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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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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When the Pacific Northwest turns into Death Valley, it’s time to update employee safety guidelines. That’s exactly what happened last week after record-breaking 110-plus summer temperatures fried Oregon and Washington to a crisp leading state...
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While working from home may have sounded appealing in 2020, these days it’s as enjoyable as being trapped by snow in Barrow, Alaska. Our employees at GroupOne Background Screening have effectively been “snowed in” now for over a year. It’s a...
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Still working from home due to COVID-19, GroupOne Background Screening sales associate and HR guru David Graves posted a continuation of his video series today to discuss “Summer Fun – Screening 101.” Some great ideas for screening during the...
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In Texas, the race to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine is perhaps akin to a motorized grocery cart rounding the aisle at barely two mph. To date, only 38% of its residents have received the shot. Compared to Vermont and Maine, states ranking No. 1 and...
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Excerpted from a Wall Street Journal story by Lauren Weber As more Americans are vaccinated and state mask mandates are dropped, can my employer forbid me from wearing a mask while at work? The bottom line As long as the Centers for Disease...
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Simply put, GroupOne’s drug testing is money in your company’s pocket. Employment drug testing is a powerful tool that provides far-reaching company benefits. Today, more than 65% of companies utilize drug testing programs. Here’s the advantages...
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At last, on May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released new guidance addressing COVID-19 vaccine issues in the workplace. The guidance answers several important questions, including mandating vaccinations for...
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Excerpted from GOBankingRates Blog by Gabrielle Olya We all know how you conduct yourself in an office should be different than when you’re at home or among friends and family, but the coronavirus pandemic has made things a bit more complicated...
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In a surprise announcement on May 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said U.S. residents who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear a masks or practice social distancing. Combined with the CDC’s...
Read More Just how much can an employer insist that its employees obtain the COVID-19 vaccine? One would think this would be an easy choice, right? Well, not so fast. Large segments of the U.S. population, for multiple reasons, have not and will not obtain...
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