Excerpted from The SHRM Blog by Tim Sackett I found some cool data that probably got overlooked a while back from CB Insights [1]. Now, this data is from 2016, but it’s super relevant! CB Insights did some testing with their own email newsletter...
Read MoreEEOC Sues Trimark Foodcraft for Disability Discrimination
Excerpted from JD Supra by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Strategic Equipment, LLC, doing business as TriMark Foodcraft, LLC, a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in the distribution of commercial kitchen equipment...
Read MoreUS election 2020: Tips on how to vote safely
Excerpted from Medical News Today by Maria Cohut, Ph.D. With the United States presidential election fast approaching and the world still in the midst of a pandemic, it is important to consider how to exercise the democratic right of voting while...
Read MoreClear your Volunteer- GroupOne’s screening provides FCRA coverage!
Here at GroupOne Background Screening, we’ve been checking on volunteers of our clients for over 20 years. Volunteers are screened for the same reason employers conduct background checks – to verify identity and eliminate problems that could...
Read MoreTrick Or Treat: COVID-19 Changes Halloween Hours, Adds Restrictions
Excerpted The Post-Journal Jamestown officials are encouraging parents not to trick-or-treat this year and chose not to set hours or hold any city-sanctioned events on Saturday. Those who want to trick-or-treat in Jamestown can still do so...
Read MoreHow hiring managers can attract and retain healthcare staff
Excerpted from The SHRM Blog By Amy Solovay Globally, talent shortages top the list of the most compelling risks that all business organizations are facing. This is particularly true in the healthcare industry, where shortages of doctors, nurses...
Read MoreHR case: The older man and the younger woman
We read about this case online and since it is going to trial, we thought it might be of interest to our HR readers. A certain account manager, we’ll call him Mr. Schrute, was not the ideal employee. Soon after his employment began, he reportedly...
Read MoreHalloween amid COVID-19: You can lower the risks of trick-or-treating, if you’re creative
Excerpted from USA Today by Dr. Gavin Yamey and Melissa Kay As public health researchers with children who are very excited about Halloween — one with a son who turns 5 on Oct. 31, and the other with a daughter desperate to dress as Katy Perry...
Read MoreHow to Connect While Wearing a Mask
Excerpted from The SHRM Blog by Eva Del Rio, SPHR You may have noticed it. You are pushing your shopping cart wearing your mask at the grocery store and you see another person doing the same, but you hardly bother to look in their direction or...
Read MoreCDC’s Expansion of “Close Contact” Definition Spells Trouble for Employers
Excerpted from Lexology by Jackson Lewis PC On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the CDC issued new guidance expanding the definition of a “close contact” from someone who has been within 6 feet of a COVID-19 positive person for 15 minutes or more to...
Read MoreFive more states voting this fall on legalizing marijuana
Excerpted from Roll Call by Emily Kopp Marijuana legalization advocates, afraid that efforts to win ballot initiatives would go up in smoke given the challenges of a pandemic, are fired up about chances in five states this fall. The difficulty of...
Read MoreWhy you’ll still need to wear a mask even after Covid-19 vaccines arrive
Excerpted from Forbes by Mark Kortepeter There have already been several research reports supporting the benefits of wearing masks in the healthcare setting and the community to reduce transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But a question on...
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