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.
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Smoking ban bill sent back to committee
The fate of a proposal that would impose a stricter workplace smoking ban in Indianapolis remains up in the air after the
City-County Council voted Monday night to send the bill back to committee for further review.
Former Huntington National Bank exec alleges age discrimination
Michael Lewis, 53, filed a complaint with the Indianapolis office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Aug. 13 and sued Huntington Oct. 15 in Marion Superior Court.
Employers brace for Cyber Monday
More than 53 percent of workers with Internet access, or 68.8 million, are expected to shop online Monday, according to
the Washington, D.C.-based National Retail Federation.
Mad about work? Let it out
If you’re angry about unfair treatment at work, and don’t let it out, you’re much more likely to have a heart attack, a new
study shows.
Fewer firms reimbursing workers for tuition
As corporations continue to dig out from the worst recession in decades, tuition-reimbursement programs are a common
casualty. A survey estimates that 63 percent of companies will
offer undergraduate educational assistance this year compared to 67 percent in 2005.
Lilly snags talent kudos
Fortune magazine ranked the drug company among the best in the world for managing talent.
Council resurrects workplace smoking ban proposal
Two weeks after reaching a stalemate on a proposal that would broaden the city’s workplace smoking ban, City-Council
Council members voted Monday night to resurrect the measure.
Layoff euphemisms
Corporations simply don’t like direct language, a Butler University professor says.
King Systems, Steel Dynamics fined over safety violations
The Indiana Department of Labor has slapped two Indiana companies with fines of about $200,000 each for repeated safety violations
that put workers at risk.
Smoking-ban backers, opponents vow to keep battling
Supporters of a stricter ban on smoking in Indianapolis workplaces said the City-County Council’s decision Monday night to table the proposal will not kill efforts to get legislation passed.
Council tables smoking ban
Efforts to broaden Indianapolis’ workplace smoking ban came up short Monday night as members of the City-County Council voted
to table the proposal. The ordinance would have prohibited patrons from lighting up in bars, bowling alleys and nightclubs,
expanding an existing law that prohibits smoking in most public places, including restaurants that serve minors.
The right mix of work and vacation
Americans have long desired the comparatively lavish vacations enjoyed by peers in other industrialized countries, but the
higher productivity of the U.S. economy is the trade-off.
UPDATE: Hurco exec getting $500,000 exit package
James D. Fabris, who is leaving Hurco Cos. Inc. at the end of the month following a long management tenure, will receive an
exit package worth more than $500,000.
Surprise: Moms not opting out of jobs
Census researchers have debunked the common perception that rising numbers of the most accomplished mothers in the work place
are opting out for full-time family life.
The impact of divorce on business
Researchers have long known that divorce affects work place performance, but a human resource professional has learned that
a gentle response results in loyalty and happy customers.
SLAUGHTER: Learn how to say ‘no’ at work
Whether we
do so out of fear, greed or a sense of duty, relentlessly volunteering for more work is one of the worst choices we can make
at the office.
Lilly as an employment destination
Eli Lilly and Co. has experienced a string of setbacks in recent years. Is it still a good place to work?
HICKS: Card check folly and the demise of unions
This Labor Day sees the American labor movement in serious decline. In fact, U.S. private-sector union membership
has been in serious decline for three decades.
Indiana workplace deaths rise slightly
The number of Hoosiers who died on the job last year ticked up from the previous year. But the total still represents the
second-fewest workplace fatalities since the federal government began tracking the statistic in 1992, the Indiana Department
of Labor said today.