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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.

In this week’s special edition of the Weekend Roundup, we take a look at the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law to ease some of the economic fallout caused by the spread of the coronavirus.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the coronavirus continues to disrupt small businesses with various grants and loans. Last week the Department of Homeland Security announced it would exercise discretion for I-9 compliance in regards to physical presence for employment eligibility.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act will be voted on by Senate and potentially signed by the president later this week. Unemployment benefits are being amended by the states who suffer unemployment due to the coronavirus.

In this week’s Weekend Roundup, the activist who created the #GrabYourWallet campaign has published a database of arbitration policies for sexual harassment of roughly 500 companies. The topic of paid leave benefits due to the coronavirus has hit Capitol Hill.

Employment law is always evolving, and that includes laws regarding background checks. On top of that, one law may affect one company within an industry and not another, and on a more granular level some laws effect hiring and retaining employees differently within the same company.

As an employer, it’s important to know that your employment screening vendor is ahead of the curve and has solutions for your HR needs. KRESS is rooted in the highest standards of value, speed, service, and accuracy—that is the KRESS difference. Value:

Did you know 48 percent of employers do not re-screen employees after they’re hired, even though they may pose significant ongoing risk due to their access to company assets, customers, and colleagues?