Archive for May, 2007

Business Theft Can Be An Inside Job

We saw this in the LA Times. Big firms aren’t only ones hit by system hackers Inadequately protecting sensitive information can invite intruders. By Alana Semuels Times Staff Writer COMBING through the guts of the website for the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission, an information technology worker for the agency came across an intruder. [...]

Minimum Wage Can Help Boost Employee Productivity

Employees Favor Minimum-Wage Hike From: Inc.com Most workers that are paid an hourly wage support a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage, even if it results in higher consumer prices and job cuts, a recent survey found.Of 500 employees polled nationwide, 65 percent said they favor the wage hike regardless of its potential impact [...]

Immigrant Bill Or Not, Check Out Your Job Candidates

Business Groups Attack Immigration Bill Critics say the new Senate measure amounts to amnesty and will lead to higher taxes. From: Inc.com By: Angus Loten Employer and employee groups alike are attacking a Senate immigration reform bill that balances tougher border and workplace security with a path to legal status for the nation’s estimated 12 [...]

Corra Wishes Everyone A Happy Memorial Day

Corra supposes on the cusp or our Memorial Holiday Weekend it is good the remember all the past travails our nation has faced and how we have surmounted those obstacles. We should enjoy the fact that on this weekend or any other, both men and women can get behind the wheels of their vehicles and [...]