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EEOC Charges Drop in 2013
For fiscal year 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received less than 94,000 new private sector charges of employment discrimination, marking the lowest level since 2009. The ...
St. John’s University to Relocate Manhattan Campus
St. John's University has leased 71,000 square feet of space for its Manhattan campus at 51 Astor Place, between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village, Manhattan. The new location will house ...
U.S. Employees Not Rewarded for Innovation, Accenture Survey Finds
U.S. employees are hungry to be entrepreneurial, but most believe their companies don't do enough to support and reward their efforts to generate ideas, according to a new study by Accenture. More ...Bushey Succeeds Powers As President of Berkley’s Carolina Casualty
W. R. Berkley Corp. has named Gerald B. Bushey as president of its subsidiary, Carolina Casualty Insurance Group. Bushey succeeds Douglas J. Powers, who is retiring. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, ...
In Cost Cutting Move, Zurich Insurance Lays Off 53 in Middle East
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland's biggest insurer, fired 53 people across its general insurance operations in the Middle East as part of cost- cutting plans. "Fifty-three people were made ...
Progressive’s Renwick Adds Chairman’s Duty, Replacing Lewis
Progressive Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. auto insurer, said Chief Executive Officer Glenn Renwick is taking the additional role of chairman, after the death of Peter Lewis, who previously led the ...
Employers Screening Social Media Accounts May Alienate Job Candidates
Research from North Carolina State University shows companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees – making it harder for them to attract top job ...
Swiss Voters Reject Strictest Executive Pay Limits in Ballot
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives' pay to 12 times that of junior employees yesterday, a measure that would have gone further than any other developed nation. The measure was ...