GD eNews | Vol. 4, No. 23 | December 17, 2005
Expanding the Equal Opportunity Umbrella!
State Division of Workers' Compensation Holds Free Spanish-Language Seminar on Workers' Compensation Benefits and Laws in Los Angeles
The California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) will conduct a free Spanish-language seminar on workers' compensation benefits and laws in Los Angeles Jan. 11. The seminar is set up for people that have recently filed a workers' compensation claim with their employer, but any employee can benefit from attending, and anyone can attend.
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Posted on December 19, 2005 to Career News
Assumption That Success Makes People Happy Challenged
Personal and professional success may lead to happiness but may also engender success. Happy individuals are predisposed to seek out and undertake new goals in life and this reinforces positive emotions, say researchers who examined the connections between desirable characteristics,... Continue»
Posted on December 19, 2005 to Moving Forward
Global Talent Development on the Rise in Most Companies
A majority of companies want to accelerate the development of their global talent, according to a report released today by The Conference Board, the global research and business membership organization. Seventy-seven percent of the 81 companies surveyed by The Conference... Continue»
Posted on December 19, 2005 to Career News
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Paris Diary -- An American Calls Out France's Undercover Racism
On a reporting trip to France's burning suburbs, 26-year-old Josué Rojas recognizes the adverse effects of understated French race politics while reaffirming the importance of his own hyphenated identity. Continue»
Posted on December 19, 2005 to Race
Everything the NSA Needs to Know About My Indian Mother (But Was Afraid to Ask)
News that President Bush signed an order allowing the National Security Agency to spy on international phone calls and e-mails makes one Indian immigrant think of his weekly, gossipy phone calls home -- and the intensifying gaze of the state upon immigrant America. Continue»
Posted on December 19, 2005 to Race
Racism Spares the Killers of Blacks
In a tense juvenile hall in California following the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the writer explores with several youths the prejudices exposed by death penalty statistics. Had Williams killed four black people, he would likely be alive today. Continue»
Posted on December 19, 2005 to Race
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