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Nationwide, the unemployment rate is currently under four percent. With much fewer people looking for work, many employers are struggling to find and attract quality job candidates for open positions.

It’s just a fact: Sometimes, people lie on their résumés. Almost half of workers (46 percent) polled in one study we found said they know someone who included false information on a resume. Maybe you know someone who has done it. Maybe you’ve even done it yourself!

As any experienced hiring manager can tell you, the hiring process can be both exciting and a little nerve-wracking. Even when you’ve found what you believe to be a dream candidate for your open position, there’s still the matter of the background check.

We don’t have to tell you why it’s important to drug-test employees and job candidates: Drug abuse and addiction at work can have severe consequences for your business. It can open your organization to potential lawsuits and damages or even lead to workplace fraud, theft, or violence.

After you put in the time, effort and investment to hire the best employees possible, losing them can be a frustrating waste of resources. While some employee attrition is inevitable, today’s highly competitive hiring market makes retaining your top talent more critical than ever.

New York City, Philadelphia, and now Cincinnati have all passed legislation forbidding employers from asking job applicants about their salary history, and they’re not alone.

Every year, tens of thousands of employment discrimination lawsuits are filed across the United States, resulting in a lot of hefty fines from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

April is National Records and Information Management Month! National Records and Information Management Month was started in 2002 to promote good record keeping and information management and to emphasize the importance of maintaining organized records.

Laws aimed at reforming employment continue to crop up across the country. Most recently, New Mexico passed a statewide Ban the Box measure, while North Carolina became the latest state to ban questions about applicants’ salary history from the hiring process.

A higher rate of workers tested positive for drugs last year than at any time since 2004. That’s a big reason why New York City has taken the unprecedented step of banning employers from testing job applicants for marijuana, the most commonly detected substance in drug tests.

Sneaky job seekers, urine trouble now! Using fake pee to skirt drug testing has become such an epidemic nationwide that many states are working to ban sales of the substance. It’s a development sure to make a splash in the labor market!

Legislative efforts continue at the federal level to prevent employers from asking job seekers questions about their salary history and make pay equal between men and women.