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Employee Referrals Remain Top Source for Hires
Employee referrals continue to be employers’ top source of hires, delivering more than 30 percent of all hires overall in 2016 and 45 percent of internal hires, recently released data…
DHS to Issue Limited Number of H-2B Visas this Summer
Certain seasonal businesses will have the opportunity to apply for additional H-2B guest worker visas this fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced
Premium Processing for Some H-1B Visas Set to Resume
Expedited processing for H-1B petitions will resume “as workloads permit,”
4 Steps for Excelling as an HR Department of One
It’s not possible to solve everybody’s problems—but you can help people solve their own
In Focus: Senate Releases Its Health Care Bill
On June 22, the Senate released its version of the American Health Care Act, a measure to repeal and replace key sections of the Affordable Care Act . The House…
FMLA Abuse: Serving Jail Time, Moonlighting, Vacationing and More
People who abuse the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) do so for a variety of off-the-wall reasons
Minimum Wage Rates by State and Municipality
A chart of minimum wage rates by state and municipality
Police Union Triumphs in Lawsuit over Pittsburgh Residency Requirement
Police officers for the City of Pittsburgh do not have to be residents of the city but need only live within a 25-mile radius of the city-county building
The Omissions That Make So Many Sexual Harassment Policies Ineffective
Our research began with a simple question: If 98% of organizations in the United States have a sexual harassment policy, why does sexual harassment continue to be such a persistent…