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Doe v. Salvation Army, decided last week by the 6th Circuit, provides employers with a valuable lesson on the dangers of asking the wrong question during a job interview. Doe (whose proceeded pseudonymously to protect his confidentiality) had a history of paranoid schizophrenia. During a job interview with the Salvation Army, Doe was told of the requirements for the job, including the expected wo

If employee purchases second hand car from his employer then it to be treat as perquisites and come under FBT and what rate tax or FBT employee or employer has to pay?Priti, Mumbai The second hand car given to employee at concessional price, can be termed as perquisite u/s 17(2)(viii) of the I T Act taxable in employees hand. Therefore, it is outside the scope of Fringe Benefit Tax .The method

Author: Kevin Muir If you’re not sure whether you are an at will employer it can be helpful to find out. The basic idea of at will employment allows an employee to quit a job without advance notice and without worrying about breach of contract. So it also allows employers to hire as well as fire [...]

Don't forget to enter the free gas giveaway(ends June 30th) and subscribe to SingleGuyMoney. I have to give kudos to my employer. I would like to give the name of the company but I won't because I would like to try and remain as anonymous as possible on this blog. We had a meeting yesterday with the Human Resources Manager. He called us all in and explained that the company is concerned about how

Equal Opportunity Employer A dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined a bit. Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and [...]

USA Today reports that more and more professionals are buying their own gadgets and tools—like cell phones and laptops and even GPS devices—to get work done. Nearly 40% of professionals recently surveyed by researcher In-Stat paid for a laptop that they regularly carried. Cellphone users often picked up their bill. And company-provided personal digital [...]

The average worker in the United States changes Careers seven times in their lifetime. However, this figure is changing. Many individuals in their twenties and thirties will tell you that they have had ten or more jobs since they graduated high school. This is usually because these individuals enter into a job thinking that it is going to be the one thing they do until they retire. But they soon f

I have seen a number of articles recently on ways for people to combat rising gas prices. One of the more practical ways coming to the fore is employers subsidizing driving costs to work or to allow employee telecommuting - i.e. working from home. The average U.S. commute is now about 30 miles and with gas at a record $4 per gallon, it's hard for most people not to feel the pain. Unfortunately $4

One day an employee sends a letter to Her boss “Employer” asking for an increase in her salary!!! Dear Bo$$ In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company. I am [...]

Parents Are Interfering with Their Child's Job Search There is a disturbing new trend where parents are becoming more involved in decisions that should be made solely by their adult children. After years of micromanaging their children's lives, many parents are not ready to let go just yet. As a result of this, numerous parents are becoming actively and excessively involved in helping their child

Each day millions of Americans head out to work, many of whom who wear uniforms in their profession and yet six Muslim Somali women working in a tortilla factory in Minnesota are not only refusing to wear their uniforms but have filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming "religious discrimination".CAIR, or the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil liberties

Domestic abuse that's painful all aroundDespite their best intentions, there's an Evil Dead-like comedy/horror quality about these extremely literal ads from Saatchi Singapore, raising awareness of verbal domestic abuse.The ad says,Verbal abuse can be just as horrific, but you don't have to suffer in silence.

BALCA affirms denial of PERM application, noting that an occupation that appears on Appendix A requires the employer to use the professional recruitment standard, regardless of whether the employer has required a bachelor’s degree for its particular position, or the PWD. Matter of EPI Limited Partnership, 20008-PER-00004

AUDI AG has become an even more attractive employer among Germany’s university students. In the Universum “most popular employer” ranking, the Ingolstadt-based carmaker was selected as number one by graduates in engineering. Audi has succeeded in extending its “most popular employer” ranking among engineering students in the Universum Graduate Study published today. As was the case [...

Tips on How to Impress Your Employer Regardless if you are an intern, new employee or have been with a company for awhile, it is your responsibility to show your supervisor and others within the organization that you have what it takes, both personally and professionally to fit in and succeed with the company. Listed below are some tips that professionals can utilize to increase their chances of

The surge in oil prices has accelerated the trend. So have new corporate tax deductions for employer-subsidized transportation. Consider what's happening at insurer Safeco. When the company moved to Seattle last year, it installed commuting concierges to help employees figure out how best to use the company's vouchers for mass transit, shuttles, car pools, and ferries. Free rentals from Zipc

I had resigned from my company in Feb-2008 on a short notice.They did not receive my resignation and so I put it through e-mail for record.Now they are not issuing me Form-16 for filling returns from April 2007 to Feb 2008.Please help me out how to file returns in such case without form-16.How should I also include tax paid by another company for month of march 2008.I have just a salary slip for same. Sunil, DelhiYou will b happy to know that for filing return you do not need Form 16 as the return has been made annexure less. Read this story .Therefore, as far as filing of return is concerned, just fill up form ITR1 or ITR 2 and claim whatever tax is deducted form you . Can you claim TDS credit without Form 16?yes, because the TDS made by your employer will reflect automatically in as

The number of employees with side jobs is on the rise because people just can’t make it on one paycheck. The only answer for many people is to run a business on the side or take a second, part time job. While many employers encourage employees to seek outside employment, others are worried that a [...]

