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7 HR Questions (and Answers) About Employment Screening
Employment background checks are an essential step in the candidate selection process—they identify risks and validate claims made by prospective new hires. But background screening can seem daunting to employers…
Your Career Q&A: Learning from Your Mistakes
Having an unsettling experience with a new job not working well or something suddenly seeming off in a job that had been going fine can happen to anyone. Here's what…
Washington, D.C., Residents Vote to Eliminate the ‘Tip Credit’
On June 19, residents of the District Columbia voted to approve Initiative 77, which will incrementally phase out the "tip credit" that many employers use as an offset towards their…
What Vermont's Recreational Marijuana Law Means for Employers
Vermont's recreational marijuana law, which goes into effect on July 1, lifts penalties for individuals possessing limited amounts of marijuana. However, the new law does not require employers to tolerate…
Workforce Management Software Brings Innovation to Shift Scheduling
WFM technologies help companies manage employee schedules, labor budgets, time worked and payroll tax compliance issues
BLS: Jobless Rate for People with Disabilities Decreases
The unemployment rate for people with a disability dropped last year, falling from percent in 2016 to 9
Where's the Wage Growth?
The wage gains that economists expect in a tight labor market haven't emerged, recent pay data show, and there's no shortage of reasons as to why not—from low productivity growth…
Employers’ Health Care Cost Growth Has Plateaued
For employer-sponsored health plans, premium increases have slowed but still outpaces general inflation. Driving the decline in growth rates are more effective contracting between large employers and health care systems…
Pregnant Woman Told That Business Wasn’t Hiring Gets Trial
A potential employer can be held liable under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) for preventing a pregnant woman from applying for a job by falsely telling her…
Mexico: The Importance of Minimum Wages in NAFTA Negotiations
The improvement of the minimum wages in Mexico is, for some, a fundamental topic in achieving a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)