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HR Compliance: What Business Leaders Need to Know 

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Major human resource laws Employment laws cover many areas, including anti-discrimination, wages and hours, workplace safety, family and medical leave, labor relations, and data privacy. Please refer to your regional and industry-specific legal guidelines or consult your legal counsel for detailed and specific information.

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Recruitment Compliance: All You Need to Know in 2025

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United States: EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission): Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act): Regulates the use of background checks and requires candidate consent before obtaining consumer reports.

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What Is the DEI Ban? Understanding the Legislation

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Research consistently shows that diverse teams outperform homogeneous teams in problem-solving and innovation. The most notable development came in January 2025 when President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “ Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.

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Pre-employment and background checks: everything you need to know to be compliant

cipHR

You’re responsible for checking that a candidate can work for your organisation – whether that’s by confirming their right to work in the UK, or checking their criminal record or health status. Find out which checks to you need to conduct, and how, during the recruitment and onboarding process. Right to work checks.

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I sacrificed for my boyfriend’s business and might get nothing, renting a house from my boss, and more

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In early 2010, I started to date my boyfriend who owned a small business. As for conversations to have, I’d make sure the lease is clear (and real, not an informal understanding) and ask what issues have come up with past tenants, if any. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. But right now, the calculus is different.

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Disability Discrimination: I Can See Clearly Now, My Job Is Gone

HR Daily Advisor

Background. The MITRE Corporation is a nonprofit research and development organization that provides services to the federal government. In 2010, he transferred to a position supporting the U.S. From 2007 to 2010, Demetri received generally favorable reviews. ” The company used the system for only 3 years.

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Tackling Unconscious Bias at Workplace

Keka HR Blog

Because we are constantly exposed to information, our brains organize it in ways that lead to unconscious bias. Our brain develops short cuts to assist us organize what we are observing since we are unable to digest all of the information that is provided to us at once. What is unconscious bias at workplace? . Gender bias .