The following two Sixth Circuit decisions make it clear that pretext for discrimination or retaliation does not exist if the employer engages in a reasonable investigation and has an honest and good faith belief in the rationale for its employment decision. These cases are a good reminder that one of the best defenses to any discrimination, retaliation, or harassment claim is a thorough, well-documented investigation. Michael v. Caterpillar Fin. Servs. Corp. concerned a six-year African-American employee who had a good employment record until her manager was replaced. Shonta Michael claimed that the discipline, including a very confrontational meeting in which the new manager aggressively yelled at her, was racially discriminatory and that she was retaliated against after she complained

It is very important that business community should have a good low cost health insurance plan in order to cope up with any emergency to health of any employee and owner himself. Any health problem to any important employee can harm business in short or long run. Production orders cannot be completed in time [...]

Intermittent leave continues to be the thorn in employers' sides in administering the FMLA. One key burden that intermittent leave puts on employers is covering an employee's work who is performing at less than a full schedule. Lewis v. School Dist. #70, recently decided by the 7th Circuit, suggests it would be unlawful under the FMLA for an employer to consider an employee's use of intermittent leave when evaluating the employee's performance. Lewis took intermittent leave to care for her housebound chronically ill mother. The School District fired her during her period of intermittent leave because she had not completed all of her assigned responsibilities. The court believed that a jury could conclude that the District terminated her in retaliation for taking intermittent leave under

The complaint goes on. Why aren’t any companies hiring fresh graduates? If no one gives freshies a chance, where can they get one? I can bet you, almost 95% of new jobseekers will say it out (LOUD). The painful fact is true..most companies don’t hire fresh graduates and this trend is unlikely to change in [...]

Buboltz v. Residential Advantages, Inc., decided last week by the 8th Circuit, illustrates the important point that merely because an employee has a disability does not mean that an employer must make a reasonable accommodation. This case also highlights, however, the risks that employers assume when ignoring a potential request. Buboltz is legally blind. Residential Advantage, Inc. ("RAI") provides residential services to disabled individuals who cannot live independently. It hired Buboltz as a direct service provider ("DSP"), meaning she was responsible for providing services to the residents. Part of a DSP's job is to provide transportation to the residents. As an accommodation for Buboltz's blindness, however, at the time of hire RAI exempted her from that job function. When her supe

Many clients, sometimes after years of litigating a workers’ compensation claim, get to the frustration point where they decide: “I guess I’m going to have to sue my employer.” It is at this point that the harsh reality must be revealed (or reiterated). In most cases, if you have a workers’ compensation claim, you cannot [...]

Rita* was surprised when her manager (of a large 5000+ employee IT & BPO company) has summoned her and have asked her to start working from home. Working as a project manager with leading multinational, and a mother to a small baby of six months, Rita was always looking for such opportunity. However she was afraid that asking her company work from home might result in slow career progression

Business Success Coach offers advice on how to get paid what you’re worth::: We’ve all done it - played that movie over and over in our minds of our confident entry into the boss’ office and asking for - no, demanding – that elusive pay raise.  However deserved, however, reality often plays out far differently, with [...]

This article was originally written by Alex for the Helium.com titles: “How to tell if you are exploited by your employer“. You can view the Helium version here “What to do if you are exploited by your employer“. You can view the Helium version here Most people who have jobs and work on a day to [...]

This article was originally written by Alex for the Helium.com titles: “How to tell if you are exploited by your employer“. You can view the Helium version here “What to do if you are exploited by your employer“. You can view the Helium version here Most people who have jobs and work on a day to [...]

Hi,I live in Ontario. I may have to file before Bill-12 becomes law. However, I tried to withdraw my $30000 RRSP to pay some debts but although not technically locked in the group plan is in my employers name and they said it was their policy to not allow any withdrawals until retirement. We will be [...]

