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Job posting compliance with anti-discrimination laws
Immigration Compliance Insights. You may have heard different variations of these questions and I always urge extreme caution to employers when using any such wording as such language could run afoul of the anti-discrimination provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), specifically section 274B. These provisions prohibit hiring, firing, recruitment or referral for a fee, as well as…
Read MoreJudge upholds OSHA recordkeeping citation: MSD is work-related
Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is describing as the first decision of its kind, Administrative Law Judge Patrick B. Augustine of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission recently upheld an OSHA recordkeeping citation issued against Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. for failing to record a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) case on the OSHA 300 Log that…
Read MoreEmployment Law Update
New State Immigration Law North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue signed legislation on June 24th to require employers and local governments to use E-Verify. House Bill 36 requires counties, cities and employers to to use the federal E-Verify program to verify the work authorization of newly hired employees, in a three step process that will apply…
Read MoreThree important lessons from background screening experience
background screening…obviously! This puts us in a privileged position, having knowledge on something that many don’t know too much about, and allows us to provide help to those who need it – whether you be an employer or a potential employee. From this experience and working day in, day out with both applicants and businesses,…
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