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Exciting news — the new HRCalifornia website went live today! It’s completely redesigned for faster access and navigation. You can get to it from... Read more: Welcome to the New HRCalifornia

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Small business owners know a few things about their employees. And it seems as the economy continues to falter, many business owners also know this one thing: employees aren't ready to retire . It doesn't help that retirement plans are expensive for small business owners. Around 75% of small business owners feel that America is hitting a retirement...

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Public employees will negotiate on retirement plans, but workers must be protected By Dave Low - November 29, 2011 When the Legislature reconvenes next month, one of the front-and-center issues will be public pension restructuring. California’s public employee ... Read more from the original source: Op-Ed – Public pension security for California

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(Reuters) - Bayer's CropScience unit plans to develop new heat- and drought-resistant wheat traits over the next decade without the use of genetic modification, a top executive said on Tuesday. See the rest here: Bayer CropScience targets non-GMO wheat traits

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DURBAN, South Africa - World temperatures keep rising, and are heading for a threshold that could lead to irreversible changes of the Earth, the U.N. weather office said Tuesday. See the original post: UN weather office affirms Earth's long-term warming trend, approaching point of no return

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A new interactive Google Earth video tour aims to teach people how damming rivers around the world can exacerbate climate change. See original here: Google Earth Shows How Dams Could Worsen Climate Change

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ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2011) - The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation -- and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley. Follow this link: Marine Biodiversity Loss Due to Global Warming and Predation, Study Predicts

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DURBAN, South Africa, Nov 28, 2011 (IPS) - The European Union plan to save the Kyoto Protocol may meet its greatest obstacle in the developing world. Read more from the original source: "God Wants Us to Live in a Garden, Not a Desert"

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BERLIN, Nov 28, 2011 (Tierramérica) - The claims of some industrialised nations, which accuse the developing countries of not doing their share to curb emissions that contribute to climate change, are proven false in studies conducted by respected academic institutions. Excerpt from: South Outdoing North in Fight against Global Warming

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MEXICO CITY, Nov 28, 2011 (Tierramérica) - The foreseeable absence of binding agreements to stabilise the global climate could give rise to increased regional cooperation to help Latin American countries adapt to the severe effects of climate change. Follow this link: Latin American Integration Does Not Extend to Climate Change