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BLR’s Forum Events Adds Talent Acquisition and Retention Summit, and HR Strategy Summit to 2019 Offerings
New events added to the Forum Events lineup in the Human Resources sector will appeal to a specific subset of HR executives and allow them to source solutions for their business needs, as well as network with peers to discuss best practices and industry pain points. Forum Events, a leading networking event lineup that lets senior-level executives...
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BLR’s Forum Events Adds Talent Acquisition and Retention Summit, and HR Strategy Summit to 2019 Offerings
New events added to the Forum Events lineup in the Human Resources sector will appeal to a specific subset of HR executives and allow them to source solutions for their business needs, as well as network with peers to discuss best practices and industry pain points. Forum Events, a leading networking event lineup that lets senior-level executives...
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Why You Should Establish a Bereavement Leave Policy
In the past few months, I’ve spent every week, if not every day, updating or creating employee handbooks for businesses of all sizes. During that time, I’ve often found myself answering questions about bereavement leave. Most often, employers ask whether their state requires them to offer paid bereavement leave. When I answer their...
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Why You Should Establish a Bereavement Leave Policy
In the past few months, I’ve spent every week, if not every day, updating or creating employee handbooks for businesses of all sizes. During that time, I’ve often found myself answering questions about bereavement leave. Most often, employers ask whether their state requires them to offer paid bereavement leave. When I answer their...
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Why You Should Establish a Bereavement Leave Policy
In the past few months, I’ve spent every week, if not every day, updating or creating employee handbooks for businesses of all sizes. During that time, I’ve often found myself answering questions about bereavement leave. Most often, employers ask whether their state requires them to offer paid bereavement leave. When I answer their...
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The Impact of Ban-the-Box and Salary History Prohibitions on Employers
Class action lawsuits involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) are not the only compliance concern for employers performing background checks in an increasingly complex legal environment. In addition, employers are impacted by state and local requirements, including “ban the box” laws and salary history prohibitions. This article...
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The Impact of Ban-the-Box and Salary History Prohibitions on Employers
Class action lawsuits involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) are not the only compliance concern for employers performing background checks in an increasingly complex legal environment. In addition, employers are impacted by state and local requirements, including “ban the box” laws and salary history prohibitions. This article...
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The Impact of Ban-the-Box and Salary History Prohibitions on Employers
Class action lawsuits involving the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) are not the only compliance concern for employers performing background checks in an increasingly complex legal environment. In addition, employers are impacted by state and local requirements, including “ban the box” laws and salary history prohibitions. This article...
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New Ruling Restores EEO-1 Pay Data Requirements
Employers are faced with the prospect of having to put in considerably more work on EEO-1 reports this year, now that a federal judge has ruled the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was wrong to stop implementation of a pay data requirement proposed during the Obama administration. The EEO-1 survey requires employers to categorize […] The...
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New Ruling Restores EEO-1 Pay Data Requirements
Employers are faced with the prospect of having to put in considerably more work on EEO-1 reports this year, now that a federal judge has ruled the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was wrong to stop implementation of a pay data requirement proposed during the Obama administration. The EEO-1 survey requires employers to categorize employees by...
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New Ruling Restores EEO-1 Pay Data Requirements
Employers are faced with the prospect of having to put in considerably more work on EEO-1 reports this year, now that a federal judge has ruled the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was wrong to stop implementation of a pay data requirement proposed during the Obama administration. The EEO-1 survey requires employers to categorize employees by...
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HR Departments Are Losing Trust—Here’s Why
In theory, a company’s HR department seems to many like a logical resource for employees dealing with stressful situations or ethical dilemmas involving coworkers or superiors; a confidant for employees looking for a neutral, or even supporting, arm of the organization to act as their supporter, advocate, and protector. However, the reality is...
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HR Departments Are Losing Trust—Here’s Why
In theory, a company’s HR department seems to many like a logical resource for employees dealing with stressful situations or ethical dilemmas involving coworkers or superiors; a confidant for employees looking for a neutral, or even supporting, arm of the organization to act as their supporter, advocate, and protector. However, the reality is...
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HR Departments Are Losing Trust—Here’s Why
In theory, a company’s HR department seems to many like a logical resource for employees dealing with stressful situations or ethical dilemmas involving coworkers or superiors; a confidant for employees looking for a neutral, or even supporting, arm of the organization to act as their supporter, advocate, and protector. However, the reality is...
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Can HR Rely on Workers Reporting Their Own Worth?
It is no secret that talent recruitment and retention is a costly process without any real guarantee of long-term employee commitment to a company. With employee turnover costing the U.S. $536 billion per year, is there a more proactive stance HR managers can take to better discover and address employee needs and recognize and reward […] The...
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Can HR Rely on Workers Reporting Their Own Worth?
It is no secret that talent recruitment and retention is a costly process without any real guarantee of long-term employee commitment to a company. With employee turnover costing the U.S. $536 billion per year, is there a more proactive stance HR managers can take to better discover and address employee needs and recognize and reward their value to...
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Can HR Rely on Workers Reporting Their Own Worth?
It is no secret that talent recruitment and retention is a costly process without any real guarantee of long-term employee commitment to a company. With employee turnover costing the U.S. $536 billion per year, is there a more proactive stance HR managers can take to better discover and address employee needs and recognize and reward their value to...
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AI Not Living Up to Promise of Less-Biased Recruiting
One of the factors often cited as contributing to racial and gender disparities in the workplace is discrimination in the hiring process. This could come in the form of explicit discrimination against women or people of color by a hiring manager. But, more often, it comes in the form of implicit bias, where humans are […] The post AI Not...
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AI Not Living Up to Promise of Less-Biased Recruiting
One of the factors often cited as contributing to racial and gender disparities in the workplace is discrimination in the hiring process. This could come in the form of explicit discrimination against women or people of color by a hiring manager. Source: ipopba / iStock / Getty But, more often, it comes in the form of implicit bias, where humans...
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AI Not Living Up to Promise of Less-Biased Recruiting
One of the factors often cited as contributing to racial and gender disparities in the workplace is discrimination in the hiring process. This could come in the form of explicit discrimination against women or people of color by a hiring manager. Source: ipopba / iStock / Getty But, more often, it comes in the form of implicit bias, where humans...
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