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Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending

Leave a Comment / whistleblower / By max cyril

The economic stimulus bill passed by Congress on February 12, 2009 includes robust whistleblower protections to ensure that employees of private contractors and state and local governments can disclose waste, fraud, gross mismanagement or a violation of law related to stimulus funds. This article summarizes the key provisions of Senator McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) whistleblower protection amendment …

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Just Say “No” to Layoffs—CEO Patriot Pledge

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These are M.A.D. economic times. That’s M.A.D. as in Mutually Assured Destruction, the old Cold War strategy where no one would be left standing after that first nuke was launched. Economic experts, who agree on little else, agree on this: if our current vicious cycle of “layoffs-driving-down-purchasing-which-increases-layoffs” continues, no one will be left standing. There …

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Solis Appointment Moves Out of Senate Committee

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Finally, good news, as reported in The Nation: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, where the [nomination of California Congresswoman Hilda] Solis had been stalled, voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday evening to recommend confirmation of the congresswoman. Solis, a labor ally who whose confirmation process was delayed by conservative Republicans who objected to her …

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The CEO Patriot Pledge: Just Say ‘No’ to More Layoffs

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CEO PATRIOT PLEDGE: As an executive my primary motivation is to act for the good of my company, not just my own financial gain. No one at our company will earn a guaranteed base salary more than 40 times of our lowest paid worker and we will offer the same health care and 401(K) matches …

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Rising Hope for Women

Leave a Comment / discrimination, Supreme Court / By max cyril

Talk about the audacity of hope – who could have imagined that barely a week into office, President Obama would sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and that the Supreme Court would unanimously rule that employees who report discriminatory treatment during an internal investigation are protected from retaliation by Title VII of the Civil …

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Staying Afloat Despite the Horrible Jobs Report

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

Unfortunately, it shouldn’t be a surprise that on the same day the cockpit voice recorder for US Airways Flight 1549 was released, the latest jobless claims report echoed a similar refrain. Sully, the hero pilot who made the water landing, said, “We’re going to be in the Hudson.” And the economy appears to be following …

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Four Phrases That Deserve to Be Retired

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Recently my teenage daughter informed me the word “hip” is no longer hip. Now “cool” is what you want to be. In the interest of making you more cool at work, I’ve included four phrases that should never cross your lips in 2009. “Pay for performance” With trillions of dollars disappearing from stock markets and …

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President signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act: government now respects women and workers

Leave a Comment / discrimination / By max cyril

In a ceremony rich with symbolism, President Barack Obama signed into law The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act on January 29, 2009. In front of a cheering throng who applauded enthusiastically when Ledbetter was introduced, the President said, “This is a wonderful day. It is fitting that the very first bill that I sign …

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Corporate Leadership Awards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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Just as frightening as the plummeting value of our 401(K)s, housing values and overall confidence, is the absolute lack of leadership from our current CEO ranks. I’d give our “C” level executives a “D-” for how they are responding to the current crisis. So in our first ever “Workplace911: The Good, The Bad and The …

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An Open Letter to Bank CEOs

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I hope you are sitting down when you read this—Obama isn’t Superman or God. He can point us in the right direction, but we’re going to have to pitch in to help get there, each and every one of us. I’ll give you two simple things to do in this blog entry. But we can’t …

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Congress Enacts Robust Whistleblower Protections to Prevent Fraud in Stimulus Spending

Just Say “No” to Layoffs—CEO Patriot Pledge

Solis Appointment Moves Out of Senate Committee

The CEO Patriot Pledge: Just Say ‘No’ to More Layoffs

Rising Hope for Women

Staying Afloat Despite the Horrible Jobs Report

Four Phrases That Deserve to Be Retired

President signs Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act: government now respects women and workers

Corporate Leadership Awards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

An Open Letter to Bank CEOs

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