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As the holiday season begins this is the perfect time to do a little HR housekeeping before the start of the new year. Remember, organization is the foundation to everything and your future-HR self will thank you. • Generate a 2020 calendar:

The holiday season is a time to celebrate and spend time with family and loved ones. However, for human resources it can be a total nightmare. Before the family quality time begins, let’s take a look at how to avoid holiday HR issues.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a labor law that states employers provide employees with job-protected and unpaid leave for qualified family and medical reasons, was signed into law February 3, 1993, more than two decades ago.  Since then, amendments have been made.

Civil history searches reveal legal actions filed by businesses and individuals against other people and companies, such as bankruptcy, liens, or civil judgements.

A new Florida house bill would provide employment protections for people who use medical marijuana. In other news, human resources are looking toward agile recruitment services, which is an on-demand recruitment tactic.

Two oilfield services companies based in Houston agreed to pay $1.2 million in a settlement for race discrimination and a retaliation lawsuit. In other news, a former Urban Outfitters employee is suing the company for pregnancy discrimination.

Marijuana laws have been rapidly changing across all 50 states and it can be confusing. Some states have legalized all forms of marijuana, while others allow medical use, and then there is everything in between.

Last week, the CEO of fast food giant McDonald’s was fired after having a relationship with an employee. Shortly thereafter, HR executive David Fairhust left the company without providing any reasons for his sudden departure.

This is a truly astonishing revelation–five generations are working side-by-side for the first time in history. They are the:

KRESS makes hiring fast, simple, and reliable. We offer pre-and-post employment screening services to businesses across all industries that are FCRA compliant.

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to submit data that sorts employees by job category, race, ethnicity, and sex by January 31, 2020 for pay data.

It’s that creepy time of year where horror movies seem to play on every channel, and you think you see a clown lurking in every curb drain you pass. Clowns are frightening and thanks to Stephen King, it’s the childhood nightmare that frightens us all.