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Contractor for short-term job: Good idea?

05/10/2012

Q. We want to bring on a worker to help finish up a contract that we have with a customer. The contract and work will end in a few months. To ease in setting this up and to avoid any long-term commitment, I’d like to hire the individual as a contractor and not an employee. Can I do this?

FedEx pays $3 million to settle hiring bias charges

05/10/2012
FedEx Ground has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that the company’s hiring practices were discriminatory.

DOL targets South Florida migrant labor practices

05/09/2012
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed two lawsuits against contractors providing workers to South Florida farms, following investigations into migrant laborers’ working conditions.

It’s not bias: Set cutoff date for receiving applications

05/09/2012
Protect your company by tracking when you received each completed job application. You can easily justify a cut-off point, based on the order in which you received complete applications.

EEOC: We’re watching how you run criminal checks

05/09/2012
New, official EEOC guidance reinforces the commission’s view that using criminal histories to screen out job applicants can violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by having a disparate impact on minorities.

Second state bans bias against the unemployed

05/08/2012
Oregon last month followed New Jersey’s lead in establishing a law that makes it illegal for employers to refuse to hire applicants because they’re unemployed.

Schumer jumps into Facebook password fray

05/03/2012
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have asked the DOJ and the EEOC to issue an opinion on one of today’s hot-button employment law issues: Is it a violation of the Stored Communications Act or any other federal law for an employer to ask job applicants to provide their Facebook passwords?

Hiring for summer: Payroll tips

05/03/2012
Nothing upsets your well-oiled Payroll machine more than the influx of summer hires and their paperwork. Use these tips to tame the summer hiring process.

Interviewing candidates: 30 great questions to ask (and 15 to avoid)

05/02/2012
The best interview questions focus on what applicants know how to do and how they do it. Here are 30 sample questions that probe into a variety of skills.

Beware justifying hiring or promotion with criteria that don’t appear in job description

04/30/2012
Here’s a reminder to pass on to everyone involved in the hiring or promotion process: You’re running a huge risk if you deviate from the job announcement’s minimum and preferred qualifications.