A significant number of organizations lose as many as a quarter of their new hires within the first year, according to a survey of 2,000 HR and training executives by Novations Group, a global consulting firm based in Boston.

The report following David Freud’s 10-week review of the way forward in U.K. welfare-to-work policy will include proposals for several much-needed measures designed to tackle core welfare dependency.

CPP Inc., a provider of research, training and organizational development tools, has released MBTI Complete, the genuine Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument available online and packaged with a gold-standard interactive basic interpretation.

Convergys Corp. has announced that the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ (IAOP) has selected Convergys as one of the world’s best outsourcing service providers.

The Human Capital Institute (HCI) and Workbrain have announced that Workbrain will sponsor HCI’s Workforce Planning education and research track.

At 93 for the week of Feb. 12-18, the ASA Staffing Index continues to remain relatively flat, showing little change in temporary and contract staffing employment over the past month.

When polled about the proposed federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 per hour, many human resources professionals say they are against the idea, according to a new survey by Humetrics Inc., a research division of Deploy Solutions.