Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 2, 2018, a California federal judge ruled a former delivery driver for online food-ordering service Grubhub was an independent contractor and not an employee entitled to employment benefits in an important case for the emerging “gig economy,” according to a Courthouse News Service report.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Nearly seven in 10 Americans – 69 percent – believe the job search today is too impersonal while eight in 10 – 80 percent – say applying for a job feels like sending their résumé or job application into a “black box,” according to the results of…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn From January 29 to 31, 2018, special agents from the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) served notices of inspection (NOIs) for I-9 audits to 77 businesses in the Northern California cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose, KRON 4 News reports.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn With the unemployment rate in the United States at 4.1 percent, businesses that complain they cannot find workers are turning to an untapped and underutilized source of labor – inmates and ex-offenders consisting of the approximately 20 million Americans who have been convicted of a felony.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 1, 2018, a U.S. District Court ruled in favor of Texas in a lawsuit challenging the guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that limits the ability of employers – including the state of Texas and its agencies – from categorically excluding convicted…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On February 1, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri adopted a “Ban The Box” ordinance to bar private and public employers from asking applicants about criminal records and delay such inquiries until later in the hiring process to give ex-offenders a fair chance at employment. The ordinance takes effect…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 23, 2018, Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – an agency of the U.S. government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector – sent a memo to employees informing them that the CFPB would continue to fulfill its legal…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in January 2018 while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent for the fourth consecutive month, according to the jobs report released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is giving a behind the scenes look at security for Super Bowl LII where the Philadelphia Eagles will play the New England Patriots at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, February 4, 2018, thanks to the story “Super Bowl Security” on…
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