WASHINGTON -- Foodservice operators around the country may soon be able to offer their employees who have worked more than 40 hours in a week paid time off in lieu of cash.
ConocoPhillips has no plans to get into the gas-to-liquids GTL business any time soon as it does not see a clear business case for GTL in lieu of other mainstream options, a senior company official told delegates at Chemical Week's Monetizing Natural G ConocoPhillips has no plans to get into...
In Congress, a stalemate between employers and organized labor. Unions will thwart bills that would allow employers to give comp time in lieu of overtime pay, set up labor-management teams in the workplace and reform Occupational Safety and Health Ad In Congress, a stalemate between employers...
Truck manufacturers and vehicle component manufacturer are exploring using fuel cell auxiliary units APUs in lieu of main engine idling. While fuel cell power trains continue to face significant technical and economic barriers, the truck auxiliary power application may offer a viable near-term market for small (1-5kW) fuel cells. The...
In collective bargaining as in budget deliberations, the HR staff and the county manager need to carry around little plastic icons of the payroll gods to remind them of what is realistic and what makes sense. In lieu of retroactivity, consider a flat one-time increase. Instead of promising to implement...
SALEM, N.H. -- StockerYale, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKR), a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today announced that it has adjourned the special meeting of its shareholders held today, without conducting any business, to provide StockerYale...
SAN DIEGO -- Synbiotics Corporation (Pink Sheets:SBIO) today announced that its shareholders have approved Synbiotics' previously announced transaction to "go private." Specifically, the shareholders approved a 1-for-2,000 reverse split of its common stock, with a payment in lieu of issuing fractional shares, followed by a 2,000-for-1 forward split of its...
Dec. 23--IT'S A DUBIOUS CHRISTMAS TRADITION -- the holiday letter, sent in lieu of a Christmas card. Six laser-printed pages, telling you far more than you ever wanted to know about the spouse, the kids, the dog, the goldfish. Dec. 23--IT'S A DUBIOUS CHRISTMAS...
When board members and managers need answers to questions, they should forfeit "collegiality" in lieu of the prospects of another "C" word -co-defendant -according to Hal Degenhart, a district administrator for the securities and ExchaWhen board members and managers need answers to questions, they should forfeit "collegiality" in lieu of...
When board members and managers need answers to questions, they should forfeit "collegiality" in lieu of the prospects of another "C" word--co-defendant--according to Hal Degenhart, a district administrator for the Securities and Ex When board members and managers need answers to questions, they should forfeit "collegiality" in lieu...
Byline: Brooke Southall Fidelity Investments plans, after all, to cover the additional tax burden of customers who get squeezed by a new rule that blindsided them. This means that customers who receive payments in lieu of dividends...
High court permits pension termination An employer can terminate its pension plans even if the union representing the company's employees offers-in lieu of termination-to merge the corporate plans with a multiemployer plan covering union-represent High court permits pension termination An...
Byline: Lisa Shidler CHICAGO - Industry leaders eagerly are awaiting a proposal that would allow mutual funds to provide a two-page prospectus in lieu of the lengthy one now required, a concept that could save millions of dollars in costs. ...
"Time"& We spend Time. We bide Time. We waste Time and lose Time. There is a Time to weep and a Time to laugh; a Time for talk and a Time for song. And whether we like it or not, Time marches on. Try though we might, we cannot slow...
The author hates to be the one to inform you, but Father Time has caught up with you. The first time you set foot in this school you found out real fast that you would not just be killing time and you would have plenty of time to do all...
NEW YORK -- QVC is hoping that millions of avid shoe shoppers will forgo the mall in lieu of their TVs later this week, as the home-shopping network readies to offer its biggest -- and longest -- footwear-dedicated segment. ...
Bayer Corporation is progressing rapidly with its $9 billion US capital and R&D investment plan spanning 1995 to 2000 announced last year (CMR, 4/7/97, pg. 1), with a likely building of TDI capacity at its Baytown, Tex., site in lieu of parent co Bayer Corporation is...
SSA: Alternative signatures. In order to facilitate electronic applications, the Social Security Administration will start permitting attestations in lieu of pen-and-ink signatures. The attestations are by SSA ... SSA: Alternative signatures. In order to facilitate electronic applications, the Social Security Administration will start...
Byline: JERRY GEISEL WASHINGTON-Northwest Airlines Inc.'s plan to contribute stock of a regional affiliate airline to its three underfunded pension plans in lieu of cash has been approved by the Labor Department. The approval of an exemption to Byline: JERRY...
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