If an hourly employee is injured on the job, and the employer's workers' compensation carrier subsequently sends the employee to a doctor's appointment to re-evaluate the work-related injury, must the employer pay the employee for the time spent at the doctor? According to the 8th Circuit in Howser v. ABB, the answer is yes. In the case, ABB offered Howser two choices for her doctor's appointment: it would compensate her for the time missed from work but deduct that time from her accrued paid leave benefits, or she could take an unpaid absence. Because she took the unpaid absence, ABB did not compensate her for the 3.8 hours she spent at the doctor's appointment. The Court held that because ABB's workers' comp administrator, its agent, directed her to attend the appointment, the 3.8 hour

If the employer’s agent or supervisor acts within the scope of his or her employment, the employer is strictly liable for the agent’s acts of both (Govt C §12940(j)(1); 2 Cal Code Regs §7287.6(b)(2); Weeks v Baker & McKenzie (1998) 63 CA4th 1128, 74 CR2d 510; Kelly-Zurian v Wohl Shoe Co. (1994) 22 CA4th 397, [...]

An Indonesian maid was found dead with head injuries in the home of her employer, a senior government officer, reports said Wednesday. The 34-year-old victim, whose identity was not revealed, was found sprawled on the floor of the living room by the son of her employer when he returned home Tuesday night, the Star daily reported.According to the City Criminal Investigation Department Ku Chin Wah, the maid, who had been working for the employer for the last six years, died from serious head injuries believed to have been caused by a hard and blunt object.Police also discovered the house partially ransacked and attempts to pry open the master bedroom door which was locked."The maid had some jewellery of her own but we have yet to find it," Ku said, adding that the intruders were believed to

If you happen to work for a larger company, chances are they have a program where they will match employee contributions to charities dollar for dollar. So in other words you could double the amount of money you donate with no extra cost.It's one of those things where when you hear about it you think, "Hey, that's a great idea!" but then it gets filed away and forgotten. More often than not, when a company newsletter comes around reminding you of the program you think about the $20 or $50 you've given to charity and how you forgot to take advantage of the free-matching. You probably say to yourself, "I'll remember for next time!" and then next time comes, and you forget again. I remember that happening a few times when I first started working in the financial servi

Why am i still talking about the budget? Well i am not i found this Ernst and Young report that tells all about the budget implications on both the individuals and the employer. I thought it could be useful to many of us either way, so i have uploaded in it in the link here, its a direct download so no waiting.

There are 7 ways I can think of to blog about your employer: Don't Persuade them to let you. Be anonymous, but not anonymous enough. Ask, and risk a "no". Be anonymous and notorious. Do it as part of your job. Employ yourself. In this article I describe each option, and my assessment of the pros and cons - where they occur. If you do blog about your employer, any option (except number one) should make your life more "interesting", for a time at least.

Dear ____________,It is with regret and disappointment that I am writing to officially resign my position as a per diem Registered Nurse at ___________. Apropos of our recent telephone conversation, I now feel that, in the interest of my health, I can no longer safely work at _________ under the current circumstances.As you may recall my mentioning previously, at my interview I discussed with ______ my concerns regarding the use of strong chemical cleaning products at ___________, and I shared with him my diagnosis of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). ______ reassured me that ____________ was very interested in “going green” (his words) and he indicated quite clearly that my input vis-a-vis this process would be greatly appreciated. Subsequently, you and I had several long conversat

A National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) may be sent to you, if one of your employees has a child support obligation, by a state child support enforcement agency (CSEA). The NMSM is a standardized form that advises you when your employee has been ordered to provide health insurance coverage for a child through your [...]

Dernièrement un de mes amis recherchait des produits Européens à importer, il reçu quantité de réponses avec profil de l'entreprise, carte de visite de commerciaux...et savez-vous comment il a commencé à trier les différentes proposition ? En regardant la couleur des noms et des entêtes de lettre et a ainsi retirer un fournisseur leader dans son domaine...Dans la culture Chinoise et aussi dans le Feng Shui, la couleur rouge est une couleur propice mais prenez garde a ne pas employer le rouge dans vos entêtes de lettre et vos cartes de visites.Cela porte malheur, d'ailleurs avant les condamnes à mort portaient un écriteau avec leur nom écrit en caractères de couleur rouge....Par conséquent, vous pouvez certainement ajouter un point ou un tiret en rouge, mais évitez d'employ

Sunday, 02 March 2008SOCORRO RAMOS: HEART & SOUL OF THE NATIONAL BOOK STOREMANILA, March 7, 2005 (STAR) By Ching M. Alano - Socorro Ramos’ success story: One for the book - In the ballroom of a five-star hotel packed with men in crisp barong tagalog and women in chic ternos, no one was the least bit surprised when Socorro Ramos’ name was called to receive this year’s Entrepreneur Of The Year Award. Perhaps no one except for Socorro "Nanay Coring" herself. She was busy collecting the untouched leftover chicken of the other guests seated at her table. The anxious Nanay Coring forgot to give her driver dinner money and couldn’t wait to brown-bag the four pieces of chicken that auspiciously landed on her plate, courtesy of her seatmates, for her driver.There was standing

