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Watch Out California Employers: SB 1162 On Track To Become Law

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The Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), also known as the Civil Rights Department, no longer has to publish organizations’ pay data online and available to the public. As previously noted, pay data reporting is an effective method for eliminating gender and race/ethnicity pay discrimination.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. jobless rate, which encourages job hopping; employers’ increased need for specific skills, especially those involving digitization of work; and the challenge of improving employee productivity, which requires a blended mix of new skills and institutional knowledge.

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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

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The shifting employment trends of the past few years are enough to make anyone’s head spin. After several years of near-full employment, hiring freezes and downsizing swept the nation in 2020. With the right background screening partner, you can fast-track screening and hire the right fit — quickly and with confidence.

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Efficient Background Checks a Must as Hospitality Preps for Peak Travel Months

Sterling Check

Many people who were furloughed or laid off from leisure and hospitality jobs in 2020 migrated into roles in more stable industries. With candidates fielding offers coming from multiple fronts, talent acquisition teams may be tempted to take shortcuts, such as foregoing background checks to make immediate hires.

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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

HRExecutive

It may not be surprising that during 2020, social and political conflict —along with ongoing challenges due to COVID-19—helped position the employee relations (ER) function as a vital factor in shaping positive employee experiences. million employees globally, including 2.3 million employees in the U.S.

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Is Hiring Teens a Good Alternative to a Tight Labor Market?

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While there are pros and cons to every situation, here are several advantages and disadvantages from the employer’s side. Advantages of Hiring Teens: Employer Perspective. Most adults prefer an 8-5 workday where they can check out early in the evening to attend to personal and family needs. Could teens be the solution?

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Algorithmic Management in Organizations: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

Analytics in HR

The algorithms screen CVs and match applicants to positions. They get information on their average ‘time to accept orders’, ‘travel time to restaurant’, ‘travel time to customer’, and other metrics that algorithms track. This innovation in management is especially common in the gig economy.