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Do Personality Tests Have a Place in the Hiring Process?
Personality tests are questionnaires designed to reveal aspects of an individual’s character. Using personality tests in the hiring process is becoming more common. As many as 60 percent of workers are asked to complete personality tests as part of the hiring process....
Commercial Risk Insights – Approaching GDPR Requirements & Blockchain Technology
What do you need to know about the upcoming GDPR requirements? Could you benefit from using blockchain technology? Below we examine four steps for GDPR compliance and how blockchain technology can help simplify and improve supply chain management. First 4 Steps...
Federal Court Rules Past Salary Cannot Justify Unequal Pay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that employers may not use salary history as a basis for unequal pay (paying one employee less than it pays another employee of the opposite gender for equal work). The court’s decision in Rizo v. Fresno County...
Tax Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave
Employers who provide paid Family and Medical Leave may qualify for a new federal tax credit included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This credit of 12.5% (or more) of paid leave wages is subject to meeting certain criteria including, but not limited to, the following:...
15 Questions to Ask – Employer Liability for Harassment by Supervisors
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits harassment of an employee based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits harassment of employees who are 40 or older on the basis of age. The Americans with...