‘Brexit’: What happens now?
Sticking with the maritime metaphors that have been used by both the British prime minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer as they come to terms with the seismic vote by the UK ...
Pandora’s Box with Onboarding Compliance
More than ever, legislative regulations have become increasingly dynamic and have proven to be daunting for many employers. No longer can employers depend on a static cheat sheet to ...
A Centralized Process for Individualized Assessments
In 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance for employers making employment decisions for candidates or employees with criminal histories. The EEOC’s ...
Human Cloud Outpaces Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Part 2
In my last post, I discussed how the human cloud has been changing the way employers and workers connect so rapidly that regulators can’t keep up. While this is a complex problem, ...
Human Cloud Developments Outpacing the Legal & Regulatory Landscape
Just as companies such as eBay have transformed buying and selling of goods, companies such as Upwork, Work Market and others – the human cloud segment – are transforming the market ...
European employment law – Vive la difference?
Across Europe, there is often a perception that all laws are roughly equal and all countries follow them similarly. However, even within the European Union (EU), there is a whole range ...
Not All Background Checks Are the Same – Quality Reporting Is Invaluable
It is any staffing firm’s worst nightmare – getting a client sued over sloppily conducted background checks. This is exactly what happened to Staff Management Solutions LLC (SMX) ...
Seven Defense Mechanisms Against EPL Claims
From the moment you start the pre-hiring process until an exit interview, you’re vulnerable for a lawsuit. It sounds harsh, but it’s true. In 2014 alone, the Equal Employment Opportunity ...
Supreme Court Upholds Nationwide ACA Subsidies and Penalties
Today, the United States Supreme Court, in its King v Burwell decision, dashed the hopes of many employers for relief from the Affordable Care Act by upholding an IRS regulation that ...
Zeroing In After the UK Elections
Having listened to the pomp and ceremony of the recent opening of Parliament from our offices in Westminster, I was again reminded of the UK’s recent general election results. ...