The Electronic Discovery Navigator is reporting that according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute, more than half of all employers have fired an employee for e-mail or internet abuse. According to the report: The 28% of employers that have fired an employee for e-mail misuse cited the following reasons: Violation of any company policy (64%)Inappropriate or offensive language (62%)Excessive personal use (26%)Breach of confidentiality rules (22%)Other (12%) The 30% of employers that have fired an employee for internet abuse cited the following reasons: Viewing, downloading, or uploading inappropriate/offensive content (84%)Violation of any company policy (48%)Excessive personal use (34%)Other

Can an employer give benefit of Sec. 80DD while issuing Form 16? If so, what documents should the employer obtain from the employee? Or should the employee claim this directly while filing his/her ROI?Is actual proof of expenditure required? Or deduction of 50k is granted irrespective?This is with respect to an employee who is claiming this for his sister. Narayan Ramakrishnan , Mumbai Yes, an employer can give benefit of deduction u/s 80DD . In fact , the employer is supposed to give benefit of deduction claimed by an employee. This is clear from the Circular issued by the Central Board Of Direct Taxes every year for deduction of tax at source in case of salaries. For FY 2007-08 , CBDT issued circular no 8/2007    dated 5/12/2007 . As per this circular , the Drawing &

If you are a target at work, one of the things you need to do is to take a good hard look at your personnel manual. I don’t mean skim the manual. I mean read it. Look for anything in the policies and procedures that show that your supervisor, manager, HR or anyone in authority violated or side-stepped the company’s established guidelines.Think of how you can use the company’s policies and procedures to illustrate and document how your employer was intentionally and blatantly disregarding their own written policies and practices in order to ignore your plight, disregard your requests, silence your complaint, and/or in order to create a hostile and offensive work environment for you as a means of retaliation. Here’s what I suggest you do: -- Check the personnel manual on a semi-regu

When Employers Threaten Employee Privileges to Supposedly Increase Worker Productivity So here’s the thing …… Why is it that every EMPLOYER (or from what I’ve noticed with all of mine) feels that taking away employee privileges will increase “Work Productivity”? For example, in my previous job (which was at the local County Courthouse) they used to let [...]

A lot of employers are nowadays willing to finance their employees to earn Masters Degrees. So, whether you’re at present in search of a job or just negotiate a raise, in any case the ability and wish of the employer to finance your degree is a very important consideration.   Put Questions   Before you start a job, put [...]

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The overall employee and employer interaction exceeds the usual human to human interactions because of illustrative as well as hidden stakes of both parties. Each party certainly protects his / her own interest that will ultimately result in survival of their respective interest. However, the stakes are not equal; employees can find a new job and easily adapt to the new duties. On the other hand, the organizational consequences of the employer are slightly more complex. The mere complexity in replacing particular employee and respective cost alone tips the employer and employee relationship toward employee benefits. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that there are many factors that can the sting / advantage out of the dynamic. Employers can correct this equation by increasing the stakes of employees from a job to actual stakeholders by offering incentives that would increase the organizational value as well as employee wealth. Ultimately, regardless of the interactions or

Employee and employer relationshipThe human capital of any give organization can be safely described as one of its most vital tools in achieving profitability. The creativity, common sense as well as problem solving skills of humans have not been replaced by means of automatization or computerization. Hence the reliance on human participant to achieve success and ultimately profitability greatly relies on effectiveness and efficiency of human interaction. Yet it is a great mistake to bundle the value of human input and ability with creativity. Organizational coherence and smooth operation greatly rely and emphasize the necessity on standard operating procedures that create an environment of consistency and reliability which cannot be hold hostage to fluctuating human creativity. Certainly, there is a place and time for taking advantage of the free thinking and problem solving skills of team members. Measures such as regular and frequent reevaluation of SOP, pre establish

According to the EEOC, an adverse action is an action taken to try to keep someone from opposing a discriminatory practice, or from participating in an employment discrimination proceeding. Examples of adverse actions include:-- Employment actions such as termination, refusal to hire, and denial of promotion;-- Other actions affecting employment such as threats, unjustified negative evaluations, unjustified negative references, or increased surveillance; and-- Any other action such as an assault or unfounded civil or criminal charges that are likely to deter reasonable people from pursuing their rights.Once again, the EEOC web site contains an example of an adverse action that reminds me of illegal corporate behavior that is very familiar to me. The example is this:A Black worker has filed a charge alleging that he was racially harassed by his supervisor and co-workers. After learning about the charge, the Black worker’s manager asked two employees to keep the Black worker under sur

