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Who gets the job? The most-qualified candidate or a disabled employee requesting reassignment?

The Employer Handbook

If, however, an employee’s disability required permanent reassignment, the employee was to compete for job openings pursuant to the hospital’s policy to hire “the most qualified applicant available” for every vacancy. So, let’s talk about that job vacancy policy. Is it legal?

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AssessFirst

HR Lineup

Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Paris, France, and has a global presence, serving businesses across Europe, Asia, and North America. These profiles are based on a company’s specific needs and can be used to assess candidates for the most critical competencies required for success in a particular role.

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9 Things to Consider Before Asking Employees to Sign a Non-Compete Agreement

Insperity

Increasing activity in the courts shows that the use of non-compete agreements is likely on the rise. court decisions involving non-competes – a 61 percent increase since 2002. Non-compete basics. State, not federal, laws govern non-compete agreements. In 2012, there were 760 published U.S. So why the increase?

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The Power of Identifying and Engaging Your Hidden Influencers

DecisionWise

These activities can increase engagement if employees are not weighed down with high-priority projects; however, many of these key contributors seem to be struggling to balance all the work their competence has earned them. Please contact us if you are interested in tapping into the hidden potential of your organization.

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To Optimize Work Automation, Get Beyond “Robots Taking Our Jobs”

Visier

In 2002, there were 352,000 ATMs and 527,000 bank tellers. . Meanwhile…the number of banking transactions soared, and banks began to compete by promising better customer service: more bank employees, at more branches, handling more complex tasks than tellers in the past.”. In 1985, the U.S. had 60,000 ATMs and 485,000 bank tellers.

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Do personality assessments really help with hiring?

Achievers

Furthermore, Harvard Business Review (HBR) points out that research has been available since 2002 demonstrating that personality testing doesn’t necessarily correlate with better job performance. Despite this evidence, however, the researchers found that HR professionals continue to place faith in the efficacy of such tests.

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What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training

Workplace Psychology

As mentioned earlier, one of the fears and obstacles to training evaluation is deciding when to evaluate and how to isolate the effects of training (Kraiger, 2002). As Kraiger (2002) explained: The art of training evaluation springs from knowing why. “You can’t set goals for every leadership competency you want to develop.