| Month |
Topics |
| June 2008 |
Staffing in Asia-Pacific Region Challenges HS&E Managers; HR Technology: What HR Leaders Should Know; Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Get More Creative, Aggressive in Wage-and-Hour Class Actions |
| May 2008 |
Diversity Champion Frank Quevedo Wins First-Ever ORC Peter Robertson Award; Talent Management Executives Debate Workforce Segmentation; Workforce Planning for Knowledge Transfer in Science and Engineering Organizations; Work Organization and Worker Well-Being: An Emerging Issue for EHS and HR Managers |
| April 2008 |
Has Self-Service Gone Too Far? A Self-Service Checklist; U.S. Progressing on Global Classification and Labeling System for Hazardous Chemicals; Market Pricing Helps Companies Create Global Compensation Platforms; Senior HR Officers Build Community, Relationships, Business (and Houses)? |
| March 2008 |
Special Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Issue: Next Generation Diversity: A new construct for driving initiatives through the organization; ORC Worldwide Announces Award for Equality and Diversity Champions; Proposed FMLA Regulations Fall Short for U.S. Employers; Senior Leadership Impact on Diversity: What Really Works? |
| February 2008 |
The New Labor Relations Organization: Responding to Global Needs; SIRS ® Companies Pursue Global Job Mapping; ORC Experts Discuss Taxation of Expatriate Compensation, the Role of OSHA, Exchange Rates |
| December 2007 |
Companies Opt to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Ahead of Legislative Mandates; ORC Opens Dubai Office;
Building a Safety Culture in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| November 2007 |
Changes for Long-term Incentives and Car Benefits in Europe; Employment Testing: The New Hot Button for Federal Agencies; Cost, Competition, and Living Conditions Complicate Expatriate Management in Asia |
| October 2007 |
SIRS® Unveils Web application for Analyzing Financial Impact of HR Decisions;
Improving Worker Health to Cut Employer Costs;
Adding Breadth and Depth to Leadership Development Experiences |
| August 2007 |
Globalization
Dictates New Approaches to Job Structures and Assignments;
Survey Reports Localization Practices in Multinational Companies |
| June 2007 |
U.S. Labor
Movement Seeks Federal Legislation to Bolster Organizing Capability;
Assessing Leadership Potential; ORC Executive Named VP, International,
for CIPD |
| May 2007 |
R&D Organizations
Focus on Talent Planning and Development; Diversity = Profit:
Making the Link; Managing Talent in Vietnam; Developing
Tomorrow’s HR Leaders: An ORC Resource |
| March 2007 |
Summit Proposes
New, Mutually Beneficial Model for Labor/Management Relations;
Local Labor Markets Challenge Global Rewards Programs; Chinese
Have Leg Up on Development in Africa; Slow-Cooked Onboarding
Avoids Half-Baked Results |
| February 2007 |
Getting Full Strategic
Benefit from Affinity Groups; International Assignment Research
Highlights Global Talent Management Challenges; Globalization
of Employment Law; ORC Authors Explain It All |
| January 2007 |
UK Companies
Learn About the Labor Relations Landscape in the US; Whence
the HR Leaders of Tomorrow?; IRC Sponsors Research on Work/Life
Balance Issues for Expatriate Employees |
| December
2006 |
Enterprise
Strategy Demands Enterprise Governance; Building a High-Performing
Safety Culture; Chief HR Officers Voice Concern with Wider
Array of Talent Management Issues |
| November
2006 |
Fighting Fire
with Fire: Using the New Media to Counteract Corporate Campaigns;
Talent Management Strategies in Eastern Europe; Talent Management
in the R&D |
| October 2006 |
ORC and Chinese
Delegation Share HR Insights; Measuring Satisfaction with International
Assignment Programs; Variable Pay Budgets More Aggressive in
2007 than Merit Increases; American Companies Seen as “Data
Cowboys” by
European Governments |
| July 2006 |
Strategies
for Identifying and Developing Leaders; Shifting Expatriate
Management Practices; Renowned Experts Join
ORC’s Global Equality,
Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts |
| June 2006 |
Survey Shows
Serious HR Planning for Pandemic; Some Cracks; Open Innovation
Presents New HR Challenges for Research & Technology
Organizations; ORC Opens Asia-Pacific HSE Service |
| April 2006 |
Helping Japanese
Expats Adapt to U.S. Culture; New Federal Regulations Complicate
Internet Recruiting in U.S.; Law Firm Demonstrates “Critical
Mass” Theory
of Diversity; Resources for Canadian Employers |
| March 2006 |
New Guidance
Shines Enforcement Light on Old Labor Law; Lessons Learned
From 9/11; HR Technology Gurus Face Up to Disaster Planning;
Transferring Employees from Less-Developed Countries |
| February 2006 |
Experts Warn
Companies: Prepare Now for Flu Pandemic; Global Diversity Execs
Find Changing Attitudes; Growing Sexual Harassment Issues in
Asia; ORC Resources: Balancing Cost and Expectations of Repatriation |
| January 2006 |
Employers Beware: Unions
May Yet Hit on That Winning Formula; Understanding Global Diversity;
ORC Launches Global Diversity Network |
| November 2005 |
Ram Charan
Addresses ORC Networks on Strategic HR Challenges; ORC/Fordham
Symposium Provides Insight into Chinese HR Environment; ORC
