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Temp workers could get equal rights
News Plans are being drawn up by the European Commission to give temporary workers in the UK the same conditions as permanent employees. Meanwhile, John Monks, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said: "'Temporary workers in the UK face...
[February 21, 2002, 11:38]
HP delays raises and cuts temp workers
News In an effort to cut costs and meet earnings estimates, Hewlett-Packard is asking managers to delay salary increases, cut back on using temporary workers, and encourage employees to take vacation time, sources close to the company said.
[December 22, 2000, 9:10]
AMD to cut jobs, institute temporary pay cuts
News AMD announced on Friday it would cut its workforce by nine percent and institute temporary salary cuts from its executive chairman down to hourly workers. In the US and Canada, executives that hold a rank of vice president or higher will receive a...
[January 19, 2009, 7:45]
US Report: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News The fear, according to Reinert, is that companies might replace full-time American workers with overseas workers brought in on H1-B visas to fill temporary jobs for which certain expensive benefits wouldn't be required.
[September 21, 1998, 7:57]
US Report: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News The fear, according to Reinert, is that companies might replace full-time American workers with overseas workers brought in on H1-B visas to fill temporary jobs for which certain expensive benefits wouldn't be required.
[September 22, 1998, 7:57]
A Year Ago: Immigration battle looms for hi-tech staff
News The fear, according to Reinert, is that companies might replace full-time American workers with overseas workers brought in on H1-B visas to fill temporary jobs for which certain expensive benefits wouldn't be required.
[September 20, 1999, 7:00]
Temp staff pose biggest security risk
News A spokesman for PolicyMatter said in a statement: "With the majority of firms deploying policy through an employee handbook, or ad hoc hard copies, it's a good bet that most temporary workers are never made aware of the company's policies on...
[June 11, 2003, 15:17]
Demand for IT jobs falls in UK
News Openings for temporary IT workers has fared worse. Demand for IT workers came second only to that for medical and nursing staff. Demand for IT workers has risen across the board, from a low of approximately 30 points last month.
[April 8, 2009, 15:10]
Bush hints door may open for more tech workers
News He noted that temporary employment programmes for skilled workers already exist. He thinks that if the Bush proposal does include skilled temporary worker programmes, it "would include some provision to protect the wages and working conditions of...
[January 21, 2004, 13:59]
HP memo tells of further cuts to EDS salaries
News The temporary salary reductions will go into effect next month and end in May, according to the memo, and workers who make less than $40,000 (£28,000) annually are excluded. HP is cutting the salaries of EDS workers another 10 percent beyond what...
[March 16, 2009, 13:03]
Tech companies try cutting costs - without layoffs
News The company is also reducing the number of temporary workers at its manufacturing facilities and cutting salaries for top executives by 5 percent to 10 percent, the report said. Tech companies, such as PC maker, Dell Computer, are also trying to...
[February 9, 2001, 10:31]
Dell cuts back on temporary staff, more layoffs expected
News Hewlett-Packard said last month that it will trim 2 percent of its staff, or about 1,770 workers. Dell had 16,200 workers in January 1998, 24,400 in January 1999 and 36,500 in January 2000, a representative said.
[February 9, 2001, 7:57]
Amazon UK accused of treating staff harshly
News Temporary workers at Amazon.com's UK fulfilment centres risk being terminated if they call in sick and are required to work seven days a week, according to a report published on Sunday in the The Times.
[December 16, 2008, 9:38]
HP closes California plant
News The 300 HP employees and 200 temporary workers at the Roseville manufacturing plant will have the opportunity to transfer to Houston and will be eligible for relocation assistance, the company said. Temporary workers who transfer to Houston will...
[January 31, 2003, 8:07]
Cole Harford Tackles E-mail Security Threats With IBM Express Managed Security Services for E-mail Security
White Papers Cole Harford, a wholesale provider of restaurant supplies, found that its operational efficiency was being compromised by the sheer volume of e-mail spam and viruses that its 25 full-time employees and additional temporary and part-time workers...
[November 17, 2006, 0:00]
Cisco Network Admission Control: Help Customers Improve Security
White Papers This overview explains how organizations can use Cisco NAC to implement identity-based access control at the network level to protect valuable resources and assets; support guests and temporary workers; enforce security policies on all devices...
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
Outsourced jobs 'will return'
News The loss of US jobs due to a shift of information technology work overseas maybe be painful for American workers now, but the discomfort is only temporary, according to a panel of information technology executives gathered on Tuesday.
[October 22, 2003, 11:40]
Working the Web: High-tech job hunts
News About two months later, she got a call from the Parsons Group, a New York company that specialies in providing financial consultants and temporary workers. Workers also change jobs more often than in the past, and many fields face shortages of...
[February 1, 1999, 10:01]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
News Termed The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, it imparts various benefits to temporary workers, including more flexibility in moving between temp positions and permanent roles, and various payment guarantees.
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
HP plans 5,700 job cuts in EMEA
News Out of that number, 80 are permanent HP employees and the remaining are temporary workers and contractors. The factory closure in Scotland will affect 710 workers at the enterprise, storage and server plant in Erskine, an HP spokesperson told ZDNet...
[May 28, 2009, 17:27]
