While the improving economy is good news for everyone, some employers are getting slightly nervous as they ask themselves a difficult question: Will workers leave en masse once they see greener grass elsewhere? Read More
A Department of Labor proposal to educate employees on their rights could open up companies’ classification decisions to scrutiny by workers and the courts. Read more
While talk of employment growth has been circulating for the last several months and experts expect Friday’s unemployment report to show job gains for the second month in a row, another group of key players say they plan to add jobs in 2010. Read more
Entrepreneurs often don’t have a human-resources staffer dedicated solely to overseeing interns, so the boss or a manager must carve out time for them. And that means giving them hands-on guidance, not sticking them in the stockroom and then forgetting about them: Companies have an obligation to give interns a good learning experience, whether they’re working for money or for school credit. Read more
The key to making new employees productive quickly, known as “rapid on-boarding,” is to help them immediately build an informational network with co-workers. Read more
This is another in a series of columns on “how much things cost.” This time, some metrics on the cost of employees. Read More
This indictment shows ICE’s commitment to holding businesses accountable when they repeatedly ignore immigration laws as it relates to their workforce. Read More
CARSON CITY – The minimum wage for an estimated 100,000 Nevada workers will be going up 70 cents an hour starting July 1. Read More
Even if companies aren’t hiring regular workers, they still offer internships, sometimes sought by professionals. Read More
Federal immigration-enforcement agents on Thursday notified 1,000 companies nationwide, 52 in Arizona, that the government is auditing their hiring records to check for illegal workers. Read More
