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Phone Screens, Testing, and a Bonus Timesaver

Yesterday’s Advisor covered three of our five keys for saving time with job candidates. Today, we’ll look at two more (plus a bonus) and get a look at a unique timesaving training system. 4. Qualify by Phone Before investing your time (and the candidate’s) in a face-to-face interview, qualify the candidates further by means of […]

State Law—Different Coverage, Expanded Rights

In yesterday’s Advisor, we presented a checklist of the critical areas to where state law often differs from federal. Today, guidelines on how state laws differ plus an introduction to the complete state law guide, “The 50-50.” When considering state law requirements, employers should be on the lookout for the following types of differences: Different […]

Public Employee Whistleblowers: Court OKs Lawsuit By Firefighter Terminated After Reporting Pornography On Station Computers

Whistleblowers have become increasingly common in the American workplace. These employees feel compelled to expose situations they consider wrong. And they risk being ostracized at work, or worse—being fired. A recent federal court decision affecting California once again underscores that both public and private employers should take the proper steps to avoid both liability and […]

Security Among Questions Dogging Exchange Rollout

New concerns about data security on the health care reform exchanges are being raised by Republican lawmakers, who cite an internal agency memorandum that warned of inadequate testing on the eve of the exchanges’ Oct. 1 rollout. The security control assessment required by the Federal Information Security Management Act “was only partially completed” because the […]

Hot List: Wall Street Journal’s Bestselling Hardcover Business Books

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the Wall Street Journal with data from Nielsen BookScan on August 23. 1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? […]

Arizona Medical Marijuana Vote Too Close to Call

By Dinita L. James As of Thursday morning, the outcome of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act remains too close to call. The no votes on Proposition 203 outnumbered the yes votes at one point late this morning by a slim 6,700-vote margin, with three precinct results incomplete and an unknown number of early voting ballots […]

What You Get from Givin’ Back

I’m in New Orleans for a two-day meeting of the Employers Counsel Network, a group of leading labor and employment attorneys from across the country who write the state Employment Law Letters and Federal Employment Law Insider. One of our members suggested that while in New Orleans we should volunteer with Habitat for Humanity. You […]