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...economy rebounded in the past several years, many executives began to wonder if they had gone too far. Introducing dog-eat-dog values into corporate cultures that continue to prize the organization over the individual generated worker dissatisfaction. Trying to rebuild company loyalty and decrease turnover, major companies including Canon, Kintetsu and Fujitsu have in recent years altered or scrapped their performance-based pay and reinstated seniority as a determinant of salaries. Meanwhile, trading house Mitsui last year reopened five dorms for single employees - a program that costs the company nearly $1 million a year. "We're hoping that group...
...Companies are trying to foster camaraderie and loyalty in other ways as well. Every new employee of Tokyo p.r. firm Bilcom, for example, must spend a weekend making a three-minute digital slide show sharing their most moving personal experiences. One worker revealed how 9/11 changed his career outlook; another talked about how she drew strength from a gay classmate who came out in college. Company president Shigeru Ota says the presentations are designed to "create a new type of family company [by] sharing life history ... delight, anger, sorrow and pleasure...
...work allows no time for shared meals. Our social calendars fill up with individual engagements as we meet new acquaintances and adjust to city life. In the apartment, we only see each other in passing or during the early morning hours. Not long after our second move, my co-worker asks me, “Are you and Kameron okay...
...Sichuan, Hubei and Anhui provinces. The Three Gorges Dam on the Upper Yangtze began to release flood water Monday, and boat traffic in the dam's lock was stopped. "The Three Gorges Dam has opened 18 sluices and the water level in the reservoir will continue to rise," a worker told the state-run Xinhua news service. "The safety of the dam will be tested." To the north, the level of the Huai River has begun to drop, but not before causing widespread destruction in six provinces. Flooding has also affected the Xinjiang region in west China and Yunnan province...
Smith?s department has also started performing random searches in an effort to combat other labor problems, not just wage violations. "In the past, if there were violations we didn't have jurisdiction over, we would just ignore them," she says. Now, Smith instructs inspectors to alert relevant agencies. Worker advocates argue that broader enforcement of existing regulations nationwide could help improve conditions for more than 2.5 million supermarket workers...