RESOURCES

Check out the links below: news sources, white papers, and other Blogs – What ties them all together? They’re all about First Third’s core interests: work, social justice and the human side of sustainability.

BENEFITS
Calculating ROI on Wellness programs

COMPENSATION
Executive Pay – some sensible new proposals for curbing corporate greed

EMPLOYMENT LAW
Textual Harassment – Text messaging in the workplace is turning into a growing liability for employers: they’re landing in court over inappropriate and offensive texts that employees are sending to each other.
The National Law Journal, 7/16/09
Age Discrimination – Supreme Court makes it harder to prove age bias
SHRM, 6/18/09
Employment Law – Here is the actual text of many key federal employment laws (and some for other countries too)
Workers’ Rights – some great resources covering employer obligations in all 50 states.

HUMAN RESOURCES
HR Got Caught With It’s Pants Down – How companies with a traditional HR mindset made the financial downturn worse
Why We Hate HR – The Fast Company article from 2005 that changed my life
Escape From Cubicle Nation – From corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur
Brazen Careerist – Penelope Trunk writes about the intersection of work and life

HUMAN RIGHTS & SOCIAL JUSTICE
125 journalists in prison - Here is a list of journalists imprisoned as of the end of 2008
World Hunger Hits 1 Billion – an increase of 100 million because of the global financial crisis – BBC News, 6/19/09
“We are fighting for our lives and our dignity“- Across the globe, as mining and oil firms race for dwindling resources, indigenous peoples are battling to defend their lands – John Vidal, The Guardian, 6/13/09

JOB SEARCH
Spin Strategy – Tools for Intelligent Job Search.

MANAGEMENT
Flexible work options (e.g. adjusted start and stop times, time off for professional development, family leave, work-from-home choices) help the company (better retention of highly skilled employees, increased productivity, reduced absenteeism) as well as the employee ( greater employee engagement, lower perceptions of work overload, and better physical health and mental health) according to the Sloan Center on Aging & Work. October, 2009
Here’s how some small organizations are benefiting from making the workplace a better place to be. WSJ 9/28/09
Frank Roche – One of the best HR thinkers working today
How to Fire Someone – Sometimes it has to happen so you’d better learn how to do it right.
Forbes, 9/9/09
5 lessons that organizations can learn from #IranElection

RETENTION
New Study Identifies Strategies (and Reasons) to Retain Older Workers

SOCIAL MEDIA
How Technology Divides Workers – 62 percent of Gen Y workers say they engage in social networking from work. Joshua Brockman, NPR
Social Networking Data Presents Legal Challenges – If these  sites are used for business, has your company taken steps to ensure that the data can be preserved, retrieved and produced if requested?
New York Law Journal, 7/1/09
A Guide to Using Social Media In Your Organization – Build your policies around job performance.
Forbes.com, 6/30/09