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This nonprofit leader acts as a “no-fee staffing agency” connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs

HR Brew

Through training programs, paid internships, and placement services with local employers, Hopeworks helps young, diverse professionals ages 17 to 26 get their foot in corporate America’s door. “I The young people we work with are incredibly hungry and determined to learn and grow. I firmly believe that our alumni represent our legacy.

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End-of-Year HR Checklist: 10 Tips to get your HR in order for 2025

HR Partner

Ensure End-of-Year Leave Requests have been Submitted Remind all employees to submit their Time Off / Vacation requests for this period. Check that Leave / Time-Off Allowances are Setup for the New Year Ensure proper end-of-year Vacation Time / Time Off carryover is set up – both in your payroll system and HR software.

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

Trusaic

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. We outline them below.

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7 Keys to improve your hiring process.

Professional Alternatives

Learn about the factors that influence your answers to understand when to limit your explanations and when to add more details. Companies can use their business brand to communicate to customers through their managers, especially when the brand presence is worldwide. How long should interview answers be?

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California SB 1162 Signed Into Law: Takes Effect Jan. 1

Trusaic

Mean and median pay data reporting is a new requirement, never before seen, and it will likely help California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD), formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, identify pay discrimination in the workplace. . Yesterday afternoon, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1162 into law.

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Discomfort Isn’t Discrimination: Court Sides with DEI Training

The Employer Handbook

This week, a federal court weighed in on whether a Pacific Northwest employer’s DEI training created a hostile work environment for a white employee. More importantly, the court clarified a key point many have overlooked: DEI training is not inherently unlawful. It didn’t.

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How can an individual without an actual disability still have an ADA claim?

The Employer Handbook

Let’s say you hire someone online and sight unseen for a customer-facing position like a cashier or a salesperson at a department store. Specifically, the EEOC alleges that the defendant rescinded a welding applicants job offer after learning that he had injured his knee two years prior. I’ll give you an example.