Job-Hunt.org Offers Free eBooklets to Assist Unemployed in Taking Action.
Layoff Self-Defense & Using Craigslist MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to increasing unemployment throughout the United States, Susan P. Joyce, Editor/Webmaster of award-winning employment portal http://www.job-hunt.org/ and layoff survivor, is providing two free ebooklets on her website. "Rules have changed, and people...

Feeling motivated yet? Long-term unemployed people's perspectives on the implementation of workfare in Australia.
Introduction A common assumption of workfare programs is that many of the long term unemployed exhibit deficits in motivation to engage proactively in the search for paid work (Wanberg, Kanfer and Rotundo, 1999; Hawksworth, 1992). Such assumptions are based on the proposition that being on unemployment benefits...

Striking a health care partnership: challenges: risk managers looking to insure key personnel abroad need to look for health companies with worldwide scope.
Giant multinationals aren't the only companies operating on the global stage today. An increasing number of companies of all sizes now find themselves doing business in more and more countries around the world, whether it be through suppliers, outsourcing or through their own manufacturing facilities and offices. In fact,...

Economic drag; State needs to fix its unemployment system.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION A policy brief from the Pioneer Institute spotlights chronic obstacle to job creation and retention in Massachusetts: The state's overly generous unemployment insurance system. The report makes clear that the system is broken in two ways. First, companies that provide steady employment subsidize...

Money Mantra.
KEYMAN INSURANCE I am a partner in a registered firm along with my father and brother. We are all working partners and get remuneration regularly from the firm. My LIC agent recently approached me for keyman insurance of all the partners. He says that insurance premium is...

Camp Insurance 101.
Understanding the fundamentals of a camp insurance program Camp directors may not always be aware of all the exposures their businesses face. Working with children presents unmatched rewards, but also creates unique risks from the insurance perspective. While camp directors or owners should consult with qualified insurance...

Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. Ranked Largest D&O Broker and Largest Technology Broker In the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19 /PRNewswire/-- Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. was ranked the largest Directors and Officers (D&O) broker in the 2000 annual Tillinghast-Towers Perrin Survey (formerly the Wyatt Survey) with 19.9% of the industry's market share. The company retained its 1999 rating as the largest broker in the...

Protecting key people. (Disability).
Key person insurance protects your company against financial risks such as loss of revenue if a key employee dies, becomes disabled, or retires. While this is a popular type of insurance coverage, companies are reconsidering this risk in light of the terrorist attack. Ask any manager: A...

Parental Leave as Unemployment.
Paid birth and adoption leave is a difficult political issue to oppose. But is unemployment insurance the right way to pay for it? The issue pits family advocates against more traditional supporters of the social insurance system. Working too much would have been inconceivable to Great Depression...

Job killer; Unemployment reform would spur growth.
COLUMN: In our opinion It is a truism in the Patrick administration and among lawmakers that the state needs vigorous economic growth in order to make good on the ambitious health, education and public safety goals set on Beacon Hill. One of the more achievable means toward...