Hiring

EEOC urges caution on criminal background checks

05/01/2015

New EEOC guidance makes it clear: Employers better be able to prove they have a good business reason for running criminal background checks on job applicants. That means it’s time for you to review your job applications and hiring policies—and start training hiring managers on what’s certain to be a major EEOC enforcement effort.

It’s time to stop interviewing candidates like a flailing fisherman

04/30/2015

Instead of tossing out questions you’ve asked a million times, consider just a few that author and speaker Paul Falcone proposes to get past a professional façade and understand the human being behind it.

Class of 2015 grads to find best job market in years

04/26/2015

When “Pomp and Circumstance” plays at college commencement ceremonies next month, graduates can march confidently off stage knowing that their job prospects look good.

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04/25/2015

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USCIS reaches H-1B visa cap in less than a week

04/23/2015

All 85,000 H-1B visas for 2016 are spoken for, snapped up in less than seven days in an application process that began April 1.

Do nonexempts really need noncompetes?

04/22/2015

In recent years, a few employers have begun requiring even nonexempt employees to sign noncompete agreements. It may well be a short-lived trend.

Did my innocent employment ad really open me up to charges of discrimination?

04/21/2015

Q. I recently posted want ads to hire new employees. Recently, I received a letter from someone who wants to sue me for “deterring applicants.” The ads that I sent out simply stated my company’s name and address, the position available and that applicants who are younger and live nearby are preferred. What did I do wrong?

Blast from the past: Feds revive civil service exam

04/15/2015

Would-be government workers are again taking part in a ritual that had virtually disappeared for 43 years: taking a civil service exam to qualify for jobs with federal agencies.

Review job ads for hints of age discrimination

04/14/2015

The EEOC is cranking up the scrutiny of employers that use job ads to seek—sometimes not so subtly—younger employees.

Are we liable for negligent hiring if employee had criminal conviction?

04/13/2015

Q. Recently, one of my employees accidentally injured a client while operating a forklift during work hours. The client is now threatening to sue me for negligent hiring of this employee, because the employee has a prior—and unrelated—conviction. Does this accusation have legal grounds?