Human Resources is a tricky business. If handled poorly it can cost your company dearly. But handling your HR needs well by going the traditional route- hiring trained and experienced HR staff - could also cost your company a great deal more than you can reasonably afford.Enter the Professional Employer Organization, or PEO: an outsourcing agency devoted solely to human resources and related administrative duties, such as payroll, worker's compensation, and employee benefits.Many small businesses are discovering the convenience and economy of contracting a PEO to hire their employees, thereby becoming the official employer of recordLearn more about how PEOs can take a financial and administrative burden off of you and your business by reading about the newly published guide to Professional Employer Organizations: the ABCs of PEOs

A what you say? To put in more meaningful terms, if your employer died today, would the company continue to exist? Is there a plan in place to keep the business going? If not, is there a plan in place to soften the economic impact on employees, especially key employees in the event of an untimely death? Safe to say that there isn’t a day that goes by that a small business in this country isn’t faced with this situation, and if left unplanned for, it is not just a blow to the family of the deceased, but to everyone who depended on their jobs to take care of their families. A succession plan is simply a road map for the company, the heirs and the employees to follow to ensure the last economic impact on all. Often in small businesses there is a key employee that, in the absence of the boss, could step in and run the company without any severe loss of momentum. Given the resources, this person could well step in and take over as the new owner and the company would have its&rsq

What happens when you have a rogue or even out of control employee that uses an office computer to send or even post threats of great bodily harm or uses an office computer to generate other highly offensive communications? Can an employer who ends up being sued for such conduct assert a defense of immunity under the provisions of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA), 47 U.S.C. 230. This particular federal law defense of immunity actually does preempt inconsistent state law that might otherwise impose liability in certain circumstances. The Act immunizes "provider[s]... of an interactive computer service" (the employer) where "another information content provider" (the employee) has initiated the offending activity.While the facts considered recently by a California Court of Appeal in Delfino v. Agilent Technologies, Inc. (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 790 are unquestionably extreme and will not likely be encountered in garden-variety employment situations, the CDA immunity defense cou

Deciding when to tell your employer of your MS diagnosis is easily as important as deciding when to tell your family. Under ADA rules you do not have to disclose an illness unless it causes a significant challenge in the workplace, or if you are requesting accommodations such as specific equipment or altered work times. However, multiple sclerosis is unpredictable and while you may be fine today, it is possible for a new symptom to start while you're at work. The best time to inform your employer of the diagnosis may be when you are symptom-free. Arm yourself with information about your illness so that you can reassure your employer and provide needed information. Explain to your employer the unpredictable nature of multiple sclerosis. If you have been working with your company for a long time, then you may be able to reference a past flare-up in the workplace. For example, Do You Remember a Year Ago when I used a cane because my leg was numb? That was an MS flare-up. Consider

Sonatt Online Prayer Request PRAISE THE LORD My friend job has terminated due to the personal grudge by one of partner and planning to send him back to India without paying 19 years of benefits and other compensations. With everyone’s prayer and God almighty touching hand comforted him with special letter from prince family and that employer had given Demand Letter to my friend for transferring into Prince Sponsorship. Unfortunately, until now this sponsorship didn’t finish due to many other problems created by unknown persons. So, we request everyone’s humble and fervent prayer to Almighty LORD for my friend Mr. Alex to secure his present job and life in Saudi rather, God has to do miracle for availing his 19 years benefits and change of sponsorship immediately without any problem. With prayers Sonatt

Perdez-vous le temps ? Êtes-vous paresseux et nonchalent ou êtes-vous sans interruption sur l'aller, en utilisant chaque minute au maximum ?Si vous êtes dans la première catégorie, il y a beaucoup de choses très évidentes que vous pouvez faire pour s'améliorer, mais en cet article je veux me concentrer sur ceux de nous qui emploient déjà notre temps de manière constructive et examiner comment vous pouvez serrer encore plus de votre jour.Vous pouvez penser que votre vie est si pleine que c'est impossible, mais j'ai récemment couru un inventaire de la façon dont j'ai employé mon temps et me suis rendu compte qu'il restait une certaine pièce pour l'amélioration. Voici ce que j'ai découvert.Timespace #1 - Pendant des années j'ai évité de faire n'importe quel genre d'exercic

Unfortunately, instead of providing a remedy to correct race-based misconduct (by firing or demoting the offender) some employers will escalate attacks against the victim of the harassment. If you’re being subjected to harassing behavior and a hostile work environment at work, beware of the traps that are often laid by supervisors and/or employers. When a supervisor or a company decides to go into protection mode, they will sometimes try to create a rock-solid case against the complaining employee. The stronger the case against the employee—even a fraudulent case—the more secure the supervisor or employer will feel about deflecting any allegations that an employee or group of employees has engaged in illegal misconduct.It’s a bait and switch. The employee goes from complaining about mistreatment to being lured into a position of defending themselves against baseless attacks, which often have nothing to do with the instigating incident. For instance, a Black employee may complai

