Article by: J.L. Wilson

Associated Oregon Industries

New regulations limiting the ability of employers to use credit histories for prospective employees and job applicants began on July 1 with Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian marking the occasion by holding sessions of a special seminar on the topic in Portland.

Both sessions were filled with owners, managers, human resource professionals and attorneys looking to get a full picture of the new law and administrative rules that prohibit most employers from using credit histories in employment decisions.

When it was clear that proponents of the law wanted to ban employer use of credit histories altogether, AOI worked to try and create a compromise in which employers could continue to use credit histories for key job positions that would have information and access to an employer’s assets. M

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WORK has begun on building the first anaerobic digestion plant attached to a food factory in Wales.

InSource Energy marked the start of work on the plant at Premier Foods’ RF Brookes ready-meals factory in Rogerstone, Newport, with a ceremony attended by Environ- ment Minister Jane Davidson.

The £5m facility will convert RF Brookes’ food waste into energy to help power the factory, which supplies ready meals to Marks & Spencer, providing significant savings in waste disposal and energy bills and reducing carbon emissions by around 8,500 tonnes per year.

WRAP Cymru (Waste and Resources Action Programme) provided a grant of £0.5m to part-fund the project under a programme supported by the Welsh Assembly Government to promote anaerobic digestion.

Construction will finish by the end of this year with the plant fully operational early next year.

John Scott, managing director of InSource Energy, said: “InSource Energy has worked closely with Premier Foods over the last two years to bring this exciting project to fruition, with vital support from the Welsh Assembly Government and WRAP Cymru.

“We look forward to delivering many similar projects with other UK food and drink manufacturers wishing to achieve the cost and environmental benefits of implementing this sustainable solution to the treatment of their biodegradable waste.”

RF Brookes managing director Phil Coles said: “Premier Foods is committed to embedding sustainability throughout our business operations. We’ve set a c

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The resounding effects of the economic downturn have some workers making healthier choices when it comes to lunch breaks and smoking habits during the work day. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 47 percent of workers report they have been packing a lunch more often to eat healthier or help save money. When it comes to smoking habits, 44 percent of workers who smoke said they are more likely to quit smoking given today’s economic conditions.

In addition, one-in-five said that they have decreased the number of times they smoke during the work day (21 percent) or actually quit altogether (20 percent). T

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From CareerBuilder.com:

Job market will “stay the course” in second half of 2010, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today

Hiring in the second half of 2010 is likely to mirror the first half, according to CareerBuilder and USA TODAY’s latest nationwide survey of employers. Forty-one percent of hiring managers plan to hire in the months of July through December. One-in-five plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the third quarter, similar to the previous two quarters. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 18 to June 3, 2010. More t

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