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Lawsuit: Employees Not Paying for Pre-Shift Covid Screening

Evil HR Lady

For the past year, employers have been regularly screening employees for fevers and other Covid-19 symptoms. This tweet, from employment attorney and friend of the blog, Jon Hyman, came through my feed. This tweet, from employment attorney and friend of the blog, Jon Hyman, came through my feed. Who is getting sued?

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6 Top Trends in Employment and Identity Screening

Sterling Check

HR leaders are looking ahead, and as we continue to adapt to the constant shifts we are seeing in the workforce, employers are focusing on how best to manage potentially returning to work and compliant hiring practices, whether in-person, remote, or hybrid. The process to run a background check on a candidate shouldn’t create obstacles.

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2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market

Lighthouse

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. We saw some of this in 2021, more in 2022, and we expect it to continue into 2023. Checkr, one of the biggest names in modern background check platforms, scooped up GoodHire.

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Should Employers Relax Background Checks to Overcome Hiring Challenges?

Sterling Check

The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) recently published an article exploring a new trend taking place among short-staffed businesses navigating the unprecedented challenges of today’s job market: cutting back on background check requirements. Certainly, many employers face significant difficulties when trying to hire new talent.

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Trend: Businesses are Choosing Flexible Staffing in 2021; Here’s Why

Accurate Background

Employers are turning to flexible staffing options, such as the gig economy and staffing agencies, as part of their business recovery plans in the wake of COVID-19 and related market uncertainty. It was already a buzzword before 2020 but accelerated dramatically in response to the pandemic’s impact on employment.

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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 38 million US workers quit their jobs from during 2021. Perhaps even more worrying, 40% of employees in computer and IT fields have either already quit or plan to leave their jobs by the end of 2021. Resignations in tech are the highest of any industry — up 4.5% year over year.

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Select the Best Candidate Faster: Employment Background Checks

HR Bartender

One of the things that’s amazing to me about the hiring process is that organizations will spend hours screening, interviewing and discussing candidates, but when it comes time to make a final decision, they rush it. One of the steps in the hiring process organizations should take a look at is employment background checks.