April 2004 

HR MAGAZINE April 2004
Vol. 49, No. 4
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
Americas Newest Export: White-Collar Jobs. Is that new giant sucking sound you hear white-collar jobs moving offshore or increased profits and opportunity for U.S. companies?
Pamela Babcock

BENEFITS
Unequal Health Care. Not all employees necessarily receive equal care under your health plan, but you can help eliminate disparities.
Alison Stein Wellner

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Aftershocks of War. The emotional scars from military service often don't appear until after soldiers return to work.
Linda Wasmer Andrews

SPECIAL REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & STAFFING
Tapping the Hispanic Labor Pool. Creating the right employment brand is crucial to successfully recruiting the nations fastest-growing labor pool.
Robert Rodriguez

Make a Good First Impression. Does your corporate career web site attractor repelpotential employees?
Martha Frase-Blunt

Waiting in the Wings. Are disabled students slipping through the holes in your recruiting efforts?
Jim Barthold

HR AGENDA: RELOCATION
The House Handoff. Executed properly, buyer value options streamline housing sales for relocated employees and their employers.
Mary E. Medland

HR AGENDA: COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Assessing the Health Savings Option. Health savings accounts have been added to the options HR must weigh for next years benefit offerings.
Jay Greene

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

From The President. Certification Is Worth the Effort...and Then Some. Susan Meisinger
From The Editors. Offshoring debate; unfair health care; tapping Hispanics. Adrienne Fox, Terence F. Shea and Patrick Mirza
 Management Tools: Management by Remote Control. Managing distant employees fails when the parties don't have information, trust and connectedness. Jathan W. Janove
HR Solutions: Summer Interns, Overseas Adoptions, Fiduciary Rules. Amy Maingault, Vicki Neal and Deborah A. Keary
 Legal Trends: Just the FACT Act, Please. Fair Credit Reporting Act amendments make it easier to conduct workplace investigations. Gregory M. Davis
Future Focus: Red Ink. Rising federal debt can lead to economic pressures that HR might have to help resolve. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Think twice before adding a COO; focus on business failures as well as successes; measure your people management efforts; more.
 From Readers. Unemployment benefits dumping; offshoring is our fault; HR metrics in the UK; more.
HR News. EEOC proposes Internet job applicant definition; battle on overtime rule revisions is far from over; more.
 HR Technology: Career Portals Boost Online Recruiting. You have options for developing a careers portal on the Internet.
 Court Report. No religious right to post anti-gay quotes; stress does not equal duress in signing a release; more.
 Books in Brief
 What's New

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