health coaching programs was at 157 percent of the average. Following closely was the food manufacturing sector, at 151 percent of the average. On the other end of the spectrum, the utilities industry came in last in enrollment rates, at 22 percent of the average. Coming in at near-average rates of enrollment were "other manufacturing" (104 percent) and "professional/ scientific/technical" (97 percent). CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,286.
Job seekers can expect a slower fourth-quarter hiring pace in the majority of the world's labor markets, revealed the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released by Manpower Inc. on September 9. While more subdued employer hiring forecasts continue to reflect current economic challenges and uncertainty, reports from employers in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Germany and Sweden indicate that hiring in many markets is expected to be steady in the next three months. CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,282.
The unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 6.1 percent in August, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down (-84,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In August, employment fell in manufacturing and employment services, while mining and healthcare continued to add jobs. Average hourly earnings rose by seven cents, or 0.4 percent, over the month. CCH Human Resources Management Daily Document Update ¶25,276.
You may be surprised by the large majority of participants in the August Online Poll who report that their organization has not made any changes to help employees manage escalating gas prices. Seventy-one percent of participants report no changes have been made. Of the remaining 29 percent, 7 percent offer telecommuting; 5 percent encourage use of public transportation, 11 percent offer four-day workweeks; 3 percent offer car-pooling assistance; and 3 percent provide financial assistance. There were 347 respondents to the poll.
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