Indianapolis law firms ratchet up marketing to women
It’s out with sporting events and in with fashion shows as firms try to make female clients feel more welcome.
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Multi-employer health clinic to open downtown
NoviaCare Clinics LLC will open a multi-employer health clinic in downtown Indianapolis this fall, opening the door for smaller employers to add the service to their health benefits.
MILLER: Morale, productivity affected by benefits frustration
Have employees reached the tipping point where rising health care costs have forced them to think seriously about jumping ship?
Co-working spaces multiply, giving independent workers options
Co-working sites—shared office spaces designed to give entrepreneurs, free-lancers and consultants the tools they need to get the job done as well as the chance to interact with other professionals, sans cubicle—are gaining popularity nationally and, finally, in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis area needs more black engineers, architects
Among major occupational groups, only farming has a smaller share of African-Americans, government figures show.
Supreme Court to review rules for supervisor in job-bias suits
The U.S. Supreme Court will settle a dispute about who can be considered a workplace supervisor for purposes of a federal job-discrimination lawsuit.
Indianapolis house is retreat and headquarters for designer, sculptor
It was on a long-ago trip to Hawaii that the couple decided to bring a little bit of vacation into their everyday lives, launching a design and construction process that would result in their dream home.
For graying generation, startups are booming
Since the 1990s, the demographic makeup of new entrepreneurs has been steadily shifting toward baby boomers as they seek personal and financial fulfillment. Count Fountain Square Brewing Co.’s Bill Webster among them.
Bicycle advocacy group urges riding to work Friday
Motorists in central Indiana should expect to share the road with a lot of bicyclists during their morning and afternoon commutes Friday.
SCHREIBER: Innovation will drive health care industry
Entrepreneurship needs broader encouragement, and is targeted in a new plan.
More physicians using social media to find jobs
But major Indianapolis-area hospitals still prefer personal referrals
Companies adopting unlimited time-off policies
Proponents of such policies say they are the future of work—even as they acknowledge that it may take a generation for them to be widely accepted. Some workers, however, are fearful.
Quest to rein in health care costs gives momentum to on-site clinics
Health care firms have opened a flurry of clinics at Hoosier employers the past two years as businesses increasingly embrace the concept as a way to restrain employee health costs.
Still buyer’s market for new law school grads
Law firms are taking advantage of having the upper hand with salaries, work expectations.
ZALOUDEK: New normal is all about mixing work and pleasure
The best talent in the Indianapolis area is flocking to interesting offices … with kegs.
Right-to-work boosting job-marketing efforts in Indiana
Local economic development groups are wasting no time touting Indiana's new right-to-work law, a spot check shows.
Manufacturers prowling for skilled workers
Factories laid off droves of workers during the recession but now struggle to find tech-savvy employees during the recovery.
Purdue keeps search for next president secret
It has been seven months since a committee tasked with finding the next Purdue University president began its hunt.
State requires more superintendent disclosure
Indiana school superintendents will have to disclose more about their pay under a new state law.
Star settles age-discrimination suit with ex-columnist
Former columnist Susan Guyett, 63, sued the Star and its owner, Virginia-based Gannett Co., in April 2010, alleging that her age led to her dismissal in December 2008.