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GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE
Make in India: Leveraging Human Capital
The EY-SIAM HR Study "Make in India: Leveraging Human Capital" captures the insights of CEOs and HR Heads of leading OEMs, auto component manufacturers, service and sales partners. The study focuses on three main ...   Read on...
Global Auto Execs Now Embracing Autonomous And Connected Car Technologies, KPMG Study
BMW, Toyota and Ford seen as leaders in autonomous innovation.Automakers feel pressure to keep pace with new innovation clock speeds. After years of skepticism among traditional automakers, the importance of ...   Read on...
Process & Outcome of 2015 UAW Auto Negotiations
CAR's Kristin Dziczek spoke at the Detroit Association for Business Economics meeting, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch.  Her presentation, titled: Process & Outcome of 2015 UAW Auto Negotiations ...   Read on...
ASIA & CHINA HR ARTICLES
Chinese Manufacturers Struggle with US Operations, as Culture Clashes often Ensue
While Japanese Lean Translated Well, Top-Down, Low Cost Labor Mindset of Chinese Firms does Not.  It's still relatively small in absolute terms, but the level of investment by Chinese companies in new or existing US ...      Read on...
Employee pensions in India
FICCI and KPMG in India collaborated to prepare a knowledge paper on the current practices and challenges of employer related pensions in India. The knowledge paper, titled 'Employee Pensions in India - Current practices ...      Read on...
How to reduce corruption in your China factory
How do your stamp out corruption in your purchasing department? You can't! But you can take steps to reduce it until it's insignificant. 5 Steps to Reducing Corruption in a China Facility. I'm often asked how to handle ...      Read on...
India: Minimum Bonus and Eligibility Ceiling to Double Under Payment of Bonus Act
Employer Action Code: ACTUpdate: The Upper House of the Indian Parliament approved the amendments to the Payment of Bonus Act of 1965 on December 22, 2015. In an amendment to the original proposal, bonus arrears will be paid ...     Read on...
Additional Asia and China HR articles
- One of Singapore's most prominent job experts revealed why Asia's workforce is at a crossroads
- Korn Ferry Hay Group 2016 Salary Forecast Shows Wages Rising Globally, Highest Growth in Asia
- Enforcement of Third Party Contract Rights in Hong Kong
- China: Real estate prices continue to pick up
- Working as Expatriate Businessman in Korea
- China Air Quality Pulse Survey Results
- Hong Kong proposes changes to law on employee reinstatement claims
- South Korea: Non-resident foreign employees on assignment
- Thailand: New Work Permit Policy for ASEAN Workers
- China's Aging Population
- China Adopts Two-Child Policy: Key Implications for Employers

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The Connected Vehicle Management Overview online course is a condensed two-hour online intro to Connected Vehicle concepts.  This course is intended to benefit participants who are interested in enhancing their professional credibility with a foundational understanding of concepts necessary to succeed within the Connected Vehicle field. ...     Learn more ...
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CONFERENCE - April 13 in Ann Arbor, Michigan

"Globalization of the Automotive Industry: The 2016 Update" by University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
A new conference that brings everyone up to date on the trends in the globalization of the automotive industry from a manufacturer and supplier perspective ...   Learn more ...

BREAKFAST BRIEFING - April 20 in Troy, Michigan

"International HR & Talent Management Briefing"
Join us for an interactive and thought-provoking global breakfast. We'll bring together international HR leaders and influencers to explore and exchange what it takes to successfully support global and globalizing organizations in 2016 - and beyond. What can we learn?  Find out!  Powerful insights for sure ...   Learn more ...

WORKSHOP - May 13 in Troy, Michigan

"Keys to Effective International Negotiations" by Barbara A. Boldt
In this half-day workshop we will introduce you to the exciting and challenging world of negotiating internationally. You will learn how differences in cultural values impact the way people from different cultures think about and approach the process of negotiation ...    Learn more ...
U.S. / CANADA HR ARTICLES
The ugly face of FATCA: Why life for American expats is getting harder
The Foreign Account Compliance Act (FACTA), while designed to "minimize tax cheats", is making banking - and life in general - painfully difficult for millions of American expats, according to Mike Michelini, a Hong Kong-based business ...   Read on...
U.S.: Closing the Nation's Skills Gap
In an era in which education and training have never been more important for economic prosperity and success, the U.S. has fallen behind many other nations in educational attainment and achievement. Within the U.S., there is growing ...   Read on...
Additional U.S. / Canada HR and talent management articles
- U.S.: Notice of Future Termination Does Not Constitute Immediate Employment Loss Under the WARN ACT
- Canadian Electronic Travel Authorization begins March 15
- U.S.: How to Fire an Employee the Legal Way: 6 Termination Guidelines
- Technology and talent: Key takeaways from PwC's CEO Survey

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LATIN AMERICA HR ARTICLES
Brazil: Business Ethics And The Impact Of The Anticorruption Law
By now Brazilian companies have probably heard of law No.12.846/13, popularly known as the Anti Corruption Law, which is leading to profound structural changes in companies operating in the country. In essence ...    Read on...
Mexico: Replacement of Minimum Wage Linkage in Benefits and Other Nonwage Items Expected
The Mexican government is preparing to introduce a new measure that would replace the use of the minimum wage (MW) for certain purposes including ...    Read on...
Is Turnover a Problem in Mexico?
HMC's* plant had just ramped up a couple of years ago outside of Silao, Mexico. Top management had been summoned to the US headquarter offices to review financial results. The CFO had been tracking the investment plan related to ...    Read on...
Latin America's most competitive workforces
Latin Trade Group's Latin Labor Index 2015 measures Latin America's most competitive workforces in 18 economies in the region. Chile (1st in the Index) remains the region's benchmark country in terms of labor owing to a very flexible ...    Read on...
Additional Latin America HR articles
- Mexico: Ciudad Juarez Violence at lowest levels since 2007
- Brazil's Repatriation Law introduces tax and currency exchange voluntary disclosure and amnesty program - top points
- How to have your Social Security deposits made directly to your Mexican bank account
- Brazil Increases Minimum Wage 12%
- Brazilian Labor Rights
 
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EUROPEAN HR ARTICLES
Schengen: Europe's Free-Travel Zone Faces Possible Demise, With Heavy Cost To European Businesses
The European Union reveres the "four freedoms" - free movement of people, goods, services and capital - that its existence is intended to guarantee. Now, as thousands of migrants flood into Europe from such war-torn ...    Read on...
Additional European HR articles
- Russia Legal Highlights: How the Ban on Borrowed Manpower Will Affect Businesses
- British expats could be banned from claiming tax credits for four years after they return under rule change designed to stop migrants getting benefits
 
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