With the addition of 25,600 temp workers to the nation’s payroll in May, there are now more workers employed as temps than at any time since before the … Read more
Recruiting Tradeoff: Will You Find Programmers If You Call Them Ninjas?
Yes. Recruiting software can hire you the talent you want. But what you name that talent is entirely up to you. So, does it matter that you call … Read more
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Cost Limits May Be Higher For Some in 2014
Starting next year, the Affordable Care Act sets maximum limits on how much employees and other consumers can be required to pay out-of-pocket annually for … Read more
OSHA Cranks Up Its Focus on Safety for Temporary Employees
By Ed Foulke In a recent memorandum from the national office to its Regional Administrators, OSHA set forth new issues that Compliance Officers should … Read more
Following Your Career GPS: Recalculating to Keep Yourself on Track
Recalculating, make a right at the next light. Recalculating, make a left at the next intersection. With GPS in a car, there is no need to get lost … Read more
HR Conferences in Chicago? You Might as Well Shoot Me Now
I cringed when I heard that SHRM’s 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition (from June 16-19) was going to be held in Chicago. Yes, I have a love/hate … Read more
Virginia Cab Company Gets a $10 Million Employment Screening Lesson
Here’s a real head-scratcher: Imagine that you are an employer (LOL, if you’re reading this blog, you probably are), and you get the following criminal rap … Read more
What You Need to Do to Prepare Your Company for an I-9 Audit
By Jessica Cook The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) continues to issue Form I-9 Notices of Inspection to … Read more
Group Pushing Employers to Offer Pregnancy Coverage for Dependents
Employer health plans routinely cover pregnancy costs for workers and their spouses—but not necessarily daughters. According to a handful of new complaints … Read more
Court Rules That Firing a Woman for Lactating at Work is Against the Law
By Eric B. Meyer Last week, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that discharging a female employee because she is lactating or … Read more