Excerpted from a JDSUPRA post. On September 8, the FTC approved final revisions that would bring several rules implementing parts of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in line with the Dodd-Frank Act, which transferred rulemaking authority...
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Excerpted from a Money article by Julia Glum The global labor shortage has made work perks all but essential for companies scrambling to fill open roles. But in addition to promises of higher wages, flexible schedules and free college tuition for...
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Excerpted from a USA Today article by McKenzie Sadeghi The claim: Employees who are fired for refusing a vaccine are eligible for unemployment benefits The highly transmissible delta coronavirus variant has caused a nationwide spike in cases...
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Excerpted from an HR Morning Blog by Tom D’Agostino The employer waited for fingerprints and a drug test. And waited. And waited some more. It eventually convinced the a federal appeals court that a newly hired teacher’s employment contract offer...
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Excerpted from a Holland & Knight Blog by Barbara-Ellen Gaffney Beginning Sept. 1, 2021, all Texas employers — regardless of headcount — will need to act swiftly when sexual harassment is reported, and take effective remedial measures to...
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We’re sure this has come up hundreds of times, but the question still needs to be asked. When interviewing potential employees, can you ask about their COVID-19 vaccination status? The answer is, “Yes,” generally speaking. Most hospitals in the...
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It’s a small world! Today, international job applicants are more common than ever before. It’s important to know where your applicant has lived and what they have in their background. Today, international background checks have become more...
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Excerpted from a Nelson Mullings Riley & Scarborough LLP Blog The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice issued new guidance on July 26 clarifying that “long COVID,” and its potentially debilitating...
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Excerpted from a LewisRice blog by Billee Elliott McAuliffe, Alfred J. Ludwig and Melissa G. Powers The year 2023 is proving to be an important year in the privacy world. Colorado recently joined an expanding list of states to have enacted...
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Here at GroupOne Background Screening, we’ve been checking on volunteers for over 20 years. Volunteers are screened for the same reason employers conduct background checks – to verify identity and eliminate problems that could arise from an...
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Excerpted from a Troutman Pepper Blog by Shirley Akrasih Hiring new employees — whether high school and college students looking for part-time work or recent graduates entering the workforce — can be challenging. One possible risk is that a job...
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GroupOne will be hosting booth #222 during the Gulf Coast HR Symposium, Aug. 3-4 at the NRG Center in Houston, Texas. The event offers more than 130 diverse sessions and speakers covering a broad variety of HR industry topics over a busy two...
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