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5 Ohio employers among ‘Best Companies to Work For’

04/01/2007

Fortune’s latest list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For, 2007” includes five Ohio employers, led by California-based Vision Service Plan, which ranked No. 23 …

Public Employees in Michigan Lose Domestic-Partner Benefits

04/01/2007

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in February that the state’s amendment banning gay marriage prohibits public employers from offering domestic-partner benefits …

4 Mich. employers among ‘Best Companies to Work For’

04/01/2007

Fortune’s latest list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For, 2007” includes four Michigan employers, led by Wisconsin-based S.C. Johnson, which ranked No. 7 nationally …

HR as mobsters: Supreme Court lets workers use organized-Crime law to sue their employers

04/01/2007

The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that a group of employees at a Georgia carpet company can use state and federal anti-racketeering laws to sue their employer …

Total-Comp Statements: More Important Than Ever

04/01/2007

Regularly remind employees of the value of your benefits package by distributing total-compensation statements every six months. Organizations that communicate such information can boost loyalty and retention, even when their benefits aren’t the very best …

Ogling Google: Best benefit practices of 100 ‘Best’ firms

03/01/2007

Google is just eight years old, but it beat out a slew of old-timers to snag the No. 1 spot on Fortune’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Reason: Its benefits are to die for …

Corporate Culture is key at 11 Florida firms on ‘Best’ list

03/01/2007

Fortune magazine’s recently released list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For, 2007” includes 11 Florida employers. In light of the current tight labor market, it’s important to note the reasons they made the list …

In tight labor market, hotels cast wide recruiting net overseas

03/01/2007

Facing pervasive labor shortages, many hospitality employers in Florida are paying big bucks to recruit employees from as far away as Brazil and Romania …

Corporate culture is key at the 6 Ga. firms on ‘Best Companies’ list

03/01/2007

Corporate culture figures prominently at six companies headquartered in Georgia that made Fortune’s new list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” …

Immigration raids create hiring trouble at Ga. chicken plant

03/01/2007

When federal immigration agents descended on tiny Stillmore, Ga., to raid Crider Inc., the local chicken processing plant lost 75 percent of its mostly Hispanic work force in one weekend. Many feared for the local economy …