Bank Of America Used 'Illegal Retaliatory Tactics' Against Worker: Labor Dept.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Bank Of America Used 'Illegal Retaliatory Tactics' Against Worker: Labor Dept. The Department of Labor has ordered Bank of America to reinstate a Los Angeles area-based employee that was fired after allegedly conducting an internal investigation revealing "widespread and pervasive" fraud at Countrywide Financial, a home lender that merged with the bank in 2008. Recession Put Middle-Aged At Greater Risk Of Hunger Government Workers Cheaper Than Private Contractors: Study Tiny Number Of Americans Expect U.S. Will Avoid Recession GRAPHIC: How Banks Cause Hunger BLOG POSTS Daniel Dworkin: More Work Please: Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Taking on New Responsibility Engaged professionals are provided countless opportunities on a daily basis to do more. For many of us, the more pressing challenge is to do less, with greater impact. Geoffrey Anderson: American Jobs Act's Project Rebuild Aims to Revitalize Vacant Homes It can be difficult for a city to recover when, on top of unemployment, homes are boarded up or downtown is empty. Project Rebuild's strategies are exactly how smart growth can help communities facing these challenges. Tom Fox: How to Be a Great Boss "The challenge for new managers is understanding you are no longer an individual contributor but responsible for the performance of others," says Linda A. Hill, professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. Project On Government Oversight: Contractors Costing Government Twice as Much as In-House Workforce: POGO Study The U.S. government's increasing reliance on contractors to do work traditionally done by federal employees is fueled by the belief that private industry can deliver services at a lower cost than in-house staff. But this turns out not to be the case at all. Carol Pierson Holding: An Alternate Diagnosis for Bleak Consumers The move to replace Gross Domestic Product as a measure of America's prosperity with some other non-economic measure has evolved from an impractical dream closer to reality.

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