When receiving dozens of applications for a single job opening, it can be tempting to discount candidates who have gaps in their employment histories. Contemporary thinking […]
COVID-19 drove many employers to implement emergency business continuity plans, such as teleworking. While this is not a new workplace arrangement for some organizations, it is […]
Businesses are multifacted and require expertise in various aspects. From accounting to finance to marketing to sales, no one is an expert in everything. On […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust a good portion of the U.S. workforce into the previously unknown arena of remote work. Transitioning from office to home has […]
When you shop, do you read customer reviews before finalizing your purchasing decisions? If so, why not apply that same logic to your workplace? In this […]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a draft of the updated W-4 form scheduled to be released in 2020. The revised form implements changes based […]
Whether you have two employees or 200, maintaining personnel files is essential to your company’s record-keeping strategy. Over the course of a worker’s tenure at your […]
It’s intern season, and droves of summer workers will soon be flocking to employers across the country to get hands-on experience in their chosen career fields. […]
The Department of Homeland Security made its annual inflation adjustment to civil monetary penalties, which resulted in increased fines for Form I-9 violations. The Form I-9 […]
While most employers are still trying to figure out how to best accommodate Millennials, another group of workers is set to storm the workplace: Generation Z. […]
April 8, 2019 It will soon be illegal for Cincinnati employers to inquire about applicants’ salary history or rely on known salary histories. This means that […]
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) administers and enforces almost 200 federal labor laws that cover a variety of workplace activities. From wages to family […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s “Employment Eligibility Verification” form, more commonly known as “Form I-9”, is a compliance document that every employer must process for workers […]
Myth #1 – Small Companies Don’t Need to Conduct Background Checks According to Inc. Magazine, over half of embezzlement cases occur in companies with fewer than […]
The #MeToo movement shed much-needed attention on the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace. From the entertainment industry to media organizations to politics, both men […]
Now that a national spotlight has been shone on the shocking reality of sexual harassment in entertainment, media, and politics, the conversation needs to turn to […]
The way that we do business has changed, and technology has driven much of that transformation. Cell phones, computers, printers, and the internet allow workers to […]
A company’s culture is its personality. This is not surprising considering that people can be an organization’s most important asset, or its most overbearing liability. Casual […]
So you obtained a background check on every employee prior to extending an offer of employment, and the results came back clean. Now you can relax. […]
Myth #1 – Small Companies Don’t Need to Conduct Background Checks According to Inc. Magazine, over half of embezzlement cases occur in companies with fewer than […]