Right now, there are a few hundred workers staging a sit in at a Chicago factory because their former employer, Republic Windows and Doors, won't pay them the severance and vacation pay they're owed.
In December 2008, organizer Leah Fried and local union president Armando Robles led 240 workers to illegally occupy their Chicago workplace after their employer, Republic Windows and Doors, abruptly told them that it was shutting down the factory, denying employees severance and vacation pay they had earned.
How about giving employers a six-month window before the company becomes liable for someone's unemployment compensation?
Zupan says that transparency is a two-way window for employers and candidates.
Some employers offer a "brokerage window" that allows an employee to invest in individual stocks and bonds and a wide variety of mutual funds.
This idea of "total compensation" has been a contentious issue in the debate over the minimum wage in Seattle, and 15 Now advocates vehemently reject this idea, claiming that such an approach would undermine the very meaning of a "minimum wage" and would open the window for employers to manipulate the law to their advantage.
All in all, then, do not expect the corporate world to rush out and buy Windows 8. Most employers are more than happy with Windows 7 and are likely to remain so, at least until their next hardware-replacement cycle comes around.
As Challenger said, this isn't the time for employers to "board their windows" and keep employees chained to their desks, but rather a chance for companies to allow employees to have a shared bonding experience through a truly magical event.
Under its latest CEO, Stephen Elop, Nokia has been trying to turn that trend around and has put his former employer Microsoft's Windows Phone OS at the core of that strategy, although judging by its latest quarterly earnings, where sales fell by more than $4 billion, that plan has yet to bear significant and ripe fruit.
Further, Fidelity and many other providers offer a "brokerage window" for some employers in which participants can trade stocks or receive access to fund supermarkets.
