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While other forms of employment discrimination grab headlines, one of the most widespread gets far less media attention – age discrimination. But employers can’t afford to let their guard down when it comes to adopting policies and practices needed to stem…
Customers now expect more from their purchasing experience, and for retailers to exceed these expectations requires an agile supply value chain made possible through digital supply networks, say researchers for the Deloitte consulting firm. Before the advent…
Most employers are aware there are restrictions on conducting background checks of job applicants, but do they apply to current employees as well? Attorney Demetrius Pyburn of the law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, warns, “Any time an employer uses an…
Offering the right mix of employee benefits is necessary for employers who want to hire and retain people during this era of full employment. Some of these were detailed in the annual employee benefits survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource…
In August, Immigration and Customs Enforcement made headlines when it apprehended 680 illegal immigrants who were working in poultry processing plants in the state of Mississippi. What didn’t make headlines was that the raids were only the latest such…
California has added a new law that largely bans arbitration agreements that employers impose on their employees as a condition of employment. It joins other states that have enacted laws aimed at prohibiting mandatory arbitration agreements used to prevent…
A single retail transaction can translate into multiple subsequent transactions and significant incremental spending with that same retailer across several channels, recent research has found. This was the conclusion of a recent study that was issued by the…
Seeking to end the abuse of shippers by major railroads through unreasonable demurrage charges and fees, the Surface Transportation Board opened three compliance proceedings to target the problem. The board firmly asserted that it will not tolerate such…
The commercial real estate firm CBRE says 14 markets in the United States stand out as strategic options for industrial real estate investors who seek growth opportunities outside of primary markets. These strategic markets have generated demand for…
Younger people will be fueling an increase of about 4% in holiday season sales this year that have been predicted by the National Retail Federation (AA 10- 15-19, P. 4). The overall forecast estimates that holiday retail sales in the months of November and…
The Surface Transportation Board opened a series of proposed rulemakings aimed at helping shippers who have been hurt by widespread railroad service failures over the last several years. But the question is: Will it be enough? The changes recently proposed…
he Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has extended the filing deadline for employers to file their Form EEO-1 Component 2 reports because not enough of them had done so by the original deadline of Sept. 30. EEOC reported the deadline extension to the…