Weekend Roundup: No-match Letters, Foreign-born Workers, and Disappearing New Hires
The federal government resumed its practice of informing employers that their workers may be undocumented last week, not-so-subtly prodding them to do something about it. The move comes as Washington reports that foreign-born workers make up more than 17...
Lies, Lies, Lies: 3 Résumé Fraud Horror Stories
You’ve been searching for a great job candidate for weeks for your open position. Everyone you’ve seen lacks the skills and experience you need, until finally, a résumé hits your inbox that has everything you’re looking for: quality education,...
Driver Monitoring—When Annual MVRs Aren’t Enough
If you employ drivers, there’s a great chance you know all about motor vehicle record checks (MVRs). These annual reviews are the primary way that a lot of business keep tabs on their employees’ driving records to ensure that they aren’t...
How to Prepare Your Workforce for the Next Recession
You’ve probably heard the warnings by now: Many experts believe an economic downturn is right around the corner in 2019. At KRESS, we can’t tell you when a slowdown, downturn, or recession will happen. We aren’t fortune tellers! But what we do...
3 Common FCRA Compliance Catastrophes
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is rarely at the top of most employers’ and HR professionals’ concerns. In fact, many don’t know much at all about what it’s even supposed to do! However, mistakes that result in non-compliance with the FCRA...
Can Employers Require Vaccines Before Hiring?
If it can happen in the "Happiest Place on Earth", then why can't it happen at my office? That is a question many employers are asking themselves after a recent multi-state measles outbreak was linked to Disneyland in California. When measles...
3 Reasons to Give Recovering Addicts a Shot at Employment
It’s understandable that some employers might be leery about hiring recovering addicts. After all, if a person’s struggles with drugs or alcohol become overwhelming enough that they had to seek help, who’s to say those struggles won’t return...
Why are U.S. Workforce Drug Testing Positivity Rates at a Historic High?
It’s not just your imagination—more American workers appear to be using drugs. That’s the conclusion of analysis released by Quest Diagnostics last month, which shows that the rate of workforce drug positivity hit a 14-year high in 2018. Roughly 4.4...
Weekend Roundup: H-2B Visas, THC Testing, and Recruiting Top Grads
Businesses that rely on foreign seasonal workers could get some extra help this summer thanks to the DHS. Meanwhile, job seekers in New York City will face one fewer drug panel beginning in 2020, and employers are trying out new ways of...
Weekend Roundup: Low Unemployment, Staffing Agencies, and the Definition of ‘Conviction’
Good economic news continued with April’s jobs report, which showed another quarter-million job added to the economy as unemployment nationwide fell to 3.6 percent. That historic low has some employers turning to staffing agencies to find qualified talent,...
