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This week, President Trump signed a law easing the regulations of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Recently, chief human resource officers are having a moment leading various companies. Here’s a look at some helpful tips for hiring an expert that gets the job done.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the City of Chicago has passed a COVID-19 anti-retaliation ordinance to protect employees who obey public health orders or their healthcare provider.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, Hulu’s series Little Fires Everywhere starring Reese Witherspoon and Karee Washington take liberties with employee background checks. Vanderbilt law professor, Jennifer Shinall takes a look at legislation designed to protect pregnant employees.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, most NYC employers cannot drug test job candidates for marijuana use. The House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or the HEROES Act, with a laundry list of priorities meant to stabilize the economy.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, we take a look at some of the best practices to implement and potential legal issues before reopening businesses. As employers flock to reopen, they need to bear in mind the potential litigation that may ensue.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has revised guidelines that employers can screen employees for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the often zero public visibility job as a risk manager has become a hot commodity in the workforce.  Employers having to guard employee privacy for those who test positive for the coronavirus and learn to protect their colleagues.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, officials are asking people to report businesses who violate shelter-in-place orders resulting in civil and criminal penalties.

In this week’s edition of the weekend roundup, the Department of Labor answers more questions regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) paid-leave. HR managers have become even more of an essential to businesses during this uncertain time.

Managing can be difficult enough within an office, but add distance, technology, a pandemic, and outside distractions—it becomes overwhelming.

The age of virtual interviews is upon us, especially now as most of America’s workforce is working remotely due to the coronavirus and conducting a successful one is critical for vetting job candidates. Here are a few tips from the experts at KRESS: • Remove distractions:

As the pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt our workflow, more questions are raised every day as to how we should best proceed in order to preserve our workforce and keep our teams focused.