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The San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is ready to “ban the box,” the widely used criminal history check box on employment...
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The first law in the nation to require the widespread drug testing of health care employees may be on its way to passage, as the New Hampshire...
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Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked information about the agency’s surveillance program, targeted Booz Allen Hamilton Inc...
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A new study from researchers at Florida State University, Old Dominion University, Clemson University, and Accenture, suggests Facebook is bunk as...
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Almost every manager, when asked, readily agrees that weak employees underperform average employees by a significant amount. From a talent...
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On December 31, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Accretive Health, Inc. (“Accretive”) has agreed to settle charges...
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New laws that went into effect on January 1, 2014, are a harbinger of what employers may expect to see in the coming year regarding workplace...
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The first thing that stands out about 2013 decisions from OCAHO is that there was a major uptick in the number of substantive decisions –...
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In reviewing the numerous OCAHO decisions issued in 2013, there have been some fairly common violations that have gotten employers in a lot of...
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