NCAA Tournament may cost employers $1.8B in lost work
Annual unscientific survey does not take into account that many employees who participate in office pools devote extra time
to finishing their responsibilities.
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Workplace guns bill gets final legislative OK
The Indiana General Assembly approved a bill that lets workers keep firearms locked in their cars in trunks or out of sight
while parked on company property.
Job searches dragging on a year later
Out of six professionals IBJ profiled a year ago, three have found jobs, although all have accepted lower pay than
they were getting before. One could not be reached, but she still lists herself as looking for work on LinkedIn.com. Two tried
to start their own businesses, with one giving up and one, Bruce Flanagan, still trying.
Protest at Evansville Whirlpool plant draws 1,500
Company shuttering plant, moving work to Mexico.
Perils of non-family managers
A former Toyota exec blasts non-family managers for the company’s problems. Are some Indianapolis-area companies better-
or worse-off after families relinquished control?
Wintry weather testing work snow-day policies
Coping with wintery blasts is made easier by advancements in work-from-home technology. But different kinds of companies have
different policies when it comes to giving employees the option to telecommute or blow off the workday altogether.
Smoking ban legislation appears dead in Statehouse
Legislation that would ban smoking in all public places, enclosed areas of places of employment and certain state vehicles
appears headed for an Indiana General Assembly summer study committee.
Gun bills on fast track
Want to leave a gun in your car at work? Your employer’s policy may become irrelevant.
Contest will honor centenarians who still work
Last year, Virginia-based Experience Works recognized 101-year-old attorney Jack Borden of Weatherford, Texas.
Indiana House approves bill allowing guns at work
Legislation that would prohibit employers from banning guns in people’s locked cars on company property has cleared both the
House and Senate.
Fortune Industries names new chief executive
Fortune Industries Inc., an Indianapolis-based professional employer organization, has appointed Tena Mayberry as its CEO.
Mayberry, who also will continue to serve as president, succeeds John Fisbeck.
Immigration redux at the Statehouse
Are Republicans shooting themselves in the foot with another bill targeting illegals?
State investigates blasts at Portage steel mill
Investigators are taking a "hard look" at safety at a northwestern Indiana steel mill that has had two recent explosions.
Too much, too soon in Elkhart?
Embattled workers might lose motivation to go back to school, thus putting them in an even worse position in the long run.
Americans’ job satisfaction falls to record low
Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a
new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their work.
Some of city’s most successful money managers are father-son teams
All parents hope to teach their kids the value of money. Few end up successfully investing hundreds of millions of dollars
together. But for a handful of top local teams, wealth management is a family affair.
AIT shares profit with employees – again
AIT Laboratories said Monday morning it is awarding another $1 million in bonus money to employees, bringing their total take
in profit sharing this year to an impressive $3 million.
Legislators face unemployment insurance fund sinking into red
Indiana lawmakers are preparing to punt on 2009’s must-solve business issue in the hope of a federal bailout. However, it’s
anybody’s
guess how Washington will respond.
Man claims being denied job over beard, turban
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.