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March 10, 2004 ? Question: Where in the United States can you find a call centre worker who is never absent, is always on time, is ready to work for a fraction of the going wage in the industry and will stick with his job for at least three years?
Answer: In the prisons, of […]
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Thursday, March 11th, 2004, Permalink
Wednesday, March 10th, 2004, Permalink
David McNaughton, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Wednesday, March 10, 2004
SunTrust Banks is considering outsourcing an unspecified number of jobs, a money-saving strategy it has watched others in the industry follow.
“We are exploring whether there are functions or processes that make sense to outsource,” said SunTrust spokesman Barry Koling.
He confirmed the company is talking to […]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2004, Permalink
California will lose more jobs than most states to overseas competition, including about one of every six jobs in Silicon Valley, experts warned Tuesday.
State government itself may be partly to blame because it contracts for services that use overseas workers.
In California, 11.5 percent of jobs could eventually be sent overseas, higher than the national average […]
Tuesday, March 9th, 2004, Permalink
A package of three bills would address privacy concerns, prohibit outsourcing of state contracts, and require employers to notify employees and the state when it plans to outsource more than 20 jobs.
Offshore outsourcing has become a state issue as well as a national one. California state Sen. Liz Figueroa held hearings in Sacramento on Tuesday […]
Sunday, March 7th, 2004, Permalink
Democrats in the state House want Michigan to reward companies that create good-paying jobs and punish those that move jobs out of the state by requiring them to pay to retrain the work force they left behind.
A package of legislation set to be announced Monday would give companies that have added to their Michigan work […]
Saturday, March 6th, 2004, Permalink
The U.S. Senate voted to approve an amendment restricting federal tax dollars from being used on jobs going overseas, a day after a U.S. representative introduced a bill prohibiting federal grants and loans from going to some companies that send jobs out of the country.
The Senate, by a vote of 70 to 26, voted […]
Saturday, March 6th, 2004, Permalink
Outsourcing jobs to offshore locations can sharply increase data privacy risks and the complexity of managing them, privacy and security professionals said last week.
Consequently, companies with an offshore outsourcing strategy need to ensure that their overseas vendors are contractually tied to safeguarding data security. That was a key message at the Fourth Annual Privacy and […]