HR Law 101: If you fail to do background checks on applicants for certain positions, you could make yourself vulnerable to a negligent-hiring lawsuit by any worker or...
Under Pennsylvania law, employers can refuse to hire a job applicant based on the person’s criminal history only if the criminal record directly relates to the...
Issue: Safety-conscious companies look beyond the bottom line. Benefit: In addition to reducing costs and boosting morale, safety can be promoted as a recruiting tool...
When you or your hiring managers need to fill an open slot fast, it may be tempting to skip steps in the application process. But don't do it. Follow the ...
Carole Howe’s strengths lie in her imaginative concepts:
tickle-your-fancy ideas that brought shops like Bow Wow Meow, Field
& Stream and Fly Babies into airport...
Before you seek consumer credit or background reports on applicants, you must obtain their written consent and give them a clearly written disclosure form. But what...
Remind your managers: Contrary to popular belief, female employees don't need to be pregnant to earn legal protections under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act...
Buyer beware: If you don't probe deeply into job candidates' backgrounds, you're in the minority these days. In fact, 80 percent of employers polled in a new Society...
Rescinding job offers just got more legally dangerous. As incredible as it sounds, if you pull the rug out from a candidate's job offer, the person may be able to sue ...
Employee-referral programs have become one of the most successful and least expensive recruiting strategies. But even with their popularity, employee-referral programs...
Employee-referral programs can be a reliable, inexpensive way to find great talent. But you probably don’t realize that they carry a hidden legal risk, too.
Issue: Legal problems that stem from inadvertent comments at the job-offer stage. Risk: Imprecise wording of an offer could lock you into an 'implied contract' with the...
Issue: Many organizations rebounding from the economic slump are rehiring former employees. Risk: You face special legal dangers when bringing back people who were laid...
If your organization pared back during the economic slide, you may be joining other employers that are rebuilding their staffing levels. More employers expect to pick...
It’s the people you hire who make your success, said Sears, Roebuck & Co. founder Richard W. Sears. Here are some thoughts from an article he wrote in 1910:
Issue: Some courts consider agreements, signed or unsigned, to be valid, binding contracts. Risk: A manager's verbal promise could lock your company into legal...
Issue: Interviewers often have one pet question they use to test an applicant's quality. Benefit: The right question can separate the contenders from the pretenders ...