I read from Business Week that Clarian Health is going to deduct $10 from every paycheck if the employee’s body mass index (BMI, a ratio of height to weight that measures body fat) is over 30 starting in 2009. I had to read the article twice to make sure I did not read it wrong (you can read the whole thing here). This is totally insane! How can a company penalize someone for being too fat? I can understand that you don’t want employees that are unhealthy because their productivity is not as high but the real solution is to not hire them in the first place. The article also mentions that $5 will be deducted per paycheck if the person smokes. I’m all for reducing smoking in the country but this is just too radical for me. It’s the exact same thing as someone telling me that I will be fined because I drink coffee at work, or like Godiva chocolate instead of Hersey’s. I’m sorry for ranting but this is just way overboard in my opinion. The company

Introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) Barack Obama (D-IL) Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) The Patriot Employer Act of 2007 would provide a tax credit to companies that make a commitment to American workers. Durbin: When companies make headlines today it is often for all the wrong reasons: fraud, tax avoidance and profiteering. [...]

Oil Offshore Marine Online Library Online Library Series: #4: How to Tell If a Recruiter/Employer Is Real, Genuine and in Good Faith? Oil Offshore Marine provides you the answer, within this Online Library Series. a) Look at the company name. Is it saying anything to you? Have you heard of it before? b) Does the domain name match the name of the company? c) Ask your friends and colleagues if they heard of that company. d) Google it. Yahoo it. MSN it. Run a search and see if the same company has been involved in job scams or if other people say that company has been scamming others. e) See what country that company pretends to be working in. Then call or email the Embassy of that particular country and ask them if they know anything of it. f) Ask that company if you need to pay anything in exchange for their service. If first they say no and then, after some time, say you must pay for visa, work permit or for travel, it’s a fake company and behind it are job scammers! g) Ask that comp

If you were forced to file an internal complaint against a coworker or supervisor alleging race-based discrimination, harassment, retaliation, etc., you probably learned a thing or two about how an employer (read: The Human Resources Department) can drag out an internal investigation.Instead of engaging in a prompt and serious investigation of the facts, many an HR team will pursue a strategy of delay and then deny. They will prolong any investigation, hoping the employee will just let the issue die. Or, perhaps they will use the delay to retaliate against the employee, with the hopes of forcing them to resign (constructive termination) before the investigation is complete. Sometimes, the delay is used to give the false assurance that the investigation is being conducted thoroughly — leaving no stone unturned. The reality is that the company may be just using that time to come up with a counter defense to all of an employee’s arguments and evidence that validate illegal mistreatme

While I was walking the dog - Kevin the Collie - today, I had a reality check. I went to the gym this morning and I met a woman who always seems to be trying to put me down. You know how it is! She took a job last year that [...]

Washington, DC based Democratic fundraising and campaign management firm seeks ambitious employee to support and manage contracts with Democratic Congressional Representatives, including Democratic Leadership and Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Other clients include Leadership PACs, candidates for political office, and 501c(3) organizations. Political experience necessary, campaign finance and fundraising experience strongly desired. Candidate should be familiar with FEC rules and regulations, possess a high attention to detail and strong organization skills. Creative team players who desire opportunity to work on special projects from concept to launch are encouraged to apply. Responsibilities will include administrative, research and consultancy tasks such as: general office duties, managing call time, direct mail, event planning, scheduling, strategic planning, donor research/cultivation/solicitation, PAC fundraising. Strong client relati

“It might be said that it is the ideal of the employer to have production without employees and the ideal of the employee is to have income without work.”E. F. Schumacher (1911 – 77) British economist

The “Best Big Companies to Work For” list is comprised of those that are cross-listed in the Fortune 1000 list and the Best 100 Companies to Work For, a tally that rings up 37 coinciding companies. Of the 37, a majority 23 of them are in the Fortune 500, topped by Valero Energy which has a Fortune rank of 16 and a Best Companies rank of 22. Valero employs upwards to 18,000 people and has a mean pay of roughly $87,000. Furthermore, the company has never laid off an employee – a remarkable feat in an energy industry which has had its fair share of ups and down. Also, they run a safe business according to the government: “refineries can be dangerous places; of the 23 refineries designated by OSHA as having the best safety programs, 11 are Valero units. [Fortune]” The Best Company to Work For according to the list is none other than the ubiquitous Google. With a Fortune rank of 241 and only 6500 employees, Google is a force to reckon with. They receive a rep

