human-resources

Call your plan administrator, read the documents or call your human-resources department to find out if there are withdrawal restrictions.

What Should You Do With a 401(k)? Tom Lauricella 2012

"Because once you leave the company, human-resources departments will shut that door to limit their liability."

Learn From a Pink Slip Dennis Nishi 2012

Teva Pharmaceutical TEVA, $48.22 There's plenty of room in the generic-pharmaceutical market for this drug maker to grow -- and its good management team will help it do just that, says William E. Graves , a retired human-resources director from Mission Viejo, Calif., who reads the Orange County Register.

Readers Top the Darts 2011

Michael Alter , president of SurePayroll, a wholly owned subsidiary of Paychex Inc., a national payroll and human-resources company in Rochester, N.Y., says small businesses looking to scale back typically have few options other than to cut staff and wages, and rely more on temporary help.

Some Small Business Owners Put Plans on Hold Sarah E. Needleman 2011

Local governments' lagging recovery has implications for Silicon Valley companies, said Valerie Frederickson , chief executive of a Menlo Park recruiting and human-resources firm that bears her name.

Schools Struggle Even as Businesses Thrive Cari Tuna 2011

Zhao Lin, a 40-year-old trade director at a state-owned enterprise in the northern port city Tianjin recently went to the local department store to buy a 1,518 yuan ($236) Parker Sonnet Ladies' Fountain Pen and a 528 yuan ($82) Sonnet Rose Gold as birthday gifts for a co-worker in the human-resources department.

In China, the Pen Is Mightier When It's Pricier Cameron McWhirter 2011

Mr. Pincus, human-resources director Colleen McCreary and a board member met to develop an expansion plan, which would entail hiring experienced technology executives to manage what was becoming a larger enterprise.

Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares Justin Scheck 2011

Despite some reservations—the human-resources department, for one, feared it would offend customers with occasional off-color dialogue but decided the puppet was neither human nor an employee—Ford gave Doug the green light.

Big Brands Like Facebook, But They Don't Like to Pay Emily Steel 2011

Little wonder that human-resources departments extol off-the-chart talent yet often seem uneasy when it comes knocking.

Desperately Seeking Talent David A. Shaywitz 2011

As for Christian, he could not bear to be bellowed at and humiliated, making him an unlikely candidate for a successful naval career in any case; but when he put out to sea with Bligh, the voyage had all the makings of a high-seas human-resources fiasco.

Bounteous Misperceptions 2011