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Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy Jaron Lanier is a computer science pi...

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Green card lottery could soon be eliminated

Green card lottery could soon be eliminated

Washington: In the contentious debate over immigration policy, three groups have dominated public and political attention: the roughly 11 million undocumente...

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EEOC Panel: Employer Wellness Programs Need Guidance to Avoid Discrimination

EEOC Panel: Employer Wellness Programs Need Guidance to Avoid Discrimination

Panel of Experts Tells EEOC of Need to Clarify Interplay Between Programs, Anti-Discrimination Laws WASHINGTON-Wellness programs are an increasingly ...

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Immediate Reminder: Employers Must Use Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

Immediate Reminder: Employers Must Use Revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

USCIS will no longer accept previous versions of Form I-9 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds employers that begin...

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EEOC receives It's largest Recorded Settlement In History

EEOC receives It's largest Recorded Settlement In History

Jury Awards $240 Million for Long-Term Abuse of Workers with Intellectual Disabilities Historic Verdict Against Henry's Turkey Service for Men Subjec...

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Court Upholds OFCCP's Jurisdiction Over Healthcare Providers

Court Upholds OFCCP's Jurisdiction Over Healthcare Providers

A federal district court has confirmed the position of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) finding that three hospitals providing medi...

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Employer Demands For Facebook And Email Passwords As Precondition For Job Interviews May Be A Violation Of Federal Law; Senators Ask Feds To Investigate

Employer Demands For Facebook And Email Passwords As Precondition For Job Interviews May Be A Violation Of Federal Law; Senators Ask Feds To Investigate

NEW YORK, NY – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) today called on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (...

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Minnesota Lawmakers propose bill to treat ALL marriages as civil unions.

Minnesota Lawmakers propose bill to treat ALL marriages as civil unions.

In the ongoing debate about equal rights for gay families, a Minnesota lawmaker takes a different approach While Minnesota state lawmakers consider a mea...

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It’s Easy to Get Fired or Go to Jail: Just Lie on Your Resume

It’s Easy to Get Fired or Go to Jail: Just Lie on Your Resume

Of all the lies she told in her professional life, attorney Soma Sengupta probably didn’t guess that the simplest one would destroy her career. A c...

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NFL Will Strengthen Non-Discrimination Policies For Teams, But Fans Need To Be Targets, Too

NFL Will Strengthen Non-Discrimination Policies For Teams, But Fans Need To Be Targets, Too

The National Football League will improve its outreach and education efforts about its anti-discrimination policy, which expanded to prevent discrimination b...

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The Employment Non-Discrimination Act - ENDA - of 2013 will be introduced with problems

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act - ENDA -  of 2013 will be introduced with problems

Employment protections bill introduced for the 20th time… but will expanded religious exemptions doom ENDA before it’s even reintroduced? Th...

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Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Illinois Staffing Agency

Justice Department Settles Immigration-Related Discrimination Claim Against Illinois Staffing Agency

The Justice Department today reached an agreement with The Agency Staffing located in West Dundee, Ill., resolving claims that the staffing company violated ...

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DOL Obtains Largest Recovery in Depts History 35 M in Back Wages

DOL Obtains Largest Recovery in Depts History 35 M in Back Wages

US Department of Labor obtains more than $35 million in back wages for nearly 5,000 workers in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- F...

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Who Should You Hire? LinkedIn Says: Try Our Algorithm

Who Should You Hire? LinkedIn Says: Try Our Algorithm

LinkedIn has upended corporate recruiting in the past decade, allowing talent scouts to scour a vast database of 200 million people’s career profiles. ...

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$8 Million Settlement Reached for Strippers for FLSA violations

$8 Million Settlement Reached for Strippers for FLSA violations

Lawsuit alleged the club failed to pay minimum wage and misclassified dancers as independent contractors NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group of 1,245 dancers at...

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Viewpoint

Respectful Workplace: How to create one

You’ve been working on your Respectful Workplace Policy for months. You’ve held meetings, gotten input, and made several drafts. You’re ready to unveil it.

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Hirecentrix - Knowledge Base

HR nowadays is an organizational “warm and fuzzy” atmosphere. No need for business acumen

For the past two months there has been a running discussion in the Linked:HR group on LinkedIn regarding why more HR professionals do not have a degree or background in Business. It has been a lively discussion to say the least.

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Giving Up the “One Leader in a Room” Mindset

Do you head up a leadership team in which you feel like you’re doing most of the heavy lifting? If so, you may be suffering from the “one leader in a room” mindset.

As the name implies, when you operate from the “one leader in a room” mindset, you believe there can be only one leader in the room – or on the team – at a time:  the formal team leader.

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Are You Committed Enough to Invest in Yourself?

Ronthomas“I don’t read this crap. When someone gives me an article to read, I just say yes I will. I don’t read anything anymore. When I leave work, the last thing on my mind is HR.”

This was from one of my HR peeps.

My thought was, “boy they have checked out.” Not only that, but they have checked out and don’t even know it.

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What You Need to Know When You Look for a Job to protect yourself

When you apply for a job, employers look at the application you complete and the resume you prepare. Some employers also check into your background before they hire you. A background report can include:

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Employees, Candidates, Employment Background Checks and Credit Reports Know your rights

What to know when you look for a jobYou’ve applied for a job. You sent a letter, made a phone call, submitted your resume. Perhaps you’ve had an interview. Did you know that when you apply for a job, an employer may ask your permission to do a background check before hiring you? Depending on the employer and the job, that background information might include your employment history, your driving record, criminal records, and your credit report.

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HCX Facts

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Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.  Whilst China loses 2 million people per year.

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