Archive for December, 2004

Final backlog roundup of 2004: downsizing, benefits and retirement, blogs and blogging

Friday, December 31st, 2004

As part of my resolution to do a better job staying current with this Blawg, I’m tidying up and flushing out my old unused “drafts” section.

Here are some items from the past few months that are still timely and noteworthy (I think).

Re: Downsizing and alternatives

About.com: “Downsizing With Dignity,” by Alan Downs, a management psychologist and [...]

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HR as good capitalists: capturing HR in Annual Report

Friday, December 31st, 2004

This old item from my backlog looked very appropriate in view of the recent bits here and here about whether HR people think and act like socialists, not capitalists:

Workforce.com: “Capturing the State of Human Resources in an Annual Report” At a time when human resources is redefining itself as a strategic business partner that is financially [...]

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Still got the holiday spirit? Read about the Santa Claus unionization drive way up north in Canada

Friday, December 31st, 2004

I should have picked this up earlier, but it was only posted Christmas eve. Perhaps only labor lawyers and the like will find it worthy of a chuckle, but I did — and hey, if you’re reading this blawg maybe you will too!

Toronto Labour Relations and Employment Lawyer Michael Fitzgibbon has the following post [...]

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Firing bloggers part IV — more bad examples

Friday, December 31st, 2004

OK, I thought I was done with this series, having beaten the topic to death in parts I, II, and III.

But no, today along comes Pamela Jones of the award-winning blog Groklaw with a tip to a story of another fired Blogger right here in my backyard.

Why didn’t I read about it in my local [...]

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ABC News names bloggers "People of the Year"

Thursday, December 30th, 2004

As reported here earlier, in a rather shortsighted move Time magazine passed over bloggers in favor of George W. for person of the year.

ABC News, on the other hand, clearly taking the long view and recognizing which is the more important influence on our entire world, avoided Time’s mistake and named bloggers the“ABC News: People [...]

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