An article on FoxNews.com – “Party Crashers Should Go From White House to Big House” – tells how a “social climbing couple” apparently crashed a White House state dinner party without an invitation, and possibly without a background check that all White House guests must undergo. While exactly how the uninvited pair – Michaele and Tareq Salahi – gained access to the White House is under investigation, the article notes that the incident “wa... [More]
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In a case of how the use of new social media by employees may present unforeseen problems for employers, ESPN has placed popular columnist Bill Simmons – known as “The Sports Guy” – on a two-week suspension from his Twitter account for violating the sports network's social media policy. According to an article on HuffingtonPost.com, Simmons – author of “The Book of Basketball,” which recently reached #1 on the New York Times non-fiction bests... [More]
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Tags: espn, bill simmons, the sports guy, huffingtonpost.com, the book of basketball, weei-am, twitter, facebook, myspace, linkedin, youtube, background check, pre-employ.com | Categories: Careers | Privacy
Original Story: Pre-Employ.com schedules several food and toy drives Anderson Valley Post Pre-Employ.com is again collecting coats, toys, and food for a local homeless shelter and for two local non-profit associations helping families in need of assistance. Pre-Employ.com is partnering with Toys from the Heart again for a toy drive and working with the Anderson-Cottonwood Christian Assistance (ACCA) again for a food drive to assist families in the south Shasta Cou... [More]
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According to an Associated Press (AP) article, employers already dealing with tight credit and reluctant consumers must also face the costs of rising unemployment that are forcing higher state unemployment taxes on companies to pay for unemployment insurance (UI) claims. The AP article cites several examples of employers expecting to pay higher unemployment taxes in 2010: A liquor store owner in Maryland expects his unemployment taxes to rise from $3,000 this year to $9,000 n... [More]
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Tags: ui, unemployment, taxes, unemployment insurance, past-employ.com, pre-employ.com | Categories: Employee Benefits | Human Resources Outsourcing | New Legislation | Unemployment Claims Management
Original Story: Toys, Food Collected for the Needy By Steve Brewer, www.ANewsCafe.com Here are some good corporate citizens: The employees of Pre-Employ.com are partnering with Toys From the Heart and Anderson-Cottonwood Christian Assistance to do a toy-and-food drive for the holidays. Pre-Employ.com employees will ask for donations outside the Wal-Mart Superstore in Anderson next Saturday and the K-Mart in Redding on Sunday. They’ll be at the Wal-Mart ... [More]
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