Hiring? Be sure you're asking the right (and legal) questions. Avoiding Illegal Interview Questions Are you asking illegal questions when interviewing job candidates? In 2017, CNBC conducted a poll on illegal questions...
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Can an employer legally exclude an applicant based on a misdemeanor in their criminal background? At face value, a criminal background is not a protected class – meaning applicants with...
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A Utah city was recently fined for allowing youth under the age of 16 to work later and longer than permissible under federal law. While child labor laws don’t often make major headlines,...
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Workplace accomodations: nursing and the new momTake 2! A WiFi outage last week disrupted Stacey's live video about accommodating nursing employees. But we didn't want you to miss this! Check...
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Religious holiday and workplace requirementsReligion at work: what's required of your employer? Brad lets us know right now on #AskAnHRExpertPosted by Stratus.hr on Friday, March 30, 2018 If an employee...
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I was recently asked if demotions can ever successful. That’s hard to answer since demotions typically make either the employee or the company look like a loser. How do you...
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Voting day is just around the corner, which means employers should prepare to accommodate leave requests if work hours prevent employees from participating in their civic duty. “Does that mean...
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Early one morning, an HR manager arrived at her desk and saw a sealed envelope. Inside was a printed webpage from a sex-offender registry database. It included the face of...
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Your attention to detail, whether you’re running a service-based business or building a product, is probably the very thing that makes your company stand out in the market. But should...
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There’s nothing wrong with being detail-oriented … unless that’s your single approach to management. Take this short quiz to find out if you’re a micromanager. Then read on to find...
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