Remind your managers: Contrary to popular belief, female employees don’t need to be pregnant to earn legal protections under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA). Even nonpregnant employees can sue. …
Before taking employment action against impaired employees, evaluate their abilities thoroughly. Your goal: Determine if they would qualify as “disabled” under the ADA, and therefore, earn accommodations. Compare the employee’s abilities …
HR professionals are well aware that many résumés and applications are full of exaggerations or flat-out lies. But while you review those documents with a healthy dose of skepticism, your newest …
Organizations that use the Internet to recruit employees should pay attention to these two developments: Job-search search engines. Rather than bouncing around to several different job boards, applicants now have …
If you’re looking to fill seasonal or permanent positions, check out a new government program that helps employers hook up with college students with disabilities. The Labor Department’s Workforce Recruitment …
Issue: Can you place conditions on employment that aren’t related to the person’s ability to perform the job? Risk: Courts may see such restrictions as illegal “employment blackmail.” Action: …
Starting as early as August, you’ll be able to publicize job openings online using a Web address that ends in “.jobs.” The Internet’s main oversight agency just gave its final approval …
Issue: Business and government leaders will unveil a new national job-readiness test next year that you can give entry-level applicants. Benefit: Cut down on bad entry-level hires. Spot high-school grads …
Starting pay for new grads will remain modest this year, except in certain fields, such as tech and engineering, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) predicts. In a …
Issue: Whether , and how , to notify unsuccessful job applicants. Risk: Spending too much effort on rejection notification can tax your resources, but poor notification can reflect badly on …