Follow Up On Credit Background Checks

There is an ongoing controversy in several states about whether or not employers should run credit reports s part of the background checks they use in their preemployment screening programs.   I have posted some thoughts on this subject in a recent blog,  Controversy Over Credit Reports as Background Checks.
Some critics of the credit report as [...]

When Unemployment Slips You a Mickey…Mouse

It’s a tough job market and competition for what few jobs there are is fierce.   According to the Los Angeles Times, the different amusement parks around Southern California have had record turnouts at their job fairs.    This would  include such iconic amusement destinations as the Disney parks, Six Flags, and Universal Studios.
Thousand of job [...]

Employer Gets Ten Year Prison Sentence for Hiring Undocumented Workers

We have been warning employers about hiring undocumented workers for a couple of years now.  Hiring workers you may suspect as being illegal or undocumented, choose your own preferential language, can lead expensive fines, business shutdowns and public embarrassment.  There are more than a few examples out there.
I have blogged about this before.  For one [...]

Drug Tests for Older Employees

All right, so this is really tongue in cheek.  Well, sort of.   Having recently read an article on Yahoo News, entitled Marijuana Use By Seniors Goes Up As Boomers Age,  I couldn’t help but wonder what most employers would do if they find out through preemployment drug tests that their more senior executives are huffing [...]

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