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...least a quarter of a departing worker's salary. Poorly performing employees are costly, to the tune of $100 billion a year in the U.S., according to one study. The tests claim to predict a worker's "fit" with the job and corporate culture--thereby increasing chances that the hire will stick. (H-P, of course, may want its money back; Fiorina was ousted last year...
...time in which any number of possible events--the capture of Osama bin Laden, for instance, or positive developments out of Iraq--could sweeten the nation's mood. Gingrich says Republicans badly need accomplishments to tell voters about. "The country actually expects the majority to implement," he says. "They hire you to govern, not just to tell them why you are right...
...Though it may not be all that shocking to hear that employers are reluctant to hire people who?ve served time, there's a lesser-known side of the tragedy: it turns out that the mere existence of those black men who?ve gone to prison can also ruin the job prospects of black men without criminal records, according to several studies conducted by Georgetown University economist Harry Holzer and several colleagues...
...said that the previous prostitution charges are also baseless. “I went to court and proved my case,” he said of the earlier arrest. “I will do the same thing again.” Although Purdy has not yet hired a lawyer, he said he will hire one if the need arises. Purdy claimed to have no knowledge of the rape accusations until he was contacted by the press two days ago for comment. “I don’t know who is accusing me,” he said...
...Dominique de Villepin that is meant to reduce France's chronic and debilitating youth unemployment, which stands at 22%--and at more than 40% in the poorer banlieues that exploded in rioting last fall. The new law allows employers to fire workers under age 26 within two years of hiring them-- without cause and with no obligation to shell out severance payments. Making it easier to fire workers, the government believes, will help employers overcome a reluctance to hire them in the first place...