STAFFING INDUSTRY GROWING JOBS...DOING ITS PART!
Despite the recent dismal August jobs report nationally that produced a net zero for new jobs, staffing employment rose 5.4% in the second quarter fm the first quarter and 8.6% from the second quarter last year. According to the American Staffing Association this is the six straight quarter of temporary and contract growth since industry began its recovery from the recession in 2009. This has amounted to 200,000 new jobs in the past twelve months.
ANOTHER HIRING OBSTACLE TO WORRY ABOUT
Do you have to hire an applicant in drug treatment on methadone? According to the EEOC you cannot automatically rule out hiring a person that tests positive for methadone which is a medication prescribed in drug treatment programs for recovering opiate addicts.
Under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA)" recovering addictions" are considered disabilities. United Insurance Company of America is finding this out the hard way as did Hussey Copper in Leetsdala, PA which paid out $85,000 to settle a similar case before hiring the addict to a mason utility laborer position.
Makes you wonder what the EEOC would do in hiring to fill a position within its ranks with a recovery addict? My guess is that they are exempt!
BIG SEASON AHEAD FOR THE BROWNS!
According to the experts that participated in our survey of how the Browns season will go it will be a very good year on the shores of Lake Erie. Our pundits have the orange and brown finishing the season at 10-5-1 but not doing well within the tough AFC North. Optimism always runs wild on the Browns this time of year.
And congrats goes out to Eric Spradling of Power Direct Energy for his participation in the survey. He will be going to the Browns-Miami game on September 25th as last month's winner of a Browns prize package.
BACKGROUND CHECKING REFORM PICKS UP STEAM
We have reported in this column recently about meetings conducted by the EEOC concerning the use of criminal background checks in the hiring process.
Well, according to recent reports the EEOC is definitely leaning towards revising their 20 year old background check guidelines. Frustrations over inaccurate and incomplete background checks have gotten them to this point.
In short, the view of the EEOC is that criminal background checks should not come in to play in the pre-employment.
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