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| Boone County man scores victory in BP suit A Verona, Ky., man has come one step closer to winning a lawsuit against oil giant BP North America Inc., which he claims miscalculated employee pensions after it shifted the plan formats. bizjournals.com |
Spherion: Ohio workers gloomy about job market The Ohio Employee Confidence Index, compiled by Spherion Corp., fell 1.5 points in October, mainly due to respondents’ pessimism about the job market. (SFN) bizjournals.com |
Florida’s joblessness prompts summit Although the year started with the heaviest downsizing in nearly a decade, the number of layoffs fell dramatically in the second half of the year, according to a report by outplacement and executive coaching consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. bizjournals.com |
Preoccupations | Stephen Moyse: Hitting the Brakes on a Dream Career A bus driver in British Columbia saw his work as a “breath of fresh mountain air.” Then a health problem got in the way. nytimes.com |
Taking small steps toward a great work Walking into a call center that handles health care clients might seem like a descent into corporate drudgery, but entering The Beryl Cos.’ Bedford office is quite the opposite. Decorations line the walls, employees’ grinning faces flash across a flat-screen television in the lobby and even the receptionist is lively, discussing the playoff prospects for the NFC East teams. This, to hear the employees tell it, is the work of Paul Spiegelman, CEO of Beryl and one of the founders of the Small Giants Community, a global organization of business leaders that advocates innovative ways of creating a positive corporate culture. bizjournals.com |