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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Are Holiday Parties Sign of Improving Economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/11/19/hr-fact-friday-are-holiday-parties-sign-of-improving-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news for people that have been missing the annual company holiday party for the past few years due to budget tightening in a poor economic climate. Holiday events are making a comeback! With growing signs of economic recovery employers are again warming up to holiday parties. After two years of cutbacks, layoffs, bailouts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Pay Incentives to Limit Post-Recession Flight</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/06/04/hr-fact-friday-pay-incentives-to-limit-post-recession-flight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many U.S. employers are planning to use compensation incentives to limit &#8220;post-recessionary employee flight,&#8221; according to a survey of HR decision-makers by Workscape, a provider of employee performance, compensation and benefits administration services, conducted at the end of March 2010. According to the survey report, Managing Employees and Total Rewards during the Economic Upswing, 65 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: US Added 290,000 Jobs in April</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/05/07/hr-fact-friday-us-added-290000-jobs-in-april/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring & Jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American economy added an unexpectedly strong 290,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent, the government said Friday. Analysts had expected a gain of about 190,000 in the month. With revisions on Friday, April was the fourth consecutive month that the economy added workers (a revised 230,000 jobs were added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Nearly 25% of Workers Put Retirement Plans on Hold</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/03/12/hr-fact-friday-nearly-25-percent-of-workers-put-retirement-plans-on-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost one in four workers in an Employee Benefit Research Institute survey postponed plans to retire this year, with 29% of those citing the poor economy as the reason. The key other reasons cited by the 24% who put off retirement plans included a change in employment status, 22%; inadequate finances, 16%; and the need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: More Cuts to Payrolls for End of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/18/hr-fact-friday-more-cuts-to-payrolls-for-end-of-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring & Jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I really am trying to find good HR news to feature in my weekly HR Fact Friday posting. Sadly, it&#8217;s just not happening. Even with the statement earlier this week by a top U.S. government official that the recession is &#8220;probably&#8221; over I just can&#8217;t take the glass half full viewpoint. And I am in marketing. That&#8217;s my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Company Picnic . . . Reality or Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/07/31/hr-fact-friday-company-picnic-reality-or-myth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are smack dab in the middle of summer. It&#8217;s a good time of year. Days are long so there is time in the evenings for outdoor activities, folks are taking or planning vacations, and your company picnic is today so you can look forward to not having to work this afternoon, making a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: CEO Salaries in for Rough Year</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/01/09/hr-fact-friday-ceo-salaries-in-for-rough-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/01/09/hr-fact-friday-ceo-salaries-in-for-rough-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Salaries & Pay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may be one common sense result from the current economic downturn and resulting unemployment and fiscal belt tightening.  After rising unchecked for years, CEO pay may be headed for a fall. Compensation experts say the severe economic downturn, a shift in the political winds and shareholder outrage could finally combine to pressure companies to [...]]]></description>
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