You may recall that recently the EEOC advised against the use of credit checks as part of the hiring process because they tend to impact more adversely against minorities or females. Well that advice has now turned in to a lawsuit against Kaplan Higher Education Corporation for using the checks to discriminate against black job applicants through the way it uses credit histories in its hiring process.
According to the EEOC, "credit histories were not required to show responsibility, they were compiled to show someone was not paying the bills, which is not always the same thing". Huh?
Kaplan disagrees based on the fact that the checks are job related and needed to ensure that staff handling financial matters including financial aid are properly screened.
SOLICITATION OF COMPETITOR EMPLOYEE AGREEMENTS SCRUTINIZED
It would seem that certain high tech and professional associations have created agreements amongst themselves that promise not to steal each other's employees. The U.S. Department has concluded that such agreements represent restraint of trade and that such agreements should be abandoned.
WISCONSIN STAFFING SERVICES, INC. PAYS $20,000 EEOC SETTLEMENT
This staffing supplier apparently engaged in the racial harassment of a Native American through derogatory comments about "Red Bear's" ethnic appearance and through a co-workers mocking her by calling her "Pink Feather." The company forced her out of her job when she refused a directive to cut her hair, change her last name and stop "rubbing in" her heritage.
In addition to the $20,000 fine, additional punishment included posting new policies against these practices, supervisory training and additional training for the company rep put in charge of investigation these charges.
It is interesting to note that Wisconsin Staffing recently came out with a press release that emphatically denied these charges despite paying the fine which they estimated would be up to $50,000 less than the legal bill they faced.
MARIJUANA, COCAINE, CRACK?
You might think one of these three drugs of choice would represent an increase in use among your employees. You would be wrong.
It seems employee use of prescription opiates jumped 18percent from 2008 to 2009 and has increased 40 percent from 2005, according to Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
According to the EEOC, "credit histories were not required to show responsibility, they were compiled to show someone was not paying the bills, which is not always the same thing". Huh?
Kaplan disagrees based on the fact that the checks are job related and needed to ensure that staff handling financial matters including financial aid are properly screened.
SOLICITATION OF COMPETITOR EMPLOYEE AGREEMENTS SCRUTINIZED
It would seem that certain high tech and professional associations have created agreements amongst themselves that promise not to steal each other's employees. The U.S. Department has concluded that such agreements represent restraint of trade and that such agreements should be abandoned.
WISCONSIN STAFFING SERVICES, INC. PAYS $20,000 EEOC SETTLEMENT
This staffing supplier apparently engaged in the racial harassment of a Native American through derogatory comments about "Red Bear's" ethnic appearance and through a co-workers mocking her by calling her "Pink Feather." The company forced her out of her job when she refused a directive to cut her hair, change her last name and stop "rubbing in" her heritage.
In addition to the $20,000 fine, additional punishment included posting new policies against these practices, supervisory training and additional training for the company rep put in charge of investigation these charges.
It is interesting to note that Wisconsin Staffing recently came out with a press release that emphatically denied these charges despite paying the fine which they estimated would be up to $50,000 less than the legal bill they faced.
MARIJUANA, COCAINE, CRACK?
You might think one of these three drugs of choice would represent an increase in use among your employees. You would be wrong.
It seems employee use of prescription opiates jumped 18percent from 2008 to 2009 and has increased 40 percent from 2005, according to Quest Diagnostics, Inc.
Quest notes that both prescribed use and misuse of opiates appear to be on the rise and that's something every safety conscience employer should be aware of.UH OH!
Two former staffing firm owners are now residing in federal prison for scheming to hold 39 Philippine workers in forced service to work in hotels and country clubs in Florida. The pair made false promises to get the victims to incur debts to pay for up front recruitment fees and then threatened to have them arrested and deported knowing the workers had big debt problems back at home.
The sentence ranged between 51 months to 78 months behind bars. The report did not mention if the client companies that used the forced labor were aware of the situation or participated.
NON-EMPLOYEE WORKFORCES TO REMAIN STABLE OR INCREASE IN 2011
According to Yoh Services, L.L.C. which provides staffing services, 80 percent of the firms with at least $750 million in revenue expect their non-employee workforces to stay the same of increase this year. Increase usage of contingency workers has historically been a good sign for the economy.
To that end, according to the American Staffing Association index, staffing employment is 16 percent higher in December 2010 than the same period the year before. The index for December is at 101 up one point from November which means staffing employment is up 1 percent over the past month.
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