Over 60 percent of HR professionals are very unprofessional, in that they don’t think you need to run a background check. Here is some data to set them straight.Here are three of the most common, courtesy of Fast Company:

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Following an array of state and local paid leave laws and loud calls from employers and prominent business groups, Congress has introduced a bill to make paid leave on a federal level a reality. But the legislation probably isn’t what HR pros were…

When it comes to job postings, the search process can be a little overwhelming. And when candidates are overwhelmed, it winds up hurting the hiring companies.Applicants today are faced with creative, wordy descriptions of companies looking for motivated individuals who can “hit the…

When a New York City underwriter walked past a life-sized poster of New England Patriots quarter back Tom Brady in his Manhattan office, little did he know it would set offa chain of events that would eventually lead to his termination.As the…

Can you fire an employee for expressing their discriminatory views, or is that speech protected? This was the question the NLRB answered when addressing a recent wrongful termination complaint.Ex-Google employee James Damore, now infamous for that 10-page memo he wrote(claiming that biological differences…

Now is the perfect time for a review of your I-9 compliance efforts for a number of reasons.For starters, the most recently revised form became mandatory in the fall.Plus, the Dept. of Homeland Security’s Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency (also known as ICE) can…