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As the economic downturn forces more companies to lay off workers, a workplace aggression expert at the University of New Hampshire cautions employers about what to do and not do when breaking bad news to employees and to be watchful for employees who exhibit a "hostile attribution style." Paul Harvey, assistant professor of management at UNH, says although there really is no good way to tell someone they are being laid off, employers should tailor the bad news in a way that minimizes the likelihood of an extremely bad reaction.
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Over the past 25 years, the face of the labor movement has undergone considerable change, according to a report released November 10, 2009, by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). "The view that the typical union worker is a white male manufacturing worker may have been correct a quarter of a century ago, but it's not an accurate description of those in today's labor movement," said John Schmitt, a Senior Economist with CEPR and an author of the report. "The unionized workforce is changing with the country," Schmitt continued. "The fastest growing groups in the overall economy are also the fastest growing groups in the labor movement."
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A new survey looking at the working styles of men and women reveals that 45 percent of working women agreed with the statement that women have to be better than men to succeed in the workplace. In contrast, only 26 percent of the men questioned believe this to be true. The Style of the Sexes survey, jointly commissioned by Cisco and Gender IQ, addresses issues such as how conflict is dealt with in the workplace, which factors men and women consider important in a job, whether job concerns are shared with co-workers, and whether employees prefer to work in teams of mostly men or mostly women. While the findings indicate that real differences exist in how men and women deal with aspects of their work, organizations that seek to better understand and respect differences in the workplace get the best out of their employees and teams.
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In a time of increased scrutiny on budgets and heightened focus on efficiency, human resource (HR) departments continue turning to strategic outsourcing arrangements to maximize cost-saving opportunities and reduce the burden of noncritical activities. According to the latest in a series of regular studies on HR outsourcing (HRO) from Towers Perrin, cost reduction was the top goal driving HRO for almost three-quarters (73 percent) of the companies polled in 2009.
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Less than half (47 percent) of small businesses plan to give gifts to customers this holiday season on par with last year (52 percent), and their total customer gift budgets remain steady versus last year ($455 in 2009 vs. $457 in 2008), according to the American Express OPEN Small Business Holiday Monitor. But in this economic environment, fewer small business owners (35 percent) are giving employee gifts (vs. 46 percent in 2008), 31 percent have plans to give year-end bonuses (vs. 44 percent in 2008) and 16 percent will give raises (vs. 30 percent in 2008).
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In September, the number of job openings in the U.S. was little changed at 2.5 million, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, the hires rate (3.1 percent) and the separations rate (3.3 percent) were unchanged and remained low.
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