News tagged with work policies
Get some balance - make flexible work policies work
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most organisations' flexible work policies sit idly in policy documents, employees too uncomfortable to implement them because they might be frowned upon by employers or co-workers for deviating from the ...
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US experts call for rethink of trend to bar smokers from employment
Jan 22, 2009 |
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The increasing trend for employers, particularly in the US, to bar smokers from applying for jobs or staying in post should be stopped, until the appropriateness of such policies has been properly evaluated, argue experts ...
Support for racial equality may be victim of Obama's election
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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"You've come a long way, baby." - Virginia Slims cigarette campaign
President Obama Working to Reverse President Bush's Environmental Legacy
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the U.S., there is a tradition followed by outgoing presidents: Enact as many new policies as possible -- especially if you think that the incoming president would disapprove. This practice ...
Psychologist studies ways to improve soldiers' work-life relationship
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 25, 2008 |
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The U.S. military provides its members with policies to help balance their work and family commitments. But a researcher at Kansas State University has found that simply providing programs might not be enough to maintain ...
Sun-safe pool policies appear related to sun safety behaviors among pool staff
Feb 16, 2009 |
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The social environment at swimming pools appears to be related to sun safety behaviors of outdoor pool staff, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Zero tolerance policies can work against cohesion in schools
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Students who feel connected to their peers and teachers are more inclined to alert a teacher or principal if they hear a fellow student "wants to do something dangerous," according to a new study published ...
What's eating the breadwinners?
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored ...
South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion
Jan 21, 2009 |
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In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual ...
Research says modern work-related stress damages national output more than 1970s strikes
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research presented by Bernard Casey of the University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research shows that work-related stress today damages national output even more than the loss to national output ...
Perceptions of similar language may prevent understanding of sexual harassment policies
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective ...
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