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The healthcare industry is growing rapidly, and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), roughly 25% of all new jobs in the U.S. will be in health care and home-based care. The BLS predicts that health care and home-based care will be among the fastest growing segments in terms of employment growth through the […]
OFCCP remains focused on contractor compliance with affirmative action regulations for vets and employees with disabilities, says attorney Susan Fahey Desmond.. And programmatic outreach is not enough any more; OFCCP wants to see personal relationships with outreach resources and a system for monitoring effectiveness. Desmond, who is a partner in the New Orleans office of […]
More and more employers tout diversity and inclusion efforts in their recruiting strategies, but just putting on a socially responsible face may not be enough to entice today’s high-potential jobseekers. Not only are prospective employees interested in working for employers that are good corporate citizens, they have a plethora of tools available to make sure […]
As the working world continues to evolve, business leaders would be wise to fine-tune and enhance their people strategies to better reach a fast-growing segment of the U.S. population: Young Hispanic Millennials.
By Sharon McKnight, CCP, SPHR Trying to find market data for some jobs may seem a little like searching for a needle in a haystack—tedious, time-consuming, and marginally successful. Often, the problem isn’t that no data is available but how we look for it.
We have an employee who has been on intermittent FMLA for a long time due to his wife’s chronic health condition. May we ask for an updated medical certificate from his wife’s doctor? We are concerned that he may be misusing the system. It’s been 5 years since we obtained the first certificate of serious […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, attorneys Chad Richter and Cynthia Sandoval discussed discipline for blogging. Today, they weigh in on hiring decisions based on social media information, plus we introduce a very useful collection of job descriptions. One of the most controversial questions in HR today is whether to rely on social media sites for information on […]
by Thora A.Sigurdson Canadian courts continue to struggle with clauses in employment contracts that contain post-employment noncompetition and nonsolicitation clauses, known as “restrictive covenants.” This is an important issue in Canada, where there is no concept of “at will” employment, and all employees are deemed to have some form of employment contact. But not all […]
If you still think of freelancers as people who occasionally take on work assignments, you’re out of step with today’s employment marketplace. Freelance employment is on the increase, and freelancers now represent a significant percentage of the workforce.
After being flooded with more than 11,000 comments from the public about proposed changes to federal health care privacy rules, the government has now released new privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Generally, the new rules require health plans and providers to take steps to safeguard an individual’s PHI, or […]