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Human Resource Management research has confirmed that managers play a critical role in the retention of new hires, and that those employees who quit within the first year were hired through an inadequate staff-selection process, have had poor staff orientation or have…
The 13 Watchdog team is uncovering troublesome ties between the Berrien County Courthouse shooter and a nearby elementary school. It has been confirmed that Larry Gordon was a classroom volunteer at South Elementary in Watervliet for over a year, despite a long…
David Leonard had served two jail sentences before being hired as the city’s parks manager last year, but in accordance with its usual practice regarding the hiring of contractors, the city hadn’t checked his background. Leonard is now the subject of a police probe in…
Deaths from workplace-related violence are on the rise nationally, although the overall number remains relatively small. Nationwide, 61 people were killed at their jobs by a co-worker in 2014, up from 49 in 2011, according to the most recent data from U.S. Bureau of…
Firing your worst employee is worth more than twice as much as hiring a superstar, claims new Harvard research. “While a top 1% worker might return $5,303 in cost savings to a company through increased output, avoiding a toxic hire will net an estimated…
Benjamin Bland’s supervisors missed several red flags when they hired him to care for patients at Park Royal Hospital, a last stop for many of Southwest Florida’s seriously mentally ill citizens. Bland was accused of sexually abusing several female…
The hiring process is more organized and elaborate now than ever before; and steps involved in hiring have considerably increased. After years of experience on working with bad hires, companies are now realizing the monetary and nonmonetary cost of a ‘mis-hire’ or…
Hiring the right person to care for your kids and elderly parents is one of the most difficult decisions to make. And now a popular website that connects families and caregivers is facing questions about the thoroughness of its background checks. In March of 2014,…
In the last few years, there has been a significant spike in the number of lawsuits challenging employer use of criminal background checks, including class action lawsuits brought under the federal FCRA. There also has been a sharp increase in the number of state and…
On June 24, 2015, the House Judiciary Committee voted to send H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, to the full House. The substance of the Act prohibits any federal court from certifying a class action unless the party seeking certification…