Tag: news

September 23, 2016

Certain New Jersey staffing agencies face allegations that they continue to discriminate against candidates based on race and socio-economic factors in a NJ Advance Media special report. Kelly Heyboer, investigative reporter for NJ.com says that dozens of lawsuits have been […]

September 19, 2016

If these numbers from the federal government are any indication, drug use among employees is exploding. Federal transportation employees — like railway workers — are some of the most heavily drug-tested employees in the country. They are tested before they’re hired, […]

August 30, 2016

There is no mincing words. HR is proving to be one of the most vulnerable avenues for hackers looking to embed ransomware into a company database, according to Chief Security Officer magazine. Typically using bogus resumes sent as email attachments, hackers continue […]

August 11, 2016

It hasn’t been a great year for the Chipotle Mexican Grill chain. First, a slew of food safety issues. And now a jury has awarded $550,000 to a former employee who sued the company for pregnancy discrimination. A look at the […]

July 11, 2016

After a shocking May jobs report, economists, employment experts and market analysts were eagerly awaiting the June numbers, delayed a week due to the July 4th holiday. This is the first BLS jobs report to come out after the Brexit […]

June 17, 2016

Florida based recruitment firm, KB Staffing, is under fire from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after allegedly asking applicants to share personal medical details. Screening candidates based on health status to determine eligibility for employment is currently illegal. This case […]

May 11, 2016

The U.S. Department of Labor is expected to soon issue a final rule that will make significant changes to the requirements for classifying “white collar” employees as “exempt” under the Fair Labor Standards Act. This rule will impact millions of employees […]

March 11, 2016

U.S. employers announced 18 percent fewer layoffs in February 2016 after January’s six-month high, according to the monthly job cuts report by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The Chicago-based firm reported that employers downsized 61,599 jobs during the […]

March 2, 2016

In a surprising decision that may require many restaurants and other hospitality businesses in the Western U.S. to alter their labor practices, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2011 U.S. Department of Labor rule that prohibits businesses from requiring employees […]