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ICE immigration crackdown to go after employers—not undocumented workers

05/05/2009

The Obama administration’s immigration enforcement activities will target employers that hire undocumented workers instead of the workers themselves. Employers, take note: Follow your employment eligibility verification processes to a "T". Failing to comply can carry a high price: huge fines and criminal charges.

Arizona design firm sponsors contest to find next new hire

05/04/2009

When an entry-level job for a web page designer job opened at Scottsdale, Ariz., marketing firm SpinSix, managers combined their desire for more publicity with a strategy to attract the best-qualified employee. They held a contest.

Bill aims to stem Ohio’s looming nursing shortage

05/04/2009

Forty percent of Ohio’s 153,310 nurses will leave the profession within the next 10 years, according to a state government survey. It won’t be easy to train replacements because the state lacks qualified nursing school instructors. A bill in the Ohio Senate seeks the best ideas to combat the coming shortage.

Does Ohio law prevent employers from giving honest job references?

05/04/2009

Q. When I check a prospective employee’s job references, more and more I find that prior employers are unwilling to give any information other than confirming dates of prior employment. It makes it really difficult to accurately screen job applicants. Isn’t there a law that protects an employer that provides a job reference?

What are the rules on employee access to personnel files?

05/04/2009

Q. Do I have to grant employees access to their personnel files?

OK to charge for pre-employment medical exams?

05/04/2009

Q. I know the ADA limits when and how an employer can ask medical questions of applicants or employees. If I require a pre-employment medical exam, can I require the applicant to pay for it?

25 Off-Limits Interview Questions

05/01/2009
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Understanding federal laws on employee discrimination

04/28/2009
Last year, U.S. employees filed a record number of legal complaints claiming they suffered discrimination at work. You know that U.S. anti-discrimination laws require managers to treat all applicants and employees equally. But what, specifically, do the laws require of supervisors and managers? Here’s a rundown: AGE. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act says you […]

The 10 Employment Laws Every Manager Should Know

04/28/2009
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N.J. Senate examines possible ‘Senior Labor Task Force’

04/27/2009

The New Jersey Senate Labor Committee has unanimously passed a bill requiring the state to establish a “Senior Labor Task Force” to study, evaluate and make recommendations in four key areas affecting senior citizen employment in New Jersey.