May 13, 2010 by Jared Bilski
It happens more often than you’d like to think: Departing employees swipe confidential info before they leave the company. What’s worse, many firms actually make it easy for ‘em to do so.
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Tags: Administrative password, Audit system, Company's passwords, Departing employees, Hackers, IT pros, Layoffs, Sensitive info
April 23, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Tax Day brought more than long post office lines — it also brought two more months of unemployment benefits to many people. And a new to-do list for Finance.
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Tags: Benefits, COBRA, COBRA subsidy, Congress, Involuntarily terminated, Layoffs, Retroactively, The Continuing Extension Act of 2010, Unemployment benefits
March 26, 2010 by Jared Bilski
Forget lower morale, companies that plan on employing drastic cost-cutting strategies (layoffs, furloughs, pay/benefit cuts, etc.), should brace themselves for all-out misconduct problems as a result.
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Tags: 2009 National Business Ethics Survey, Adjusted work schedules, Comp/Benefit reductions, Cost-cutting strategies, Layoffs, Lower morale, Misconduct
August 21, 2009 by Jared Bilski
Thinking about snatching up some of the talent that’s been displaced during the recession’s record layoffs? Research suggests you may want to act fast.
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Tags: CareerBuilder, hiring, Layoffs, Recession
August 21, 2009 by Jared Bilski
While layoffs or salary freezes are still commonplace, more companies are turning to furloughs.
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Tags: Cuts, Employee morale, Furloughs, Hay Group, Layoffs, Recession, Study
June 5, 2009 by Jared Bilski
More employers are transitioning away from survival mode with a guarded optimism about an economic recovery. The result: fewer layoffs and freezes ahead.
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Tags: Economic recovery, Future cutback plans, Layoffs, Salary reductions, Watson Wyatt
May 29, 2009 by Jared Bilski
A silver lining in the economic downturn: More A/P staffers are becoming involved in strategic departmental activities — and moving away from low-value tasks.
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Tags: A/P staffers, Accountemps, Formal recognition, Furloughs, Layoffs
April 28, 2009 by Jared Bilski
People can’t go anywhere nowadays without hearing about “these tough economic times,” but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t talk to your staffers about the recession.
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Tags: Economic climate, Layoffs, Leadership consultants, Recession, Tough economic times
April 17, 2009 by Jared Bilski
Despite current high unemployment figures, planned layoffs seem to finally be trending downward. But cost-cutting is still a top priority for most finance chiefs.
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Tags: Layoffs, travel and entertainment, Unemployment figures, Watson Wyatt survey
April 8, 2009 by Shane Borer
Every company deals with employee layoffs a little differently, but this is one response that wasn’t completely thought out.
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Tags: Clerks, Layoffs, Phone system
