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Background Check Discrimination – How to Avoid it
If your company doesn’t typically do background checks, but you decide, for example, to hire an internal HR person who will have access to sensitive information, you may want to do a background check for this position. But since you’ve never done one for...
The Paid Sick Leave Trend
Earlier this year, President Obama called on Congress to enact a federal law requiring businesses to offer seven days of paid sick leave to workers, but the proposed law is unlikely to pass in the current political climate. Nevertheless, a paid sick leave trend has...
Employee Dating Policy
Some companies who have employees that are in a dating relationship may have them sign an agreement or policy form. While such an agreement regarding the dating relationship is not required, many employers use them because they can help set expectations and reduce...
Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Employee Benefits
The Supreme Court has ruled that all states must allow and recognize same-sex marriages. In an opinion issued Friday, the majority of the Court found that marriage is a fundamental right and that it would be a violation of equal protection if the right to marry was...
