The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a new hiring guide for following the rules of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Tags: ada, americans with disabilities act, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission
We asked 314 HR managers: “Do part-time employees in your organization gets some sort of benefits package?” Here what they said:
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A popular book on the market urges applicants to get the answers to these questions from managers during interviews, and before signing on with an employer. Are your managers ready with responses?
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Tags: 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview, applicants, interviews, John Kador
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the new U.S. passport card may be used as a valid “List A” document to complete Form I-9 during the employment eligibility verification process. Here’s how employees can get the card.
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Tags: I-9, List A, passport, passport card, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS
People who are right out of school need a different type of orientation than someone who’s walking in the door with 10 years’ experience elsewhere. Specifically, the rookies need help with three major employment issues.
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Tags: 401(k), health insurance, medicare, orientation, retirement, social security, taxes, w-4
A new Web site bills itself as your own personal criminal-records database that, among other things, can be used to run checks on applicants as part of checking references and other info. But does it work?
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Tags: applicants, CriminalSearches, PeopleFinders, References
A Homeland Security official testified that the reason for the immigration problem is that Congress goes too easy on employers.
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Tags: homeland security, Immigration
Periodically, we ask three HR managers how they’d handle a difficult problem at work. Today’s problem: A new hire could have a dark, hidden past.
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Tags: HR, reference checks
When someone gets promoted into management and turns out to be a nightmare, HR often asks, “Why didn’t we see this coming?” All the signs probably were there, but maybe no one was looking for them.
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Tags: candidates, management
Frustrated by inaction at the federal level, state legislatures are starting to push through their own tougher laws that hit employers who hire illegal aliens. One example is Missouri.
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Tags: e-verify, illegal aliens, Missouri
