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One of America’s largest retailers paid millions in a settlement this month after a class-action suit alleged unfair hiring practices, and a federal agency opened itself up to a suit by skipping background checks for thousands of employees. Here are the top employment headlines this week:

If you’re new to conducting employment screenings, one thing that you will learn very quickly is that not everyone comes back with a clean record.

It might seem obvious, but it’s worth stating: Criminal background checks are the best way to keep criminals out of your business or organization.

It’s common for local businesses to outsource large, cheap background check companies in order to save a little money. It sounds like a good deal: The same job-candidate background screening services for a lower price.

In the era of #MeToo, inclusion in the workplace has become an even more common topic. Inclusion efforts can make the workplace friendlier to those of diverse backgrounds, such as in the case of prayer rooms.

In this week’s news, there’s a bonus program that’s up in the air, HR professionals are facing the opioid epidemic, and there’s a new leader of the federal government’s central human resources office.

Every business wants employees who are enthusiastic about their work, take ownership of it, and strive for better teamwork. Accomplishing this takes more than just wishing for it, however. Managers and the company culture can encourage these traits by treating employees like owners—not renters.

Creating an A+ job posting is one of the most important elements of successful recruiting. So why are they overlooked so often?

Social media seems to have taken over every aspect of our lives. Our companies have Facebook pages, we scroll endlessly through Instagram, and now Facebook Live and Instagram Stories want us to record our days.

The way we hire has rapidly changed in the past decade. From LinkedIn to dozens of popular online job boards, recruiters and candidates are discovering new ways to find one another. Facebook is now stepping into recruitment market with its new job listings feature expanding to 40 countries.

When two of your staff members are at war, you might be tempted to call them into your office and help them work it out, as I attempted to do recently. That tactic works sometimes, but if they are really at war and hurt feelings are involved, you might want to try the three-meeting approach.

Medical and legal recreational marijuana has thrown many employers for a loop. In Maine, the law recently became somewhat clearer when a court ruled that employers cannot discriminate against staff who use marijuana. In another court case, the contract vs.