Recruiting Veterans and Wounded Warrior Programs
Yesterday’s Advisor explored a number of resources and guidelines about hiring veterans. Today we’ll explore how official wounded warrior projects can help.
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Is It Too Soon to Start Recruiting College Students?
The 2018–2019 school year will be kicking off for many college students over the next few weeks, which begs the question, when do you start recruiting college seniors?
Immigration, Marijuana Don’t Mix
If members of your workforce are immigrants (they have a green card) or are working temporarily in the United States in any visa category, including as farm workers, hospitality workers, healthcare workers, or students, they shouldn’t use any drugs or substances prohibited under federal or state drug schedules. The schedules prohibit cannabis, or marijuana, use […]
Recruiting Via Mobile: Myths Busted!
Organizations need mobile-friendly career sites now more than ever—but not all such sites are adequately candidate-oriented. Expert Matt Adam, chief talent strategist at NAS Recruitment Innovation in Cincinnati, debunks three myths of mobile recruiting and offers six questions to help gauge mobile readiness.
EEOC Richmond office, Mexican Consulate tackle national origin bias
by Jayna Genti As part of its multiyear Strategic Enforcement Plan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has made protecting immigrant, migrant, and other vulnerable workers a national priority. Because it has found that “many of these workers are unable or afraid to assert their rights under federal law,” the EEOC has instituted outreach and […]
Good Boundaries to Make for Good PTO Policies
Yesterday’s Advisor featured tricky PTO policy questions from Attorney Katherine Marques. Today, we present her key success factors for PTO, plus we introduce the best way to find compliance violations—before the feds do. Marques, an associate in the New York office of Holland & Knight LLP, offered her PTO tips at a recent webinar sponsored […]
Ponzi Scheme Involved Theft of Nearly $2 Million from Employee Benefit Plan
A multi-agency federal and state investigation has led to the guilty plea and imprisonment of Ohio businessman William M. Apostelos, who orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that included the theft of $1.9 million from an employee benefit plan. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) participated in […]
They Just Want to Be Noticed
In yesterday’s Advisor we took a look at a study done by CareerBuilder concerning what lengths candidates will go to in order to get noticed. Today we’ll see a few more examples along with some suggestions on how to handle them.
Careless Documentation: Key Evidence Against You in Court
If you’re not careful with your documentation, says Attorney Allison West, you’re probably creating evidence that your employee’s attorney can use against you in court. In today’s Advisor, her do’s and don’ts. Employment law attorneys aren’t allowed to say “document,” West says; they are always required to say “document, document, document.” There’s a good reason […]
The FMLA and Hidden Health Conditions
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) can be tricky when an employee wants his or her health condition to remain private.