Genzyme sues former Bone Care employees
. filed the suit in <a href="http://www.wiwd...Employees debate ethics of giving two weeks' notice
About a year ago, I wrote a column criticizing an "advice article" in the Chicago Tribune about the practice of giving two-week notices when leaving a company. ( ) It was published both on ePrairie and with the Wisconsin Technology Network (WTN). The Wisconsin copy was left...GE Healthcare opens facility meant for 2,000 employees
In all, 2,000 people will work at the new facility. In addition to its Waukesha location, employees will also move from offices in Menomonee Falls and Brookfield.<...Keep your tech employees happy
Nice as it is to see the economy showing some life, its also disconcerting to a manager w...Wisconsin chooses XML-based system to network Justice employees
, a Chicago-based developer of XML-based network software, will provide a key part of the department's se...Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students
The number of school children getting affected by illnesses due to exposure to //pesticides have increased significantly, from the figures of 1998 to 2002, reports a research in the recent issue of JAMA. “Exposure to pesticides in the school environment is a health risk facing children and school employees,” background information in the article states. Pesticides continue to be used b...Obese Employees Increase Costs For Employers
Research had shown that for obese employees, employers incur an increased cost because of medical expenditures and absenteeism associated with such employees. The findings, which appear in the September/October issue of the American Journal // of Health Promotion, show that for men employed full time in the labor market, the combined annual per capita cost of being obese, including medi...Now Employers Focus On Employees Mental health
There has been an increasing focus to change work cultures to ensue that employees are getting enough rest and relaxation to avoid mental illness and its devastating consequences on productivity//. The approach seems an acceptable one in view of the results published by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that highlights the impact of anxiety and depressive disorders on wo...Satyam Stops Conducting HIV Tests On Employees To Prevent Discrimination
In order to prevent discrimination against the people suffering from AIDS, Satyam Computer Services has stopped conducting HIV tests on potential employees. // Satyam is the first Indian IT company to do away with the test on candidates selected for jobs in its various software development centres and BPO units. From March we have stopped conducting the HIV/AIDS test to pro...Employees Sacked To Tackle Huge Debts Faced By the Hospital
Recently NHS has been sacking their employees to tackle the hospital debts. Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has met workers and trade unions during// a visit to a hospital that is facing 1,000 job losses. She was primarily at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust where the job cuts have been announced. She spoke about ways to tackle the issue, future of the hospital and later...