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The I-9 is a pain to fill out, especially for as many employees as staffing firms have, but the fines that can come from incorrect I-9 processes are a lot more painful. So we’ve all got to bring our A game for I-9s. The fines for I-9 mishaps can range from a low of $110 per form for failing to comply with I-9 requirements or something called “document abuse” up to $6,500 per worker for committing or participating in document fraud, if it’s your third offense. And that’s all independent of whether or not the folks you hired are authorized to work in the U.S. Because these fines are per worker or per form, as staffing companies, we need to keep a close eye on them and make sure our I-9 processes are accurate, consistent and executed flawlessly every time. Here are some potential I-9 pitfalls and how to avoid…
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Does your workplace suffer from employees who are frequently late for work? If so, you aren't alone. A recent survey about reasons why employees are late to work, conducted by ...
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I'm working on more new rejection letters, (see more rejection letters), to go hand-in-hand with today's new article about the factors to consider before making a job offer.I've written about ...
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Sample Interview Checklist
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Are you interested in involving a team of employees to interview and select your next candidate? One of my readers wrote and asked about an interview checklist. I realized that ...
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Annoying Employees?
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Maybe it's the changing season, but I have had several emails in the past week about how to hold difficult conversations with annoying employees.You know the employees I mean. Perhaps ...
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Need tips for mandatory Human Resources training? An HR Manager at a client company sent an email to all executives and managers asking them to save a three hour block ...
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Have you taken a look at my best one-word ice breaker for meetings? I received and continue to receive such positive feedback about its usefulness that I wanted to bring ...Read Full Post
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From lies to lack of preparation, poor attitude, and insincerity, you can pick up on signs and collect evidence during an interview that the potential employee is not for you. ... Read Full Post
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In the day-to-day business world, we go about a number of important things backwards.Aside from March Madness, which is occupying a lot of time and conversation this week, I've been ...Read Full Post
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Six Disciplines studied what high performance organizations do, in contrast with low performing organizations. They found a number of factors that stood out as most significant. In fact, they found that high performing organizations scored much higher in each of these key areas:...Read Full Post
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In a recent PR pitch, I was given statistics that indicated that the average employee in the average workplace has no confidence that his or her senior leadership team knows ...Read Full Post
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