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Filling a Skills Gap in Manufacturing

ExactHire

This is in drastic comparison to a decade ago, when during the Great Recession the unemployment rate began its steep rise (it would ultimately top out at 10% in October 2009 ). But while manufacturing production rebounded sharply at the official end of the recession in June 2009, the lost jobs did not return as quickly.

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Minimum wages increasing in some states

FingerCheck

per hour, unchanged since 2009. State minimum wage comparisons, 2022 vs. 2023. By comparison, Georgia and Wyoming pay the lowest state minimum wage at $5.15 Federal wage changes, which are not in the 2023 forecast, are covered in the media, but states don’t get that same national play. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25

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Five Essential Fixes for Amateur Talent Management Tactics

Visier

In my previous role at an HR association, we benchmarked absence rates for over 100 organizations and found that the number of employee absences was 28 per cent higher during the first quarter of 2010 (when the Winter Olympics was in full swing) than during the first quarter of 2009 (when the H1N1 flu scare was prevalent). Why the increase?

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Colts Vs. Patriots–Background Check

ExactHire

But that simple comparison–and the countless, more nuanced ones–will mean nothing come Sunday. These two quarterbacks differ in many ways, most obviously their age: Brady is 37 (frequently the age when an elite QB’s production drops off) and Luck is 25 (frequently the age when elite QBs start earning the title “elite”).

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Moving From Feedback To Feedforward

Jason Lauritsen

Perception of negative social comparison or being treated unfairly have been shown to trigger a brain response similar to physical pain. all, 2009 ) This would help explain why we tend to react defensively to critical feedback–particularly when we think it may be unjust or threatening to our social status at work.

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How to Create an Effective Compensation Philosophy

Analytics in HR

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is a law enacted by Congress that strengthened worker protections against discrimination in pay. Peer group comparisons. Organizations can use broad-based peer group comparisons as one of the factors when deciding the base salary, annual bonus, and benefits.

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my boss asked me to do her kid’s homework, written up for spitting, and more

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I do supply snacks; we are not restricted as to budget but I don’t want to abuse the perk, so I comparison shop and buy occasionally, and I have bought her things she liked in the past. – 2009. .” In this case I told her it probably would not be approved as an expense and did not pursue it further.