THE DAILY FED
News Briefs
The following news summaries are from OPM AM, the daily newsletter of the Office of Personnel Management. OPM AM is available on OPM Mainstreet, the agency's electronic bulletin board, at 202-606-4800.
HOLIDAY STRATEGIES--In workplaces across the country, bosses have to perform a juggling act that both they and their underlings dread. They must try to keep things running during holidays while handling a stack of requests for time off (The New York Times, Sunday).
TEMPS AND UNIONS--The National Labor Relations Board is poised to make it easier for the growing number of temporary workers to join labor unions (The Wall Street Journal).
DIVERSITY--Mitsubishi Motor Corporation's Illinois plant is becoming a test lab for managing diversity (The Washington Post).
FAMILY FRIENDLY--As employers keep adding benefits like flexible working hours and day-care subsidies, and as managers bend work rules to make life easier for working parents, discontent is growing among many single and childless employees. They say they are getting short shrift on benefits (The New York Times).
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