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Welcome to Viewpoint, where HireCentrix provides commentary on some of the most relevant , hottest and often controversial issues affecting our industry; including employment statistics, employment data, laws and regulation, political and public policies, and more.
Written by Lester S. Rosen
On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Government agency that enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination,held a meeting that examined the use of arrest and conviction records of jobseekers by employers and how criminal background checks could be a discriminatory hiring barrier.
Written by OFCCP
Public invited to comment during early stage of development
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is considering the development of a new data tool to collect information on salaries, wages and other benefits paid to employees of federal contractors and subcontractors.
Written by Shaun C. Reid, Esq.
On June 20 and 21, 2011, the Federal government (through the U.S Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) respectively) announced proposed rules that seek to strip away any significant means employers have to mount an effective defense to unionization drives. Given how tough it is for employers to win union elections under the current system, one can only wonder what problem the government seeks to fix with these proposed rule changes.
Written by Kimberly Roden
When I was in transition, I spoke with plenty of recruiters. Most of them had a job description in hand and would look for a mirror image of that job description on a resume.
It was easy to see that if there was one bullet on the job description that wasn't listed on the resume, the conversation stopped.
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Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, spoke to MSNBC about Social Security and said: "Two decades from now, I'm willing to take a look at it, but I'm not willing to take a look at it right now. It is not in crisis at this stage. Leave Social Security alone. We have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis."
Senator Reid's remarks may kill the hopes that Social Security reforms will occur any time soon.
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Written by Jason Blais
As an HR professional, do you believe your work affects the value of your organization’s workforce? That’s a bit of a complex question, so please considerate it carefully. As you muddle through the minutia, or ponder how to develop a more strategic HR department, or approve and reject new employee programs or HR services, do you believe your daily activities and decisions directly affect how valuable your worforce is to your company?
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In 2007, there were 27.1M nonfarm U.S. businesses, employing 117.3M persons and generating $30.0T in business revenues. Firms with paid employees accounted for 5.7M or 21.2% of these businesses & $29.1 trillion or 96.8% in receipts. Firms w/o employees accounted for 21.4M or 78.8% of these businesses and $972.7 billion or 3.2% in receipts.
