by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Dec 1, 2021 | HR Administration, Recruiting and Developing Talent, Recruiting and Developing Talent
What questions should an employer avoid asking during the recruiting and interview process? You should avoid questions that are not job-related or that cause an applicant to tell you about their inclusion in a protected class. These would include questions about race,...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Nov 12, 2021 | HR Administration, Reminder
In general, concerted activity takes place when employees act as a group (in concert) for their mutual aid or protection. This includes activities like discussing the terms and conditions of their employment, such as pay, benefits, treatment by management, dress...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Oct 20, 2021 | Industrial Relations
For those entering the world of hiring employees and building a payroll setup, this is both an exhilarating and potentially stressful time. Hiring employees includes a number of important areas, payroll serving as just one major example, and many business owners or...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Oct 12, 2021 | Alert, Recruiting and Developing Talent, Regulatory Compliance
Protected classes — also sometimes called protected characteristics — come from anti-discrimination law. We talk about them with respect to employment laws, but they also come into play in housing and education. The classes and characteristics protected by federal law...
by Afilliated HR & Payroll | Oct 6, 2021 | Alert, Health & Safety, HR Administration
If you have fewer than 100 employees, no federal contracts, and no healthcare workers, these new federal requirements do NOT apply to you. We are actively monitoring for the details of President Biden’s COVID action plan. The aspects of this new plan that affect...
