Employment Articles:

Employment Screening Today – Are Online Database Searches Enough?
In today's employment environment, HR managers are faced with the monumental duty of hiring and maintaining, as well as the ongoing development, of employees. But the single most difficult task lies first in hiring the right people.

Do You Need To Worry About Pre-Employment Background Checks?
The pre-employment background check is becoming more and more common place. As employers work to protect their places of employment from individuals that aren?t the best for the job or could pose a dangers to others, these background checks happen to be the tool of choice. After all, your past can say a lot about the person that you are and the person that you are likely to be, too. Yet, if you don?t have anything to hide in your past, should you really worry about what happens when a background check is done on you?

Employment Law - Workplace Bullying
Workplace bullying has been with us ever since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Interestingly in New South Wales the Office of Industrial Relations of the NSW Department of Commerce provides scant information about this anti-social workplace behaviour. Research indicates that workplace bullying is widespread and that it is more prevalent that harassment. What is also interesting is that in New South Wales there is no statutory definition of bullying. In point of fact Butterworths Australian Legal Dictionary is also mute on this point. The Law Society of NSW has offered the following definition of bullying: "Unreasonable and inappropriate workplace behaviour includes bullying, which comprises behaviour which intimidates, offend...

Profiles International Helps Organizations Improve Employment Hiring Odds by Offering Free Job Match Assessment
Profiles International announced today a special promotion for companies wanting to improve the quality of their hiring decisions. For a limited time, Profiles is inviting these companies to try a free online assessment with an existing employee or job candidate. This offer is part of Profiles' effort to help organizations increase the effectiveness of their employment hiring practices and improve employee engagement.

CalBizCentral Announces Booklets to Help Businesses Navigate State, Federal Employment Laws, Reduce Legal Risk
CalChamber's CalBizCentral 'What Every Manager Needs to Know About' series provides training managers need to comply with confusing laws.

Building Teen Character: Part-Time Employment
The teenage years are a crucial time in a child's life. They are not children anymore, but they are also not adults.

Morehead Webinar Discusses Measuring Employee Retention Across Employment Lifecycle
Collecting retention-related data during the entire employment lifecycle minimizes employee turnover.

Los Angeles Human Resources Consulting Firm to Offer Employment Screening, Drug Testing by HRPlus
HR Consulting Firm Expands Its HR Services To Include Employment Screening And Drug Testing By HRPlus. (Former Client Now Sells HRPlus Products and Services)

Finding Employment with a Criminal History
It is not easy to find employment if you happen to have a criminal history. Still, it can be done! You need patience and perseverance, and you should be aware that most of the businesses you approach in your search for a job will conduct a employment background search in order to check your background. Among other things, they are looking for criminal records. This has become necessary because so many companies have been sued for large sums of money because they unknowingly hired someone who had a criminal record, and this person caused harm to someone in the workplace. This type of lawsuit is called a negligent hiring suit, and it has that name because as far as the law is concerned, an employer is negligent when they do not use care and ...

Employment Discrimination Laws and Application
Employment Discrimination in the U.S. Employment discrimination has been a long-time problem in many states in the U.S. This occurs whenever the employers or the top ranking official in a company unjustly single out their employees or applicants based on the following reasons:

JWT Employment Communications Releases "Health Care HR Best Practice Brief -- Exit Interview Surveys"
JWT Employment Communications, one of the world’s largest recruitment marketing and internal communications companies, has released the Health Care HR Best Practice Brief: Exit Interview Surveys(EIS), detailing the strategy and benefit behind exit interview surveys in the health care field, written by Senior Partner Beth A. Brooks, PhD, RN, FACHE.

Employment Law: Unfair Dismissal - Employer Succeeded in Changing Terms of Employment
Good News for Employers wishing to change the terms of employment of employees, however, employers must still take care.In Scott & Co v Richardson [2005], the Dependant, Mr Richardson, who worked for a Scottish firm of debt collectors, refused to accept his new terms of employment which required him to visit defaulting debtors during the evenings.

Understanding The Law... Employment Law
The following Q&A's have been provided to help you better understand Employment Law.

Highlights and vitality of criminal search in world of employment
Life has no longer remained simple and safe. The criminal activities happening around us have made turn highly dangerous. Crime has been termed as a growing threat to the manhood. It is highly important to have reliable criminal background check prior to get familiar with a person especially before employing an employee. Criminal records online serves as a most demanded and advantageous idea for everyone. As it is by this, that you can make criminal search, posses accurate criminal records, make criminal background search without going anywhere.

Wrongful Termination in an At Will Employment Scheme
In most states in the U.S., terminating an employee without any clear and formal basis is illegal. Companies, organizations and even government agencies that will be found guilty of such actions may be held liable in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the discharged employee. This is to recover damages from the employer including loss of wages and ?fringe? benefits.