Several common background check practices became illegal in California last month. Recent additions to the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Act address … Read more
Labor Department Asks Employers For Input On Revising Overtime Rules
Editor’s note: The DOL rule raising the minimum pay threshold to $913 a week to determine who had to be paid overtime was to have taken effect … Read more
Are You Treating Open Enrollment as a Step-Child?
Benefits may not be the glamorous part of human resources, but for employees, benefits rank right up there with pay in importance. A mediocre benefits … Read more
Google Launches a Powerful New ATS For SMBs
On the heels of its May announcement of a powerful job search tool — Google for Jobs — the company today publicly released an ATS designed for … Read more
Could Better Tech Help Public Agencies Recruit Millennials?
The biggest generation in U.S. history is now the largest generation in today’s labor market, yet in the public sector, millennials are a minority. … Read more
In the Tech Culture Convulsion, Where is HR?
Over the July 4th holiday weekend while many Americans were thinking about BBQ and fireworks, Silicon Valley’s tech scene was experiencing pyrotechnics of … Read more
Will Contextual Learning Upend Traditional L&D?
Businesses devote a lot of time and money into corporate training programs. Last year, total U.S. training expenditures increased slightly to reach $70.65 … Read more
Marijuana Use By Workers Continues to Rise
Just over 1 in 25 American workers tested positive for drugs last year. It’s the highest rate in a dozen years, says Quest Diagnostics. The Quest … Read more
Sexual Harassment Apps, Expat Costs and TeamPlayer to Find Team Players
Sexual harassment has been all over the business news lately, with much of it focusing on how all too often complaints are ignored by management or never … Read more
DOL Reinstates Valuable Compliance Tool for Employers
On June 27th the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it has reinstated the issuance of Opinion Letters by its Wage & Hour Division and … Read more