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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. The proposal will look at benefits such as pensions, holiday pay, sick pay, interest-free loans and share schemes...
[February 21, 2002, 11:38]
Employers: Find Out Your Workers' World Cup Rights
News Few of us will be unaware that the football World Cup kicks off on Friday 31 May. The initial group stage continues until Friday 14 June, with the knock-out stages (not wishing to tempt fate! starting on Saturday 15 June and culminating in the...
[May 22, 2002, 14:53]
Encryption Tool Gives Privacy Buffs New Image
News Though many support Hacktivismo's goal in releasing the program -- it is aimed at human rights workers who wish to report abuses in places where the Internet is heavily monitored -- some have urged caution.
[July 8, 2002, 8:32]
See How Microsoft Provided Mobile Solutions For Lifetime Products.
White Papers With 2,300 employees in Utah and 200 in China, Lifetime Products needed a reliable way for its mobile workers to communicate and collaborate in a secure and cost-effective environment across national boundaries and multiple time zones.
[July 26, 2005, 6:00]
Open Source Plan Could Aid Torture Victims
News A team has also been traveling to places such as Sri Lanka and Guatemala to learn what human rights workers on the ground need. The company chose open source partly because it's cheap but mainly because it would let human rights workers in foreign...
[April 10, 2001, 8:31]
Microsoft Locks Down Office Documents
News Office workers can specify who can read or alter a spreadsheet, block copying or printing, and set an expiration date. Gartenberg said there's a valid need for such services, especially as office workers become more mobile, and more sensitive...
[September 2, 2003, 14:25]
Court Battle Highlights Email Rights
News Currently, the National Labor Relations Board's position on the matter is that companies should treat email essentially as they treat any other form of communication, and companies that allow casual use of their communications systems -- say...
[April 1, 2003, 8:32]
Google Vs US Immigration Policy
Blog Comment Lazlo Block, a good talking head, but my first hand experience shows that Google uses h-1b body shop to find workers. These are excellent workers, top-notch people, and Google wouldn't consider them. Prejudice in hiring decisions is a crime in the...
[June 7, 2007, 18:00]
Workplace Surveillance Boosts Stress Levels
News Bearing the brunt of the IT scrutiny are administrative and white-collar employees, such as call-centre staff and data-entry workers, who complained of an increase in work strain of 10 percent when they are being watched.
[January 9, 2008, 7:36]
Adobe Locks Down Documents
News Using the new server tools, workers within an organisation can specify who can access a PDF file and when and what rights the viewer has to print, forward or modify the file. Administrators can even define a "lease period," within which the...
[February 18, 2004, 9:20]
UK Government In Breach Of European Employment Law
News In a groundbreaking decision that will now land the government back in the British courts and force it to change the law, ECJ judges have upheld the opinion of the Advocate General that the European Working Time Directive prevents national...
[June 26, 2001, 14:17]
RFID-Enabled System Takes Patient Safety In Hand
White Papers But hospital workers are noticing that bar-code bracelets make some patients uneasy, and some report that scanning the bar codes does not always integrate smoothly into typical care routines. A number of healthcare facilities are now relying on bar...
[November 15, 2006, 0:00]
Bosses Use Spy Software On Workers In China, Says Report
News Privacy rights refer to issues involving workers' personal identities and private lives while companies have the responsibility to monitor employee performance, the report quoted Chou Jiansheng, a lawyer in Zhejiang province, as saying.
[November 28, 2000, 8:34]
An AFGE Guide To The Department Of Homeland Security's Proposed Human Resources System
White Papers The Act brought together 23 agencies and 170,000 workers in one of the largest reorganizations in the history of the Federal government. On February 20, 2004, DHS and OPM issued proposed regulations that, if adopted, would dramatically change the...
[January 17, 2005, 2:00]
TechNet Webcast: Establishing A Secure And Manageable Messaging Infrastructure (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast explores how business practices at Contoso, an example company in this webcast, have evolved to offer workers more flexibility and to encourage collaboration. The webcast shows how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and...
[February 28, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Secure Manageable Messaging (Level 200)
White Papers As business practices evolve to encourage collaboration and offer workers more flexibility, messaging infrastructures often become a central hub of activity. The attendee will learn how to configure Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA...
[February 28, 2008, 0:01]
Danger: The IT Ghosts Of Workers Past Are Lingering
News Ghosts of millions of former workers populate the databases of corporations. The workers have moved on, but their ghosts linger, awaiting a hacker intent on using the ghost's identity to damage the company's network systems.
[July 22, 2002, 10:14]
Fujitsu Workers To Strike This Week
News The union is angry because they say workers were denied the benefits of union recognition and representation, and the right to a 90-day consultation before redundancy. The union members "had no choice but to return to strike action to defend their...
[January 10, 2007, 13:44]
Microsoft Changes Temps' Agreement
News Microsoft temporary workers claimed victory Tuesday as the software giant backed off a controversial contract which gave temps a tough choice: waive rights to benefits or lose their jobs. Effective immediately, Microsoft temps will no longer be...
[January 27, 1999, 16:39]
UK Ordered To End 'long Hours' Culture
News Amicus complained that employers are not enforcing workers' rights to breaks and holidays. The directive states that employees cannot work more than 48 hours per week -- although certain professions including healthcare and the media are exempt...
[April 29, 2002, 16:52]
