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Design Thinking Delivers Improved Recruiting Outcomes
Design-thinking principles, including emphasizing the user experience and measuring process improvements with metrics, can help employers address their recruiting challenges
Texas Passes Ban on Texting While Driving
On June 6, Texas became the 47th state to enact a statewide ban on texting while driving. Employers in the state should carefully evaluate existing policies and the nature of…
How ACA Employer Provisions Differ from the Republican Health Care Bills
A chart detailing the differences between the employer provisions of the Affordable Care Act and the Republican health care bills
What to Do When Bedbugs Bite at Work
Bedbugs—those nasty parasites that feed off human blood—are typically a household problem. But every now and then, the critters find their way into the workplace, as they did last week…
2nd Circuit Revives Muslim Woman’s Claim over Hostile Comments
The 2nd Circuit revived a black Egyptian-Muslim woman's claim that two supervisors at Astoria Bank created a hostile work environment through racial and anti-Muslim comments
Labor Department Seeks More Information on Overtime Rule
New rulemaking on the overtime rule could be brewing
Employer Pays $100,000 After Firing Just-Hired Pregnant Applicant
Want a road map on how not to react to a successful applicant who announces her pregnancy immediately after receiving an offer letter? Look at the behavior of one employer…
Kaiser Permanente Call-Center Nurses Reach $6.2 Million Wage Settlement
A federal court in California preliminarily approved a $ million agreement to settle claims brought by call-center nurses who say they were not compensated for “off-the-clock” work
Delaware Enacts Pay History Ban
On June 14, Delaware Gov. John Carney signed a law that will ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary history starting in December
Nevada Supplement: Table of Contents
Nevada employee handbook resources provided by XpertHR