Patrick Martucci Storyhttp://www.unitedasset.com/In 1980, Patrick Martucci, just out of high school, left his hometown of Cleveland with $300, pointing his Trans Am toward Dallas. He landed a $6-an-hour job at a company that was launching an odd, new product at the time -- "voice forward mail."When he tried to explain voice mail to his grandmother, she thought he was a postal worker. Others, however, caught on. He was soon in the sales department, where he was a natural. "I had the opportunity to watch a product go out the door and gain world-wide acceptance," he says.He leapfrogged to increasingly challenging jobs across the telecom industry, setting up distribution channels, running sales departments. A stark opportunity stared him in the face when he worked at a company that provided maintenance on Rolm phone equipment. Mr. Martucci was thrilled to pitch a sale to J.C. Penney, which, after a trial, offered him the maintenance contract for the entire retail chain's phone service. Bu

Whether an employer can allow the interest on housing loan borrowed from friends & relatives, while calculating the employee's income tax for deducting tds on salary?anandbabu_ca@yahoo.co.inI do not think so, till there is prima facie reason to do so.The only loss which can be allowed by the employer for the purpose of computing TDS is loss under house property head. CBDT in its circular for FY 2006-07 for TDS on salary speaks as under:"3.6 (i) Sub-section (2B) of section 192 enables a taxpayer to furnish particulars of income under any head other than "Salaries" and of any tax deducted at source thereon. Form No. 12C, which was earlier prescribed for furnishing such particulars (Annexure-II), has since been omitted from the Income-tax Rules. However, the particulars may now be furnished in a simple statement, which is properly verified by the taxpayer in the same manner as was required to be done in Form 12C.(ii) ..... In other words, the DDO can take into account any loss (negativ

Hi there. My name is Kelly and I am a person. A REAL person. With feelings, and needs, and doubts and a life. I tell you this to avoid confusion. It would appear as though the many applications I have sent have led you to believe that I don’t care whether or not you even acknowledge my application. Even a standard response sent to all and sundry is better than nothing at all! To the company who sent me two such responses, I applaud your diligence, however a little communication amongst your staff my avert any future blunders that simply made you look just a tad imcompetent. I’m curious as to why you consider my efforts not worth the 30 seconds it would take for you to do this. Email is my chosen form of response, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist, nor huge amounts of your time to hit the ‘reply’ button with a sentence or two. I realise you have many respondants, but I have probably spent at least an hour researching your company, deciding whether my ma

Four Questions One AnswerI have resigned from my job and paid the notice pay to the employer. I had earned Rs. 20,000 (for 2 months for which i worked) and paid back Rs. 5,000 (notice pay). What will be my taxable income : doshichintan@hotmail.comax I changed my job & had to pay some Notice pay for that. How do I treat this in my tax calculation. : vicky3284@sify.comNotice Pay deducted by my previous employer Rs. X Taxed by them. Notice Pay of Rs. X reimbursed by my new employer, Taxed by them. Can I claim relief in ROI as item being taxed without receipt, even though Form 16 includes the same.Your Email : prakashuprakash@rediffmail.comWhether reimbursement of notice pay by an employer to his employee is his(employee) taxable income ? pravinchand.thakur@mundraport.comAll these question are related to central issue "whether any salary or money paid to the company for quitting the job is deductible from salary earned?". I feel that the deduction from the head of salary is allowed u/s 16

-- African Americans are rarely assigned as task leaders, project managers or project directors that will lead mid-level or high-level assignments.If there is a glass ceiling regarding job classification, titles, etc., your employer may be engaging in discriminatory behavior by intentionally stifling the careers of Black staff. At my previous job, Blacks couldn't get to a level 5 job classification--out of 7 possible levels. It was nearly impossible to reach a level 4 classification because that was the unwritten high-point for Black staff. As a result, level 3 employees (Black) that were due for a promotion would conveniently begin to hear about "performance deficiencies" as talk of promotions were floated around. In my tenure working at the company, only one Black employee was promoted to a level 4 status and this move was made by a White manager, who was in the process of resigning. My Black coworker believed that he only promoted her because he wouldn't have to live with the fall

One of the tactics you can use to defeat the lies and false accusations of an employer is to attack their credibility—the same as your employer will attack yours!There are four basic components for looking into who is or isn’t credible: inherent plausibility, corroboration, motive to falsify, and past history. These are the same components that your employer will try to use to show that you—and not they—lack the credibility to be taken seriously.Here are some of the questions you should ask yourself regarding the four basic components. These components are also helpful in shaping your overall arguments and positions regarding your complaint and any actions taken by your employer.Inherent plausibility--Are your employer’s arguments and positions believable at face value? Why or why not?--Do their statements and evidence (real or fabricated) make sense? Why or why not?--Are the actions of your employer justified/appropriate based on allegations or has your employer overreached

--your employer denies Black workers the same training opportunities that are provided to White staff. At some companies, unequal training opportunities may be offered to Black workers or no training opportunities may exist at all! A lack of training in relevant areas can be used as a “legitimate” reason to overlook certain employees, when it comes to providing more challenging work, supervisory

