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Five Costly Recession-Related Employee Retention Mistakes
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Five Costly Recession-Related Employee Retention Mistakes
By Ross Blake — Even though it’s an “employer’s market” with millions of capable people looking for work due to the recession, many employers are making these five costly employee retention mistakes. Mistake #1: Assuming employees “won’t dare leave now due to the recession.” Many organizations have discontinued their employee retention programs, figuring they aren’t needed […]
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OSHA Quick Links OSHA Training Requirements How to Find Outreach Training How to Obtain Replacement Outreach Training Program Cards Training FAQs Worker Training Through the Outreach Training Program and the OTI Education Center Program, OSHA offers a broad selection of occupational safety and health classes designed for workers and employers. 10-Hour & 30-Hour Worker […]
Continue reading …Tips For Doing An Pre-Employment Background Screening Check
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Tips For Doing An Pre-Employment Background Screening Check
By Rudy Silva Are you in charge of hiring new employees? Do you know how to do a proper employment screening? Can you do a background check that will eliminate those employees that have some detrimental past activities that could harm your company? Here are some tips for you to use in your background checking […]
Continue reading …Screen Employees With Pre-Employment Background Checks
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Screen Employees With Pre-Employment Background Checks
By Jennifer Larson Pre-Employment Background Checks For Job Applicants These days it’s assumed that when you apply for a job, a pre-employment background check will take place before an employer will consider hiring any applicant. A pre-employment check looks back several years, mainly for any past and recent criminal activity. Almost every major corporation and […]
Continue reading …Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
By Elizabeth L. Riles By law, your employer may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age (over 40), citizenship, pregnancy, or disability. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit discrimination based upon these factors. In California, the […]
Continue reading …Employer-Employee Contracts and At-Will Employment Defined
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Employer-Employee Contracts and At-Will Employment Defined
By Mark Dacanay Employer-employee relations are guided by the terms and conditions of the employment contract. An employment contract is a legal agreement that is agreed upon by both the employer and the employee. An employment contract usually contains the following: • Name of the employer • Name of the employee • Job title and […]
Continue reading …How To Avoid The Internet Shopping “Naughty List” At Work
22/11/2011 Comments Off on How To Avoid The Internet Shopping “Naughty List” At Work
With more employers blocking Internet shopping websites this Christmas season Robert Half Technology has four tips to help workers like you avoid getting on their company’s Internet shopping “naughty list” this holiday season: Play by the rules. If your employer allows shopping at work, know your company’s policy, including sites or hours to avoid, before searching […]
Continue reading …Quick Links: U.S. DOL Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed
21/11/2011 Comments Off on Quick Links: U.S. DOL Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed
Quick Links Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed From The U.S. DOL This page provides links to information and services the Department of Labor (DOL) offers job seekers and the unemployed. We will continue to expand the links here based on your comments and feedback. Please, bookmark this page and come back often. Disability […]
Continue reading …Quick Guide to EEOC Website Links for Employees & Job Applicants
19/11/2011 Comments Off on Quick Guide to EEOC Website Links for Employees & Job Applicants
A quick guide to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – EEOC – website links of for employees and job applicants Overview Coverage Timeliness Filing A ChargeHow to File Charge Handling Confidentiality Mediation Remedies Existing Charges Filing a Lawsuit Discrimination by TypeAge Disability Equal Compensation Genetic Information National Origin Pregnancy Race/Color Religion Retaliation Sex Sexual Harassment […]
Continue reading …Job Seekers Over 50: Five Stereotypes You Must Overcome
18/11/2011 Comments Off on Job Seekers Over 50: Five Stereotypes You Must Overcome
Job search expert Mary Eileen Williams writing in the Huffington Post post another bit of good advice: Job-seekers over 50 encounter some special challenges. Although age gifts seasoned applicants with a wealth of experience, well-honed skill sets, a mature work ethic, and numerous additional pluses, there are a number of unflattering stereotypes younger employers may […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill