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Applications now being accepted for 2011 Working Mother Best Companies for Hourly Workers New York, NY (July 28, 2010) — For the second year, Working Mother is pleased to present Best Companies for Hourly Workers, in partnership with Corporate Voices for Working Families. Best Companies for Hourly Workers honors companies dedicated to creating and using best practices to support their non-exempt employees.
Bookmark/Search this post with:[Washington, D.C.], June 28, 2010 - Corporate Voices for Working Families has begun a national campaign to engage the business community and create a broader awareness of the positive business and employee benefits of workplace flexibility. The campaign was launched at the White House at the first-ever Forum on Workplace Flexibility in March, and it will encourage businesses to become "Business Champions" for flexibility by signing a Statement of Support for Expanding Workplace Flexibility.
Bookmark/Search this post with:Steve Wing and Corporate Voices are featured in a June 14 business section profile story -- "New at the top" -- in The Washington Post. Currently Director of Workforce Initiatives for CVS Caremark, Steve will join Corporate Voices September 1 as President.
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- 07/28/2010Working Mother is now accepting applications for the second annual Best Companies for Hourly Workers recognition. When Corporate Voices initiated Best Companies for Hourly Workers in partnership with Working Mother last year, we wanted to highlight those companies that set the standard for best practices for hourly workers. We also wanted to use this recognition [...]
- 07/23/2010Corporate Voices’ Companies Serve As Model for Best-Practice Family Friendly Policies in South KoreaSouth Korea, one of the Asian Tigers noted for its exceptionally high economic growth rates and rapid industrialization throughout the second half of the 20th century, has discovered that its fertility rate is among the lowest among developed countries. South Korea’s fertility rate is 1.19, compared to the U.S.’ rate of 2.1. This low rate [...]
- 07/23/2010The New York Times printed a recent article (“After Training, Still Scrambling for Employment”) that raised some important issues about job training. The article, however, was based on a faulty premise – that job training is a wasted investment if it doesn’t lead to an immediate job, even during a period of severe recession and [...]
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