Recruiting & Personnel

Magazine articles on recruiting and retaining employees, benefit plans, and compensation.

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Registered Rep. December 20, 2002 Will Leitch	Judge Says CAP Plan Violates Wage Laws Opponents of Salomon Smith Barney's CAP Plan, an unusual deferred compensation plan, have been shot down repeatedly in their attempts to fight the policy on the grounds that it is an illegal withholding of wages. But they might have caught a break.
CIO January 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby	Cap On, Cap Off In 1998 and 2000, when high-tech companies asked Congress to raise the cap on H-1B visas (temporary permits that allow qualified foreigners to work in the United States), nary a legislator blinked. The cap, however, is slated to shrink to its original level in October 2003.
Knowledge@Wharton December 18, 2002	What Works, What Doesn't Lessons from two companies that outsource back-office tasks
Fast Company January 2003 Alison Overholt	Power Up the People Economy stuck in the doldrums? Morale stuck there too? Here are a few things that you can do to jazz things up in 2003.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2002 Jennifer Gregor	Review Tax Changes to Maximize Employee Benefit Plans The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 contained numerous changes to fundamental retirement plan rules for small businesses.
Inc. December 1, 2002 Norm Brodsky	The Employee Mentality Learning to accept that people have a life outside the business.
Inc. November 21, 2002 Rebecca Sullivan	Power Up the Payroll Process Paymaxx's on-line payroll service, PowerPayroll, streamlines the payroll process for small-business owners.
Managed Care November 2002	Biggest one-year premium jump Health care premiums for large employers will increase 15 percent on average in 2003 -- the biggest year-over-year jump since Towers Perrin began conducting the survey in 1989.
Entrepreneur December 2002 Kimberly L. McCall	No Experience Necessary Hiring novice sales reps may save you money, but are they worth the time and effort?
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Michelle Leder	Training Brokers Not to Flunk Out By focusing their training budgets more effectively, firms hope to trim an attrition rate among new hires that, even in good times, exceeds that of other industries.
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