Restoring privileges influences effectiveness of disciplinary actions against workers

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found that surgical masks appear to be as effective as N95 respirators in shielding health-care workers from flu infection. The N95 respirator is a protective mask that filters out 95 per cent of airborne particles.

September 17th, 2009 KUANTAN - Suspended Paya Besar Malyasian Indian Congress (MIC) division deputy chief M. Sukumaran has apologised for saying that a "garland of slippers" should be placed on a picture of former prime minister Dr.

September 16th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has suspended a delegate who suggested a garland of slippers for former Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Star quoted MIC President S.

September 9th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has said that party will take disciplinary action against former deputy president S.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new study, researchers at George Mason University and Oklahoma State University showed that apologizing for negative outcomes could lead to more favourable verdicts for auditors in court. Assistant accounting professors Rick Warne of Mason and Robert Cornell of OSU found that remedial tactics such as apologizing or first-person justification can result in lower frequencies of negligence verdicts in cases against auditors when compared to a control group receiving no remedial tactic.

August 14th, 2009 FAA: 2 employees investigated in mid-air collisionWASHINGTON — Authorities have suspended an air traffic controller who was talking on the phone during last week's deadly mid-air collision over New York's Hudson River, along with a supervisor who was out of the building at the time. The Federal Aviation Administration said that while there was no reason to believe thus far that the employees' actions contributed to the accident, which killed nine people, such "conduct is unacceptable." Air-traffic controllers are expected to be alert at all times while on duty and are given regular breaks, sometimes hourly, for that reason.

August 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's a well-known fact: people eat not only because they are hungry, but also because the food just simply tastes too good to ignore. Now, a new study has helped explain how leptin, a hormone produced by fat tissue, influences that motivation to eat.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - The British government will send reinforcements to Afghanistan to help maintain the required operational effectiveness in the wake of rising number of casualties suffered by its troops while fighting the Taliban in that country, officials said Friday. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said 125 additional soldiers will be deployed in Afghanistan to strengthen the security ahead of the presidential elections in August.

July 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Managers who try to impose discipline by taking away privileges are missing a vital key to improving performance and behaviour, according to a new study. Denying privileges is a widely used disciplinary tool, but the consequences of giving them back have been largely ignored, said Matthew McCarter and Arran Caza, of the University of Illinois (U-I) College of Business.

July 9th, 2009 SHAH ALAM - A Malaysian Indian legislator says privileges granted to ethnic Malays under the Constitution's 'Bumiputera' (son of the soil) provision should also be given to the non-Malay population. "If Najib (Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak) is very serious in the 1Malaysia concept, he should consider according the non-Malays Bumiputera status," M.

May 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An international team of researchers have identified genes that influence the start of menstruation, a milestone of female reproductive health that has lifelong influences on overall health. The team includes two scientists at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife.

May 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A partner's status influences a woman's interest in the opposite sex, a new study says. In the study, women with and without sexual partners showed little difference in their subjective ratings of photos of men, when contemplating masculinity and attractiveness.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Warning that significant challenges to restoring financial stability remain despite an unprecedented policy response to the global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for 'continued decisive and effective action' to reinforce signs of market recovery. Measures including the recent expansion of resources for international institutions and IMF's enhanced lending framework are gradually beginning to restore market confidence, but the challenges to restoring financial stability remain significant, it said in the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) released Tuesday.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - America's top dog has made it clear to the first dog that he was welcome to visit him in the Oval Office, but the presidential bed in the White House would be out of bounds. President Barack Obama drew the lines as Bo, the newest - and only four-legged - occupant of the White House, made his much-anticipated Washington debut Tuesday.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - After a chaotic weekend, actress Lindsay Lohan is now trying to get back on track, and her fellow actors Stephen and Danny Baldwin will be aiding her in achieving her goal. Lohan, 22, is seeking professional guidance to put her back on a positive path, and, as per a source close to the family, she will temporarily be in a "therapeutic environment" organized by the brothers.Lindsay is still able to go to work and meetings and do normal things," Fox News quoted the source as saying.