Exactly who out there thinks that you can build an effective development process without the buy in and involvement of the executive level and beyond? Anyone?! I didn’t think so, which is why I was a little confused when I read a recent article about how senior level management needs to be part of the appraisal and employee development process. If these processes are to get the needed resources and to be in line with organization objectives …Read More

Section 4207 of the newly enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act) amends Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to require employers to provide unpaid “reasonable” breaks each time a nursing mother needs to express breast milk for up to one year after the birth of her child. A private space must be provided for these breaks.
The law leaves it up to the employer to determine limitations on the number or lengths …Read More

According to statistics published on the Internet World Stats website (http://www.internetworldstats.com/), there has been an over 140% growth in the use of the Internet in North America since 2001. Analysis done by Nielson Online shows that over 259,000 North Americans (or 76.2% of the population) use the Internet. According to an April 2009 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 56% of adult Americans have accessed the Internet by …Read More