Donald Loonam, Former Vice President of Sales at Washington Mutual's Home Loans Division, has joined AccuQuote.com, a leader in providing term life insurance quotes to people across the United States, as Senior Vice President of Sales. (PRWeb May 7, 2008)

Maternity leave still causes major headaches for employers, according to a legal expert.

Fresh claims that agency workers should be given equal treatment within the first few weeks have emerged after a report found the average length of time such workers stay in their jobs is less than five months.

Half of small business managers struggle to control home or remote workers' performance, research has revealed.

Training spend per employee hit a record high last year, latest figures show.

Recruitment firm Orion Group is looking to hire up to 60,000 people for one of the world's biggest construction projects.

Northgate Information Solutions' HR division has been renamed NorthgateArinso.

Business leaders this morning called on the government and employers to rescue millions of mistreated UK workers from exploitation reminiscent of practices that were considered exploitative in the 19th century.

A local authority has won its appeal against a ruling that might have led to employers being liable for injuries to staff caused by equipment the employer had not supplied or maintained.

Despite the UK's reputation for having a sick-note culture, two in three Britons go to work while they are ill because they worry what their boss would think if they phoned in sick.

Spending on recruitment agencies could fall by almost a third in the near future, according to an expert.

DRAMA ensued at Hormisdallen Primary School when teachers fled in disarray after officials from the education ministry found them conducting holiday classes.

Senior officials from the Ministry of Medical Services will on Wednesday meet with nurses to resolve the pay dispute.

Government has started disbursing hundreds of brand new cars to doctors countrywide as efforts to retain critical staff intensify, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa, said yesterday.

THE Edo State Government has guaranteed a workers' welfare loan of over N10 billion to enable them purchase their personal vehicles and own houses.

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) employees have threatened to go on strike unless a salary dispute is resolved.

Finding a job is your first, full time job," says job search expert. (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb924064.htm

Pioneer in reference checks adds Fortune 1000 clients, increases recruiting firm members. (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb924474.htm

Your Talent Manager, a virtual full service outplacement and career coaching firm, is announcing its services to managers and executives of small and mid size companies. Your Talent Manager offers a low cost alternative to traditional higher cost outplacement firms.

American InterContinental University, DeVry University and Walden University Award $2 Million in Full-Ride Scholarships to Make Dreams Come True for Almost 40 Working Moms (PRWeb May 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://ww1.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb923844.htm