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Employer Strategies for Successfully Hiring Justice Involved Job Candidates

ExactHire

Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, across 30 states 5 out of 6 (a staggering 83%) of state prisoners released in 2005 were arrested at least once during the 9 years following their release. After all, they haven’t been sufficiently motivated to do so. That changes now. Better job candidate flow.

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Are Full-Time Employees of Staffing Companies Exempt? It Depends

HR Daily Advisor

Staffing Employees Worked Long Hours. All three plaintiffs worked in-house at the company’s Troy, Michigan office, and all regularly put in 50+ hours of work each week. Their individual duties varied, but collectively included: Recruiting for positions, both temporary and permanent. Marketing tasks, including mailing out materials.

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We Need Speed to Get Quality: Why Now Is Not the Time to Slow Your Hiring Process

Linkedin Talent Blog

From 1998 to 2005, I worked at early Amazon, where I led tech recruiting. From 1998 to 2005, I worked at early Amazon, where I led tech recruiting. Especially if you pay above-market salaries and employ great recruiters and hiring managers who are invested in hiring great talent. And often their No. But Im not.

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Employer Strategies for Successfully Hiring Justice Involved Job Candidates

ExactHire

Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, across 30 states 5 out of 6 (a staggering 83%) of state prisoners released in 2005 were arrested at least once during the 9 years following their release. After all, they haven’t been sufficiently motivated to do so. That changes now.

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Are paralegals entitled to overtime under the FLSA? Probably.

The Employer Handbook

So, I asked the audience, which was comprised of most generalists, how many often worked more than 40 hours per workweek? Then, I asked how many were paid overtime for working over 40 hours per workweek. The FLSA requires that employees receive minimum wage of not less than $7.25 And then we got to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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The Walmart Effect: Can Raising Salaries Increase Productivity?

Compensation Today

Research Shows Higher Wages Lead to Less Turnover, More Respect. In one of Frost’s studies from 2005 , she looked at low-wage, low-skill workers in American hospitals — roles like nursing assistants, orderlies, and food workers. A wage increase helped change that sentiment, she explains. Click To Tweet. GET A DEMO.

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CHART OF THE DAY: Election edition

Steve Boese

back in September 2005. back in September 2005. The 'Quits' rate usually tracks pretty closely, at least directionally, with overall wage growth. And wages have been going up. Heck, here is another chart showing the year-over-year change in average hourly wages going back to 2009. Wow, what a crazy few days.