Showing posts with label negotiation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negotiation. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Illegal in Massachusetts: Asking Your Salary in a Job Interview
NYT: In a groundbreaking effort to close the wage gap between men and women, Massachusetts has become the first state to bar employers from asking about applicants’ salaries before offering them a job.
The new law will require hiring managers to state a compensation figure upfront — based on what an applicant’s worth is to the company, rather than on what he or she made in a previous position.
The bipartisan legislation, signed into law on Monday by Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, is being pushed as a model for other states, as the issue of men historically outearning women who do the same job has leapt onto the national political scene. (read the whole thing)
The new law will require hiring managers to state a compensation figure upfront — based on what an applicant’s worth is to the company, rather than on what he or she made in a previous position.
The bipartisan legislation, signed into law on Monday by Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, is being pushed as a model for other states, as the issue of men historically outearning women who do the same job has leapt onto the national political scene. (read the whole thing)
Nothing on the article about possible unintended consequences.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Marvin Gaye: Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent
"Boko Haram is preparing to announce a list of key militants that it wants released in exchange for its schoolgirl hostages, The Telegraph has learned."
In the first story, The Telegraph report clearly states what the terms of negotiations are between the kidnapers Boko Haram and the government of Nigeria. In the second story, however, the terms of negotiations seem murky.
Who gets what in exchange for these conviction releases, here in the United States?
Commenter Lydia said...
These releases have been happening since a 2001 Supreme Court ruling saying aliens cannot be detained for more than six months if efforts to deport them have failed.
Between 2001 and 2004, nearly 134,000 were released. So, it's not just the Obama folks doing it.
More about it here.
"Sources close to the group say that an Islamic cleric from northern Nigeria will be authorised to negotiate on its behalf with the Nigerian government, and to seek a freed prisoner for every one of the kidnapped girls." (read more)
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"The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released 36,007 convicted criminal aliens last year who were awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings, according to a report issued Monday by the Center for Immigration Studies.
"A majority of the releases were not required by law and were discretionary, the organization says.
According to the report, the 36,007 individuals released represented nearly 88,000 convictions, including:
- 193 homicide convictions
- 426 sexual assault convictions
- 303 kidnapping convictions
- 1,075 aggravated assault convictions
- 1,160 stolen vehicle convictions
- 9,187 dangerous drug convictions
- 16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions
- 303 flight escape convictions
In the first story, The Telegraph report clearly states what the terms of negotiations are between the kidnapers Boko Haram and the government of Nigeria. In the second story, however, the terms of negotiations seem murky.
Who gets what in exchange for these conviction releases, here in the United States?
Commenter Lydia said...
Between 2001 and 2004, nearly 134,000 were released. So, it's not just the Obama folks doing it.
More about it here.
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