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Regulatory & Legal Alerts – Nov. 2017

Peopletrail

Peopletrail actively tracks the regulatory and legal environment that surrounds employment and criminal background screening. The following includes recaps of the most significant updates impacting the screening industry in recent weeks. The law also requires family day care providers to undergo criminal background checks.

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Training in a Virtual World: The New Normal

HRExecutive

His boss, head coach Dave Shaw, realized Belch’s potential and didn’t want him to miss out on greater opportunities off the football field. At the time, Belch was also a graduate student who was working on a thesis that VR could improve football-player training. Research from Training magazine estimates that U.S.

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The high cost of a bad hire – and how to avoid it

Insperity

Consider these results of a 2017 CareerBuilder survey : The average cost of one bad hire is nearly $15,000, factoring in the recruiting, interviewing and selection process; training; and salary. Lost time spent on recruiting and training. Bad hires are an incredibly common problem in the business world. Lost productivity.

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New California Laws and HR Trends for 2017 and Beyond

HR Daily Advisor

This article discusses some of the more significant employment law changes over the past several months, many with an effective date of July 1, 2017. They include mandatory notices, new criminal background regulations, transgender rights, minimum wage increases, and wage and hour rights for farm workers. Fortunately, there is help.

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Honesty at work: Why it’s important and what it looks like

Business Management Daily

Also, when workers feel they are getting a snow job from management, they fill in “correct” information themselves. Baseball fans remember the team’s 2017 cheating scandal. We’ve all heard the saying “Honesty is the best policy.” But, is this adage still worth clinging to in the modern work environment? Let’s take a look.

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Top 9 Types of Discrimination in the Workplace

HR Shelf

With the rise in cultural and gender diversity in the workplace , employees of various ethnicities and backgrounds must work collaboratively to achieve the company’s objectives. Some of these characteristics include race, ethnic background, gender identity, age, impairment, sexual orientation, religious views, or even national origin.

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Best Practices for Hiring in the Healthcare Industry

InfoMart

Save Money with Pre-Employment Background Checks. Background screening is essential for hiring in healthcare. A criminal background check can reveal criminal convictions, certain driving records, and sex offender data. In 2008, over 1% of candidates had a sexual criminal offense. February 13 2019.