WORKING ON A TASK FORCE

 BY ANIMA SINHA                                           Task forces generally have 50 to 100 members. One hundred people already have signed up to work on the Diversity and Inclusion group; nearly 40 have signed up for the Measures and Metrics group, according to Webster.
Task forces are broken into subgroups. An HR task force on staffing standards that has 161 members, for example, is broken into three subgroups of nearly 55 members each.
The full task force meets monthly, usually late in the business day, depending on where the bulk of the members are located. Meetings are conducted virtually or as conference calls using web 2.0 technology. The task forces have a presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Ning.
Each task force will run 13 to 18 months. At the end of that time, a task force member decides whether to continue working with the group, join another task force, become an observer with no voting privileges or end involvement.

WAGE DISCRIMINATION TOUCHS EVERYONE "SAY LILLY LEDDETTER

Women should not just be entitled to equal pay, they should be earning it, Lilly Ledbetter said during a webinar, “Equal Pay for Working Families,” sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 21. Ledbetter voiced her support for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act by Congress because it protects against retaliation for discussing pay and increases the limit for recovered wages.

 

 

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Labor Shortages Are Predicted: ‘Encore Careers’ May Be Solution

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For a s week, from September 19 through 26, is National Employ Older Workers Week. The week long observance celebrates the contributions of America’s older workforce and recognizes the benefits of hiring these experienced workers. A recent white paper focusing on the older workforce suggests that they consider “encore careers” instead of retiring.

The United States, along with the rest of the world, is still in the throes of a major recession, with an unemployment rate close to 10 percent. But according to a new white paper, by 2018, with an expected return to healthy economic growth and with no change in current U.S. labor force participation rates or immigration rates, there will likely be more jobs than people to fill them.
History shows that after a recovery from a recession, labor shortages typically follow, explains “After the Recovery: Help Needed,” written by Barry Bluestone and Mark Melnik of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. The authors note that the best example is the early 1940s (coming after the Great Depression). They expect a similar labor shortage after recovery from the current recession.                                                                                   
 
 
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NEW HEALTH CARE WEBSITE

White House Launches New Health Care Website

The White House launched a new health care website today. The launch is in celebration of the six month anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The website provides information about the ACA, including state specific information.

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LABOUR SHORTAGES ARE PREDICTED

Labor Shortages Are Predicted: ‘Encore Careers’ May Be Solution

This week, from September 19 through 26, is National Employ Older Workers Week. The week long observance celebrates the contributions of America’s older workforce and recognizes the benefits of hiring these experienced workers. A recent white paper focusing on the older workforce suggests that they consider “encore careers” instead of retiring

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