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The United Auto Workers, UAW, union has long pushed for Detroit car companies to rely less on temporary workers and provide a faster path to full time status, but automakers [...]

This section presents the summaries of articles published in the February 2002 issue of "Harvard Business Review." The article "Avoid the Four Perils of CRM," by Darrell K. Rigby, Frederick F. Reichheid and Phil Schefter, looks at best practices in customer relationship management. In the article "Getting the Truth into Workplace Surveys," author Palmer Morrei-Samuels explores survey design and offers guidelines for improving workplace assessment tools. In the essay "They're Not Employees, They're People," Peter Drucker examines workforce dynamics, including the management of temporary employees and contract workers.

Byline: CityBusiness Guest Perspective Many businesses operating during the COVID-19 pandemic may face the very real issue of dealing with employees' OSHA concerns. That is enhanced for those businesses that [...]

Dave Lee , writing for the Financial Times says that ride-hailing company Uber has begun listing alternative job openings for its drivers amid a dramatic drop in demand for Uber [...]

Byline: Henry Sandercock Henry Sandercock UK fresh food businesses have seen thousands of applications from Brits following the launch of recruitment drives for domestic workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Applications [...]

DMC Global reported it has reduced its workforce by 264 positions, 97 of which were temporary workers. The reduction, which eliminated approximately one third of DMC's workforce, was taken primarily [...]

Dozens of Whole Foods workers at stores across the U.S. skipped their shifts to call attention to demands for better pay and more safety measures to protect them during the [...]

Byline: Andy Coyne Moy Park, the UK-based meat processor owned by US poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride, is seeking 'hundreds' of temporary workers to help it meet additional demand resulting from [...]

Triumph Group announced certain cost reduction initiatives to align capacity with expected demand. To date, there has been no material impact to Triumph's backlog or revenue as a result of [...]

Box founder and CEO Aaron Levie tweeted, 'We have moved essentially all Box's 2,000 employees to remote work in all regions globally for the month (to start). A few offices [...]

Byline: William Morris When letters begin arriving in mailboxes next month inviting households to take part in the 2020 U.S. Census, they will be the first step in a great [...]

Byline: Michael Martinez Despite two of the Detroit 3 winning some financial flexibility through plant closures, this year's UAW negotiations ultimately resulted in the automakers getting contracts that are costlier [...]

Byline: Henrick Karoliszyn, Reporter As unemployment rates near historical lows, American business leaders are steadily drawing from an applicant pool that includes those with criminal records. A nationwide study conducted [...]

SIMILAR TO GM: -- 3% raises in 2020 and 2022, 4% lump-sum payments in 2019 and 2021 -- Profit-sharing formula unchanged (Ford, unlike GM, did not have a cap) -- [...]

Byline: Graeme Roberts Striking UAW full-time workers at General Motors will get a US$11,000 ratification bonus if the contract scheduled to start on 6 January, 2020 is ratified, the union [...]

GM has agreed to make temporary employees permanent after three consecutive years worked, according to [...]

On Friday, Uber will launch Uber Works, a new app that will match temporary workers looking for shift work with businesses looking to fill gaps in their rosters, The Financial [...]

The UAW strike at General Motors is entering its second week as bargainers deal with unresolved issues that include the use of temporary workers and wages for newer hires, The [...]

Byline: Hannah Lutz Whether they have decades of experience on the assembly line or were hired only months ago, many workers who walked off the job at General Motors plants [...]

Trelleborg AB is set to initiate cost-cutting measures, which will involve 'targeted personnel reductions', in response to declining demand. By not fulfilling vacancies, reviewing the need for temporary employees and [...]

Buckingham analyst Richard Safran reiterated his belief that Boeing remains a tactical buying opportunity and thinks the stock could go to $400-$450 driven primarily by a 9% free cash flow [...]

Boeing plans to add extra staff and hire 'a few hundred' temporary employees at Grant County International Airport in Washington state where it is storing many grounded 737 MAX jetliners, [...]

A group of senators is urging Google to stop the practice of scaling back full-time jobs and filling positions with temps, contractors and vendors from staffing agencies, The New York [...]

Shutterstock Almost one million temporary workers are being excluded from skills development opportunities because of a poorly-designed apprenticeships system, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation has claimed. Agency workers or those [...]

Google's ranks of temporary workers now outnumber its full-time employees, The New York Times' Daisuke Wakabayashi reports. Wakabayashi chronicled the conditions faced by Google temps, vendors, and contractors, known internally [...]

The research founding a lack of engineering and technical candidates a continuing concern.Photo: Shutterstock UK employers are increasingly likely to hire agency workers amid continuing falls in confidence in the [...]

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google said it will require its contracted and temporary workforce to receive full benefits, including comprehensive health care, paid parental leave and a $15 minimum wage, according [...]

Byline: CityBusiness Guest Perspective Small business owners who are thinking about hiring summer interns need to get busy many young people are looking for opportunities now. Many colleges and universities [...]

Ford is looking to cut 5,000 jobs in Germany as it aims to return to profit in Europe, Reuters reports, citing a spokesman for the car maker. 'We are looking [...]

Byline: Joyce M. Rosenberg Small business owners who are thinking about hiring summer interns need to get busy many young people are looking for opportunities now. Many colleges and universities [...]

Freelancers and temporary employees were once considered ... well, they just were not considered, especially when it came to where, when, or how they work in an office. Spurred by [...]

New legislation to bolster workers' rights, including an extension of the right to a written statement of entitlements and closing a loophole that penalises agency staff, will be introduced today.Described [...]

With the festive season almost upon us, and the Black Friday sales beginning this week, many employers are looking for temporary workers to assist over the busy Christmas period. Philip [...]

Caterpillar has laid off 120 temporary workers at a hydraulic excavator facility in Victoria,Texas following its decision to reduce production, says Reuters, citing a company spokesperson. [Reference [...]

The proportion of freelancers working on a project basis is partly behind the increase. Global research into the use of contingent workers - those professionals engaged in the so-called gig [...]