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2025 Compliance Checklist: Key HR Practices for Employers

HRWatchdog

Readers are encouraged to listen to the podcast for detailed information. These updates touch on various aspects of the hiring process, from job advertisements to criminal background checks and pre-employment drug screenings. Employers are prohibited from discriminating against applicants who use cannabis off the job.

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Best Practices to Ensure Effective Hiring Process in 2023

Hppy

Many companies are using AI and automation to pre-screen candidate applications and minimize the workload for overtaxed HR professionals. It’s estimated that over 99% of Fortune 500 companies use an Automated Tracking System (ATS) to screen candidates, and smaller organizations are starting to follow suit.

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Department of Education Releases FAQ on February 14 “Dear Colleague” Letter

Cupa HR

On March 1, the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Frequently Asked Questions document providing further guidance on OCRs February 14, 2025, Dear Colleague letter. OCR also notes in the letter that institutions that fail to comply face potential loss of federal funding.

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Opportunity Equity: Prepare for 2024’s Emerging HR Trend

Trusaic

Discrimination disregards performance. Plaintiffs in Nike’s pending equal pay lawsuit allege women were paid less despite “the same or better performance ratings, educational background, and work experience”. A Pew Research study into DEI at work supports those findings. Wage disparities grow even greater as women are promoted.

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Equal Pay Transparency Hearing Scheduled in Colorado

Trusaic

Employees must be informed how they may demonstrate interest in similar job opportunities in the future. Colorado Department of Labor & Employment (CDLE) must also create and administer a process to investigate and mediate pay discrimination complaints. That applies to internal promotions and new hires. That’s through July 1, 2029.

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New Employee Forms – The Complete Checklist for 2025

Engagedly

This information reduces the steps involved in the hiring process and helps fulfill legal regulations. Purpose of New Employee Forms The new hire paperwork ensures the following: Checking if the new employee can work legally. Business strategies, client information, or internal policies. Salary, bonuses, and benefits packages.

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Diversity in the Workplace - Benefits, Challenges, and Profitability (Infographic included)

Hubert

The order declared that employers were no longer allowed to discriminate applicants based on their creed, racial and ethnic characteristics, skin color, cultural belonging or origin. 3 - Increased pace of innovation More diverse backgrounds - More diverse ideas - More innovation. Related Blog Post. 6 Amazing Company Culture Examples.

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