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Don’t Contact My Boss for a Job Reference – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

We’ve talked about the job reference before on HR Bartender, but this is a new situation. Although I quit my last job, my boss and I did not leave on the best of terms, and I would not want her to be a reference for me. Many companies have policies that say managers cannot provide references for former employees. Hi Sharlyn!

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Affordable Care Act (#ACA): Don’t Forget Your 2017 Requirements!

HR Bartender

Just in case you missed it, Congress passed the “ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ” and it was signed into law by the President last month. Today, I want to discuss 2017. Please consider this your public service announcement (PSA): Organizations still need to complete their 2017 ACA filings. And that might be true.

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Best Practices to Ensure Success When Switching Leadership Roles: Part III – The Hiring Cycle

Celarity

In 2017, Glassdoor.com reported that the average interview process in the U.S. References. Checking references is no small part of the hiring cycle – especially when it comes to making a leadership hire. For leadership roles, potential employers will spend 10-15 hours contacting and speaking with references.

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How Resume & Employment Verification Protects Employers

Cisive

Protecting Your Business with Resume and Reference Verification. A 2017 study by staffing firm OfficeTeam discovered that almost half of workers (46%) said they know someone who included false information on a resume , a 25-point increase from a 2011 survey. This recent incident is unfortunately not uncommon, and it isn’t new.

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7 More Fascinating Employee Engagement Trends For 2017

15Five

Here is what the experts are saying we can expect for employee engagement in 2017: 1) Employee Engagement Will Grow…Slowly. In their latest report, Predictions for 2017: Everything Is Becoming Digital , Bersin by Deloitte is focused on how technology continues to change our lives and workplaces.

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I disabled my coworker’s caps-lock key, employee calls me his “manageress,” and more

Ask a Manager

2017. Employee keeps referring to me as his “manageress” I was recently promoted from a four person team and became the head of that team, replacing a male manager who departed. Firing you was an extreme response, but it’s possible they’d had other concerns and this was a final straw kind of thing.

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Insights in ACA Compliance during the Pandemic

ACA Times

Furlough: A furlough usually refers to a temporary unpaid leave. Currently, the agency is issuing Letter 226J penalty notices to organizations identified as having failed to comply with the ACA’s Employer Mandate for the 2017 tax year. For more details on how the two measurement periods work, click here.