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Full Employment May Be Redefined as Trump Attacks U.S. Benchmark
Just as the U.S. nears full employment based on the principal measure used for almost eight decades, President Donald Trump and his team are looking at new yardsticks.
Green Card Holders From 7 Countries In Trump Order Will Be Allowed Back
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday, January 27th, 2017, that suspends the admission into the U.S. of people from certain countries for 90 days. This three-month ban applies to citizens of the following countries: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
Trump Appoints EEOC Acting Chair
Originally nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as an EEOC Commissioner back in 2010, Victoria Lipnic has now been named by President Trump as Acting Chair.
Sure Protectionism Can Save Jobs – But What’s The Cost Per Job Saved?
The current political environment has every protectionist on the planet crawling out from underneath the rocks where they’ve been hiding from the free traders these past 40 years. This is not going to be to the benefit of the population in general. For as economists keep pointing out trade is not zero sum. It is positive sum–that a voluntary trade takes place shows that…
Trump: ‘Busy week planned’ with focus on jobs, national security
The president posted the same message from the official @POTUS Twitter account. During his campaign and since his victory, Trump has vowed to bring back jobs to the U.S. He made the promise a central part of his campaign and said during his inauguration address he would “bring back our jobs.”
Apple supplier Foxconn could create 50,000 jobs through new U.S. factory
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou told reporters that a new U.S. manufacturing plant could create 30,000 to 50,000 jobs.
Can We Recruit Meryl Streep and Her Supporters to Actually Do Something on Disability Employment?
We have a very vibrant and active “disability” (differently abled) community in California. But Ms. Meryl Streep, who presented herself as a champion for disability rights and employment in her recent Golden Globes Speech, has not been a participant in this community — at least in the 25 years I’ve been involved in disability employment. In fact, Ms. Streep and the journalists and activists…
What Employers Can Expect In the First Days of the Trump Administration
There are many pieces of legislation or policy matters affecting the employee experience that are likely to be in flux during the first part of Mr. Trump’s presidency. At stake are the following five key topics:
Amazon’s New Grocery Store Shows Major Hole in Donald Trump’s Promise on Jobs
Amazon Go shows how Trump should be focused on developing new skills instead of holding onto the jobs of yesteryear.
Federal agencies rush to fill job openings before Trump takes office Jan. 20
Facing a promised hiring freeze, officials try to bolster their agencies for looming austerity.
What a Trump Presidency Means for Recruiting and HR Professionals
The election of Donald Trump, to serve as the 45th President of the United States (as well as Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House) is likely to substantially shift federal workplace law, regulation, and enforcement priorities. At this point, it is impossible to predict exactly how particular laws will be changed. The rhetoric during the campaign was often vague and subject…
A Workplace Leadership Lesson in the Age of Trump
Most employees don’t have much contact with their CEO. When they do hear from them, they tend to listen pretty closely to what the CEO has to say, and while it’s not like God giving Moses The 10 Commandments, it’s pretty darn close. That’s why the comments made by GrubHub CEO Matt Maloney to his staff in the wake of our presidential election — he…
I Woke Up To A President Trump > This Is What HR Can Learn
It’s the day after the election at Daxko (where I work), and lots of people have taken PTO. It is remarkably quiet in the office. Interesting. I don’t write about politics. I’m not educated enough on that topic to be anyone’s voice in politics. Alexander Hamilton would probably hate me, but I’m a card-carrying fence-straddler (he hated Aaron Burr’s mantra “Talk Less. Smile More….
President-Elect Donald Trump’s Hiring List
On “With All Due Respect,” Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss what a Trump administration might look like.
How President Trump Is Likely to Impact HR
As we prepare for Donald Trump to enter office on January 20, what changes might his administration bring? Will he honor the former administration’s bold moves around EEO reporting, contractor rules, minimum wage, FLSA, and equal pay laws? Or will it be a brand new day in comp?
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