HR/Personnel: how sick is sick?
Just how sick is sick? The shocking truth from a review of those claiming to be so unwell as to be incapacitated is that almost half of them are malingering.
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HR: controlling spending on corporate payment cardsTo readers in the UK and many other countries, the splash being made in the USA about a new way of controlling spending limits on corporate payment cards might seem surprising in a "why is t...
HR: Lunch service - on a frolic of his own.A police patrol came across a man who claimed he had popped out from the "job site" he was working on to pick up "lunch, sodas and whatnot." Whoever sent him has the potential...
HR: NZ's film industry cave in causes FUDThe decision by film maker Warner Brothers to relocate production of the sequels to Lord of the Rings out of New Zealand caused uproar and a rapid climbdown by government to keep the work in the...
