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New SHRM Reports Highlight 2009 Employee Trends for HR Leaders

by Tom Ahearn 6/29/2009 2:14:00 PM

Containing information that Human Resources (HR) leaders dealing with tough economic times should find interesting, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – the world's largest association devoted to human resource management – recently released new data detailing the thoughts of employees on everything from job risk in the current down economy to overall job satisfaction and employee benefits trends. The findings – from two surveys and one poll – we... [More]

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Pre-Employ.com Alerts HR Leaders To Dangers Facing Data Privacy At 2009 SHRM Conference

by Blake Forrester 6/24/2009 8:57:00 PM

Leading Background Check and Employer Services Provider Pre-Employ.com Alerts Human Resources Leaders to the Dangers Offshoring, Repurposing, and Reselling Personal Information Pose to Data Privacy and Data Security. Anderson, CA (June 25, 2009)—Pre-Employ.com, a nationally recognized pre-employment background check and employer services provider, has announced it will alert Human Resources (HR) leaders to the dangers facing employee data privacy at the 2009 Societ... [More]

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Background Check Companies Should Protect the Privacy of Employee Personal Data

by Tom Ahearn 6/24/2009 8:28:00 AM

During a typical employer background check – which more than 80 percent of U.S. businesses currently perform according to the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) – the job applicant voluntarily gives Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as name, birth date, and Social Security number (SSN) – basically, everything needed to commit identity theft. What most job applicants fail to realize is the likelihood that much of the PII collected during a backgroun... [More]

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Small Business Loses Big Money without Background Checks

by Tom Ahearn 6/22/2009 9:41:00 AM

According to a recent survey from an online payroll provider as reported by Occupational Health & Safety, three out of four small business owners say they have hired at least one employee they later wished they had not, and more than one in ten (12 percent) of small business respondents indicate the hiring mistake resulted in a significant financial loss of over $10,000. The survey reveals a growing trend in hiring mistakes caused by the difficult economic times which have placed man... [More]

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Businesses “Going Green” To Create Environmentally (and Economically) Sustainable Workplaces

by Tom Ahearn 6/19/2009 9:53:00 AM

Everywhere one looks these days, everyone and everything is “going green.” From new President Barack Obama touting the environmental and economic benefits of “green collar jobs,” to environmentalists urging the use of alternative “green energy” sources such as solar, wind, and hydro power, to families and individuals reducing, reusing, and recycling in everyday life, it seems like the whole country has gone green. Even companies – from large glob... [More]

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