The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has just issued new Guidelines on employers’ use of criminal records to make employment decisions. Despite the opposition of employer groups, its guidelines represent a significant restriction upon what the EEOC thinks employers can do, and how employers can justify to the EEOC their use of
Hiring, Discipline and Termination
Immigration Enforcement Continues to Vex Employers
By Keith A. Ashmus on
Posted in Hiring, Discipline and Termination, Small Business
As was illustrated by a House Judiciary Committee Hearing on April 18, immigration enforcement is nowhere near consensus. A bill introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), HR 2885, would make use of E-Verify mandatory for all employers. Rep. Smith regards the bill as a measure to stop identity theft, especially including theft of children’s identities…
Small Business job creation story
By Keith A. Ashmus on
Posted in Hiring, Discipline and Termination, Small Business
With jobs the main focus of the Administration and Congress (other than re-election, of course), it is worth identifying why jobs are so hard to come by. We have already mentioned the level of uncertainty in a previous post. Now CBS News has done an excellent job of explaining how small businesses are being…
What’s the Problem with Employment?
By Keith A. Ashmus on
Posted in Hiring, Discipline and Termination, Small Business
Small businesses are increasingly pessimistic about the economy’s immediate future…
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