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Dateline: 19 January 2013
AxSA:
Factoid of the Week
Recently,
workers and interviewees from across the country have been unpleasantly
surprised by employer requests for access to their Facebook and Twitter
accounts. One state, though, has moved to prevent this practice. As of January
1, 2013, in the state of California, it is unlawful for public and private
employers to request usernames and/or passwords of any existing or potential
worker’s personal social-media accounts. Furthermore, the law prohibits
employers from taking retaliatory action against anyone who declines to comply
with a request for such credentials. The Social-Media Privacy Act, which adds
new provisions to California’s Labor Code, is the most concise law of its kind,
but it does not cover employer-provided hardware. An employer still has a right
to confiscate or request credentials necessary for unlocking and assessing
computers and other devices that it has made available for use by workers.
News
& Commentary
Economics
Here’s
What Happened the Last Time the U.S. Defaulted on Its Debt
The
Atlantic Monthly
Republicans
are scrambling to craft a workable plan to raise the debt ceiling and avert a
technical default on U.S. debt. They have a good reason to do so: the fear of
history repeating itself. This article takes a look at the last time our
leaders failed to raise the debt ceiling, in 1979, and the immediate impact on
the financial markets…More
Resources
Scarce for Terrebonne’s Homeless
The Courier
Houma is
thriving. It touts one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country and
celebrates a vibrant and growing economy. Unfortunately, those at the bottom of
the economic ladder are finding little help in Bayou Country…More
Logistics
What
Shipper CEOs and Execs Should Know About 3PLs
Global
Trade Magazine
(AxSA
Recommended)
When
companies are selecting a shipping partner, it should not be approached without
attention to detail. For this article, AxSA
founder Gary Harrell and several other logistics experts were interviewed to craft
a set of principles necessary in forging successful, third-party logistics
relationships...More
Management
The Messy
Link between Slave Owners and modern Management
Harvard
Working Knowledge
Monitoring
and improving the productivity of today’s worker happens to be strangely
similar to the methods used on the South’s most prosperous plantations…More
6 Habits
of Remarkably Likeable People
Inc
You have
to have more than just charisma to be a well-liked person of influence in this
world. Let’s start with just being yourself, asking for nothing in return for
your effort, and using the power of touch…More
Ethics
Software
Developer Caught Outsourcing His Own Job to China
Fast
Company
One IT
developer paid others a fraction of his six-figure salary, while the focus of
his professional development became cat videos…More
Luxury
The 620-hp
Falcon F7 Is 2013’s Most Coveted Car
Bloomberg TV
Whoever
said America’s lead in the auto sector was history just has not seen this supercar…More
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