Some workplace harassment is not perpetrated by someone in a position of authority over an employee. Instead, the harassment may be carried out by an employee’s coworker(s) or some other "non-employer." When this type of harassment takes place, it is often common knowledge among staff. Although we’d like to think that someone with the audacity to harass or bully a coworker would do so out of

Adam Redlich, Lead Recruiter, Engineering Google has posted a response to “Google Top on List in 100 Best Companies to Work For 2007”. He says —”I don't need a magazine to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Genre: HR/Companies/WorkspaceLength: Less than 800 words (2 Pages)I’m nearly one month late in coming up with this post. The November 5, 2006 issue of Business Today (www.business-today.com) speaks of Best companies to work for in India. A BT-TNS-Mercer survey tries to find out India’s best employers.I won’t replicate the entire survey here. I have made some observations which I wish to share.Disclaimer: Contents of this post are derived from public domain and/or information meant for release to public domain. No company specific confidential data has been compromised and the views expressed here are that of the writer as an individual, not necessarily of the organization he works for.1. The survey compares all companies irrespective of headcount under one umbrella. There’s a huge difference in terms of complexity involved in managing people, at a company which has 200 employees compared to one which has 20000 employees.2. The number of companies covered are very very few. Comp

According to a study released by UBS/Warburg, the world's largest private employer — Wal-Mart — can boost a marginal family's spending power by 10% or more. Very impressive. (...)

My March 25, 2006, post concerned pending legislation in Illinois: Senate Bill 2446: The Employer Meeting and Communication Act (Act). This Act is sponsored by state Senator Gary Forby, a Democrat from south-central Illinois and Chairperson of the Senate's Labor Committee. In essence, the Act severely restricts an employer's ability to communicate with employees in the workplace and awards heavy penalties for convictions. Also, the Act is more restrictive than the federal National Labor Relations Act. I e-mailed Senator Forby my article and requested his reasons for sponsoring the Act and solicited feedback regarding my post, which is very critical of this bill. Well, I never heard from Senator Forby, and as of June 4, 2006, the Act was re-referred to the Senate's Rules Committee. As the Rules Committee is composed of 3 Democrats and 2 Republicans, it's difficult to say whether it will die or survive the Committee. However, as this law is bad for business, and even bad for employe

Currently awaiting a 3rd reading, the Employer Meeting and Communication Act (Act), is sponsored by State Senator Gary Forby. Senator Forby is a Democrat from south-central Illinois and Chairperson of the Senate's Labor Committee. The Act was introduced on January 18, 2006. As it currently reads, the Act prohibits employers, including employer representatives or agents, "from requiring employees to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or participate in communications to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters; [it] also prohibits discharging, disciplining, penalizing, or threatening an employee as a means of requiring an employee to attend such a meeting or participate in such communications or because the employee or a person acting on the employee's behalf makes a good faith report of a violation of the Act" "Political matters includes [sic] political party affiliation or the decision to join or not join any lawful political, social, or

Traiter l'acné peut embarassing à n'importe quel âge. Heureusement, il y a un certain nombre de choses que vous pouvez faire journalier pour s'assurer que votre peau est des flambées soudaines moins enclines. Voici cinq bouts pour prendre la commande de votre acné commençant aujourd'hui.1. Exercice - maintenir dans la forme peut aider à combattre l'acné par le combat outre des niveaux négatifs d'effort qui peuvent venir de l'amour-propre et de la dépression négatifs. Cependant, quelques sauvegardes doivent être en place pour écarter l'acné qui peut résulter de vos routines de séance d'entraînement. Observer ce que vous mettre dessus votre corps quant à l'habillement, sports embrayez et équipement.Par exemple, le lycra et les équipements serrés d'exercice de nylon pourraient sembler grands dans les films et sur des modèles de magasin, mais si vous êtes susceptible des problèmes d'acné, évitent ces tissus synthétiques qui tendent à emprisonner dans

{mosgoogle right}A man was arrested Wednesday for making about 10,000 abusive phone calls over a five-month period to a Tokyo temporary employment agency for taking him off its books because of a poor work ethic, police said.Keita Sakae, 26, of unknown occupation from Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, was arrested for obstruction of business.Sakae admits to the allegations.Police said that Sakae called the Chiyoda-ku based employment agency Staff Creative on about 1 [...]

i went to book my tax acknowledgment for 2006 and 2007. first of all for my 2007 w-2 anatomy i noticed my gross assets for the year was in fact my absolute net pay for the year. again we noticed that in the federal taxes withheld box it was blank. humm i started to admiration admitting the babe proceeded to book my taxes she said it was something my employer would accept to acknowledgment to not