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Best practices in I-9 retention: When to keep, when to shred

03/17/2022
The Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, is often a breeding ground for mistakes, some of which can have significant repercussions. Yet despite all of the risks, employers often miss out on one of the very few free lunches in I-9 compliance: shredding or purging all of those really old and errant I-9s that are beyond the Form I-9 retention requirement

Shields up! Feds warn of Russian cyberattacks

03/17/2022
As the world tightens its economic grip on Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion, tech experts are citing heavier-than-usual cyberattacks on small and mid-sized U.S. businesses that are originating in Russia and China.

DOL, EEOC get modest increases in latest budget

03/17/2022
The omnibus federal funding bill Congress passed earlier this month, which kept the government from shutting down, set slightly higher budgets for the Department of Labor and the EEOC.

SOTU highlighted HR issues

03/08/2022
President Biden name-checked several HR-related issues in his March 1 State of the Union Address, calling for a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage and backing legislation to provide paid family and medical leave.

Follow 3-part plan for returning to work

03/03/2022
New CDC guidance maps the way from pandemic to endemic, like influenza. Coronavirus may become something that’s always there—hovering in the background—that we learn to work around. For employers, making that transition will require following a three-part strategy.

Pandemic echoes keep resonating for HR pros

03/01/2022
Dealing with the lingering effects of the pandemic—especially recruiting challenges—will dominate the HR profession for the rest of the year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s new State of the Workplace Study.

DOL seeks nominations to join workforce information council

03/01/2022
The U.S. Department of Labor is soliciting someone to represent the business community on the federal Workforce Information Advisory Council.

Snapshot: Return-to-work vax status

03/01/2022
Roughly one in five employees who work on-site say their employer required them to get a covid-19 vaccine.

Lure workers back by welcoming dogs, too

03/01/2022
While 67% of employees polled by pet-product company Honest Paws said they would consider looking for a new job if they were no longer allowed to work remotely, 78% said they would stay if they could bring their pets to work.

The HR I.Q. Test: March ’22

03/01/2022
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.