Fundamentals of Compensation and the Regulatory Environment
In a larger work organization, absenteeism is the single largest cost in terms of lost labor time. It can be viewed as an indicator of poor performance, but because human beings are individuals, with individual and unique needs and issues, must be part of any contract between worker and employee. There is a difference between someone who takes off work to get a serious dental procedure, someone who has stayed up too late and imbibed the night before, and even an employee with fever and flu symptoms who insists on coming to work anyway. One model indicates that when people are dissatisfied with their jobs, they are absent more frequently – they are withdrawing from the workplace. In some ways, using a paid benefit as a way to make money but become absent, is also indicative of this type of behavior.
Samuel Pepys' diary: vitality, modernity, and contemporary relevance
Especially in its online format, the diary of Samuel Pepys reads similar to a personal blog. In fact, the main difference between the diary of Samuel Pepys and a modern blog is the type of media used, even more so than…
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The October 1917 Russian Revolution: causes and consequences
Few nations have been so convulsed by revolutionary change as early Twentieth Century Russia. Within a span of only several years, Russian political, economic, social, and cultural life was transformed almost beyond…