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U.S. Department of Labor partners with Amazon to establish a veteran apprenticeship program
ApprenticeshipUSA LEADERS program. To date, more than 200 employers, colleges, and labor organizations have signed on to be ApprenticeshipUSA LEADERS by starting or expanding their own work-based learning programs. Interested in participating? Find more information on the ApprenticeshipUSA LEADERS opportunity here: https://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship/leaders.htm]]>
Read MoreU.S. businesses spend more than a billion dollars a week on serious, nonfatal workplace injuries
2017 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, serious, nonfatal workplace injuries amounted to nearly $60 billion in direct U.S. workers compensation costs. This translates into more than a billion dollars a week spent by businesses on these injuries. Given the magnitude of these costs, it’s troubling that such a large number of employers fail to…
Read More40% of employers plan to add full-time jobs in 2017
CareerBuilder survey. Delving into the data, 40% of employers say they will hire full-time, permanent employees this year, while 3 in 10 intend to hire part-time, permanent staff. The national survey, conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder from November 16 to December 6, 2016, also indicates five additional, key trends: Increased wages Emphasis…
Read MoreDecember 2016 employment: US adds 156,000 jobs
Connecticut bans the box
Employment screening: a look back at 2016
as always — the previous year, both for us here at MYB and also the employment screening industry overall. Industry Issues The ban-the-box movement continued to spread, as more cities and states passed legislation preventing employers from discriminating against job applicants with criminal records. 24 states and over 150 cities and counties have now implemented such legislation. The…
Read MoreMYB awarded EEO investigations contract by Pensions Benefit Guaranty Corp
D.O.J. charges Pakistani executive in $140 million fake diploma scheme
release by the Department of Justice, the executive of a Pakistani software company – Axact – has been charged for his part in an alleged $140 million “fake-diploma mill” scheme. The complaint alleges that Umair Hamid, 30, and his co-conspirators made false and fraudulent representations to consumers on diploma mill websites and over the phone to…
Read MoreSan Antonio bans the box
growing list of cities and states to remove questions about previous criminal history from job applications. The policy – already adopted in 150 cities and counties and 24 states across the country – requires employers to wait until job applicants have been interviewed before requiring them to declare any criminal history. “I think from a…
Read MoreRevised Form I-9 to take effect January 22, 2017
Get it here. Employers may continue using the current version of Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 until Jan. 21, 2017. After Jan. 21, all previous versions of the Form I-9 will be invalid. Among the changes in the new version, Section 1 asks for “other last names used” rather than “other names…
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