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Felipe Carneiro

HRinsights-HR Landscapes: Uruguay-The ‘Objetivo Empleo’ Program

by Felipe Carneiro | June 2010 | Demographics, General, Latin America, Newsletter Articles, Regional | 0 Comments

Uruguay, officially called the Eastern Republic of the Uruguay, is located in the southeastern part of South America, with Montevideo as the capital and largest city, and has an estimated population of 3.5 million people. On June 8 this year, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Ministerio de Trabajo eSeguridad Social) launched the “Objetivo Empleo” program with the goal to create up to 3,000 jobs per year.


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John Macy

HRinsights-Regional Update: APAC-Infrastructure Strain and Mashups

by John Macy | May 2010 | Asia Pacific, Australia, General, Newsletter Articles, Regional | 0 Comments

As part of a study into Australia’s digital infrastructure requirements and the new broadband roll-out, some interesting information has emerged. The study looked at the way people use the internet, the infrastructure requirements, the type of applications required for the future and the expected volume of data transacted daily.


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Felipe Carneiro

HRinsights-HR Landscapes: Portugal-Euroskills 2010

by Felipe Carneiro | May 2010 | Europe, Newsletter Articles, Regional, Talent Management | 0 Comments

From December 9th to 12th 2010, the city of Lisbon, Portugal’s capital and largest city, will host the EuroSkills 2010 — European professions championship, now in its 2nd edition, with hundreds of competitors, experts and judges, representing their countries and vocational skills.


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Mike Kent

HRinsights-Regional Update: North America-HR Progress in 15 years?

by Mike Kent | March 2010 | General, Newsletter Articles, North America, Regional | 0 Comments

In surfing the net for information to use in last month’s article about predictions for HR in 2010, I came across an article from SHRM’s HR Magazine (May 1995).  In it, writer Linda Thornburg interviewed a panel of HR experts on what they thought the world of HR would look like in the U.S. in 2010, then 15 years in the future.
John Macy

HRinsights-Regional Update: APAC-Payroll Wars

by John Macy | March 2010 | Asia Pacific, Australia, GPS - Global Payroll Strategy, Newsletter Articles, Payroll, Regional | 0 Comments

NorthgateArinso continued its acquisition strategy last month by acquiring the mid to large company payroll provider Neller Software. The Neller brand name and long association with the Australian payroll market makes the acquisition a very important step in the war for payroll market share. Other payroll providers will be watching carefully as NorthgateArinso expands into all levels of the market.


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Christian Adlung

HRinsights-Regional Update: Europe-The Male/Female Salary Gap

by Christian Adlung | March 2010 | Europe, General, Newsletter Articles, Regional | 0 Comments

One topic that has recently been in the press a lot in Europe is the everpresent, significant gap in salaries between male and female employees. This gap varies from country to country, however, in a number of the European countries, the gap is more than 20 or 25 percent.


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Felipe Carneiro

HRinsights-HR Landscapes: Turkey-Safety and Health at Work

by Felipe Carneiro | March 2010 | Europe, General, Newsletter Articles, Regional | 0 Comments

In 2011 Turkey will host the 19th World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, to be held in the country’s largest city, Istanbul. The event is organized every three years and the last one was held in Seoul in 2008. It’s an excellent opportunity to exchange information about new ideas for prevention of occupational diseases and accidents at work.


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Mike Kent

HRinsights-Regional Update: North America-2010 Preview

by Mike Kent | February 2010 | General, Newsletter Articles, North America, Regional | 0 Comments

This month, believing by now that it really is a new year, let’s look at what’s ahead. Since there is so much to think about, again let’s just skim the highlights using the same broad categories as in the 2009 review.
John Macy

HRinsights-Regional Update: APAC-Employee Record Keeping-Is DNA Profile on the List?

by John Macy | February 2010 | Asia Pacific, General, Newsletter Articles, Regional | 0 Comments

Is DNA medical information and so should be maintained by a medical practitioner or is it employee information and so should be maintained by the employer similar to a person’s passport or birth certificate? Also, at what point is an employer justified in asking for a DNA sample? Could it be a pre-employment requirement for matching against a national DNA database?


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Christian Adlung

HRinsights-Regional Update: SaaS Adoption in Europe

by Christian Adlung | February 2010 | Europe, HR Technology, Regional, Talent Management | 0 Comments

I think we all agree that the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model is a great opportunity for corporations to adopt new HR functionality, such as Performance Management…


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