Want the scoop on marijuana laws and potential employees? Well, the rules are as hazy as a smoke-filled room (pun intended). For the time being, eight states including Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and...
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Excerpted from an SHRM blog by Lisa Nagele-Piazza As the federal government winds down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, HR professionals may have questions about how the decision affects their workforce. Immigration...
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Excerpted from alere.com post by Nina French Americans are in pain and a growing number are not hesitant about taking medications to cope with that pain. During the past 50 years, the use of prescription drugs to treat medical and mental...
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Excerpted from natlawreview.com, by Douglas M. Oldham The Ohio House has proposed a bill designed to protect the privacy of employment applicants, but the bill also could make hiring more cumbersome for employers. House Bill 187 provides that no...
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GroupOne Background Screening, the DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) and the DFWHC Foundation teamed together this week for a donation drive to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey in southeast and central Texas. In all, more than 1,820 items were...
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Excerpted from latimes.com, by David Lazarus For anyone who feels powerless about controlling their personal information in a world of search engines and public databases, take heart. A recent court ruling suggests you might have more muscle than...
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Excerpted from an SHRM blog by Novid Parsi Don’t wait for disaster to strike before figuring out how to communicate with employees during a crisis. After terrorist bombs ripped through a metro station and airport in Brussels in March, leaders at...
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Excerpted from thewashingtonpost.com, by Aaron Gregg The federal government is struggling to conduct background checks on people seeking security clearances, creating a backlog that one industry group says encompasses more than 700,000...
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To our GroupOne clients, we understand the need to obtain a complete background check report for your candidates for employment. The aftermath following Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas and Louisiana has directly impacted the collection of...
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Excerpted from SHRM.org, by Mark Feffer The relatively low unemployment rate is spurring once-reluctant employers to rethink their position on hiring candidates with criminal histories. A wide range of companies are opening their application...
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By David Lincicum of the Federal Trade Commission If your company gets background information on prospective employees, it’s likely you’re covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Before you get a background screening report, the law requires...
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Excerpted from Business News Daily article by Chad Brooks For job seekers and employers alike, one of the most confusing (and tricky) areas of the hiring process is pre-employment screening. From not knowing if background checks are really...
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