HUMAN RESOURCES

The U.S. Added 261,000 Jobs in October; Here’s the Upshot By  BEN CASSELMAN NOV. 3, 2017 Workers clearing debris from a cafe damaged by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The storm depressed September’s employment figures, keeping some leisure and hospitality workers off the job, but their return and rebuilding efforts improved the picture in October.  Credit Eric Gay/Associated Press The hurricane-battered job market surged back to life in October, the government reported on Friday, the latest sign that the American economy has entered perhaps its strongest stretch of growth in years. Yet the latest round of jobs data did nothing to resolve the question that has bedeviled the economic recovery for years: When will job growth translate into strong wage gains for American workers? Average hourly earnings were 2.4 percent higher in October than a year earlier, barely keeping pace with inflation. Considering the tight labor market, with unemployment at its lowest level since...

Dubai:  New amendments to Law No. 6 of 2012 on human resources management and policies pertaining to police, Civil Defence and immigration officers in the emirate have been issued. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, issued Law No. (18) of 2017 partially amending the HR law. The new amendments provide a legislative framework that serves society and enhance domestic family. The new law aims to provide better work environment for officers, particularly female officers to give them sufficient time to take care of their children in line with the best international HR practices. The new law replaces articles (88), (107) and (122) of the 2012 law with new provisions covering maternity leave, breastfeeding break, paternity leave and the accrued leave during the probation period. The amended article 88 defines all leaves granted to officers under this law, including annual leaves, si...

06/29/2017 03:23 pm ET   Updated  Jun 29, 2017 New York Times Employees Walk Out As Layoffs Loom Copy desk to management: “You turned your backs on us.” By Andy Campbell NEW YORK ― In a show of solidarity, employees of The New York Times walked out of their office on Thursday to protest layoffs expected to hit the paper’s copy desk.  HUFFPOST/ANDY CAMPBELL Dozens of New York Times employees stage a walkout after cuts to the publication’s copy desk were announced. As part of a 15-minute walkout dubbed a “collective coffee break” by their union, dozens of Times employees facing layoffs and their colleagues marched around the historic paper’s building, chanting,   “They say cutbacks, we say fight back!” and “No editors, no piece!” Several Times employees told HuffPost that 109 copy editors were offered buyouts as  part of a company plan  to cut copy desk staff down to as few as 50 people. That rev...