Resources: Understanding the return on health, safety, and
environmental investments |
| October 2005 |
White’s
Keynote Describes Success Factors for Multinational Safety & Health;
Compensating Program Managers; Aligning HR Strategy When Business
Strategy Is Unclear |
| September 2005 |
Mid-Sized Companies Consider
R&D Career Ladders; Strategy and a New Tool for Effective
Expatriate Communication; A Delicate Balance: HRIS System Security
versus Self-Service |
| July 2005 |
Holistic Approach to Thorny
Safety Problem; EU Still Pursues Aggressive Labor Agenda; ORC
Resources: EU Employment Law Workshop, September 13, London,
and Chinese Labor and HR Symposium, September 27-29, Beijing |
| June 2005 |
What Do CEOs
Want?; Salary Increase Data for 129 Countries; ORC’s
Frank White Warns Companies to Pay Attention to EU OSH Developments |
| May 2005 |
Global Talent
Management Trends Emerge in Meeting; Managing a Global Cadre;
Companies Share R&D Career Ladders |
| April 2005 |
Talent Management
Tops List of HR Executives’ Concerns; ORC Meeting in
Thailand Raises Money for Tsunami Relief |
| March 2005 |
Transitioning to Shared Services; Labor Relations in China*;
ORC Partners with Companies, Governments to Seek Work Permit
Changes; ORC Resources: EU Briefing Modules |
| February 2005 |
Bullying Issue
Crosses Oceans, Real and Metaphorical; EH&S Leaders Explore
Functional Talent Management Issues; Maximizing Value and Minimizing
Risk of Failure in International Assignments |
| January 2005 |
Study Sheds New
Light on Causes and Mitigators of Work/Life Stress; Senior
Manager Salaries in Central and Eastern Europe Outpace West’s;
The Regionalization of Industrial Relations in the EU; Worldwide
Practices Survey Highlights Management Challenges |
| November 2004 |
Managing R&D
in a Matrixed Organization; Labor Relations Group Confronts
Corporate Campaigns; Global Talent Management Study Report
Released; Other ORC Resources |
| October 2004 |
Survey Predicts
Merit and Adjustment Budgets for 2005; Innovative Programs
Promote Wellness among Employees |
| September 2004 |
Localization on the Rise; Policies
Play Catchup; Higher Pharmacy Costs Can Yield Lower Total Health
Costs; State-of-the-Art HR Information Systems |
| August 2004 |
Global Talent Management Study
Yields Practical Lessons; Preparing for New UK Information & Consultation
Law; National Differences Complicate EU Diversity Efforts;
ORC Resources: Expatriate Remuneration, Developing Global Leaders |
| June 2004 |
Managing Employee Relations
in India; Exciting New Technology, Potential New Hazards; NESNet
To Explore Employer Security, Liaise with Government; Employee
Networks—Policies and Practices; ORC Resources: Exceptions
To Expatriate Policy |
| May 2004 |
Workplace Violence Gets Attention
of Government Agencies; Alternative Approaches to Rewards for
Technical Employees; New Overtime Regs Challenge Experienced
Compensation Pro’s;
ORC Resources: Climate Assessment Article |
| April 2004 |
Competitive Pay
Structures in the “Global Job Market”; Growing
Popularity of Restricted Share Schemes in UK; HR
Leaders on Guard Against Hack-tivism |
| March 2004 |
UK Grapples with Disability
Discrimination; Protecting the Company’s Investment in
Expatriates; Using Technology to Jump Start New Hires; How
Expensive Are the New EU Member States? |
| February 2004 |
Leading Companies
Share Global Diversity Strategies; Short-Term Expatriate Assignments
Gain Popularity; Article Reviews Compensation Fundamentals |
| December 2003 |
Research Shows
Importance of Data to Diversity Initiatives; SHRM Unveils Global HR Certification Program; Health Care Costs Dominate Labor Negotiations; ORC Opens Doors to New Reading Room |
| November
2003 |
European Employers Face Equal
Pay Issues; Stress—The New Cocaine?; Companies Go “Silver
Mining”; Contractor Safety Programs |
| October
2003 |
ORC Helps Spearhead New Initiatives
for Dual Career Families; Homeland Security: Public/Private Partnership;
ORC Worldwide Marks 30 Years in Europe; ORC Testimony at EEOC
Hearing; Complexities of HR Management Multiply in Japanese-Owned
Subsidiaries |
| July
2003 |
ORC’s Name Change Reflects
Global Reach; Neutrality Clauses Don’t Require Silence;
Companies Still Struggle with Diversity Business Case; Supreme
Court’s Affirmative Action Decisions—Management Implications;
The Future of the Global Workforce; Creating Global Leaders |
| June
2003 |
Total Remuneration for Flexibility,
Cost Control, and Globalization of Pay Systems; Crisis Management
Lessons from SARS |
| April
2003 |
ORC Raises Corporate Social Responsibility
Issues; HR Metrics Front and Center; UK Employers Prepare for
New Anti-Discrimination Laws |
| March
2003 |
Key Success Factors for Employee
Ownership Plans; Employers Struggle to Control Health Care Costs;
ORC Commentary on Safety Abuses at McWane |
| January
2003 |
Multinationals Consider Mexican
Labor Law Reforms; Career Management Gets Renewed Attention from
R&D Organizations; Experiments in Intra-Regional Compensation
Beset with Difficulties |
| December
2002 |
Strategic and Operational Challenges
to Building Global HR Information Systems; EH&S Moves from
Programmatic to Strategic Approach; Overcoming Barriers to Advancement
of Women and Minorities |
