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Guest Post: 3 Common Labor Law Compliance Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

JazzHR

So, really, it’s for the business’ benefit to keep thorough and accurate records. Although it’s imperative to follow the FLSA, it’s also important to familiarize yourself with your state’s laws related to minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, vacation, and fringe benefits. But why is this so important for businesses? per hour and $2.13

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9 Companies Around the World That Are Embracing Diversity in a BIG Way

Social Talent

In our E-Book on How to Increase Diversity Through Improved Hiring and Recruitment Processes , we uncovered some very interesting insights on the benefits of embracing diversity, including: Most studies surrounding diversity in the workplace have found that for every 1% increase in gender diversity, company revenue increases by 3%.

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The Value of a Global Network in Times of COVID

NPA Worldwide

CMCC was established in 2009 as a specialist recruitment firm for the apparel, footwear, toys and consumer goods industry. Here the great benefit of having partners locally comes into full play. These are the obvious benefits; we work together, and we work together well. Now they are stuck.

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Filling a Skills Gap in Manufacturing

ExactHire Recruiting

This is in drastic comparison to a decade ago, when during the Great Recession the unemployment rate began its steep rise (it would ultimately top out at 10% in October 2009 ). But while manufacturing production rebounded sharply at the official end of the recession in June 2009, the lost jobs did not return as quickly.

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Newton Rings in the New Year With Mobile Career Pages and Mobile Apply Features

Newton Software

Other key benefits include: Creating the best first impression for job seekers. The company was started in 2009 by corporate recruiters with the goal of developing hiring software that improves recruiting processes by offering powerful products that are easy-to-use, easy-to-purchase and easy-to-activate.

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Raising the (Minimum Wage) Bar

JazzHR

Following raises in 2007 and 2008, the federal minimum wage hasn’t budged since 2009, when the government set the wage at $7.25 Employers that raise their wages before it’s legally mandated to do so can benefit from higher employee satisfaction and retention rates.

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Disrupting the Status Quo with Brand Differentiation — Important Then, Important Now

The Staffing Stream

And that’s an improvement from 2009 when women represented just 10%. But before 2009, female entrepreneurs were even more rare. We were building a business model to benefit the job seeker. And the benefits were quite literal, as I insisted we provide co-paid medical benefits to contingent workers.