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Is team work commonsense? A new book called Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems by Harvard psychology professor, J. Richard Hackman says our understanding of how to work together might be wrong.
Archives: HR Management
EEOC Leans Toward Limiting use of Criminal Background Checks for Hiring
Employers are predicting new guidelines from EEOC that will govern the use of criminal-background checks during the hiring process after attending hearings last month in Washington on the role that arrest and conviction records should or should not play in … Continue reading
Posted in EEOC, Employment Discrimination, HR Management
Tagged criminal background checks, EEOC, employment screening
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A Fresh Perspective on What Makes Character
A new book by Psychology Professor, David DeSteno challenges the thought that character and morality are formed at a young age. He says the goal of the book is to help people understand why we behave in ways that are … Continue reading
Some interesting Stats on Social Media in the Workplace
Mark Toth from Manpower recently spoke at the annual Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference on the topic of “Social Media and The Administration of Justice.” The panel included judges and lawyers concerned about the impact of social media on the law. … Continue reading
USDOL Tipped Employee Regulations now in Effect
New regulations for the Fair Labor Standards Act that affect businesses that have tipped employees (those that earn $30.00 or more monthly via tipping) came into effect May 5. Under federal law an employer can take a ‘tip credit’ equal … Continue reading
Posted in FLSA, HR Management
Tagged DOL, FLSA, tipped employee, tipped employees, Wait staff pay
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New Survey shows Use of Credit History and Criminal Background Checks as Screening Tools on the Rise
A just released survey (by EmployeeScreen.com) of trends in background screening shows that 21 percent of respondents reported checking the credit histories of all of their employees. Despite EEOC getting tough on this practice and some States (Hawaii, Oregon, Illinois, … Continue reading