EEOC EEO-1 Report Deadline Extended to October 30
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires certain companies over a certain size to submit a report categorizing their employees by race/ethnicity, gender, and job category. This demographic survey, called the EEO-1, is due by October 30 (most years...
A big legal burden awaits small businesses, and most aren’t aware of it
American consumers are beginning to receive in the mail new credit cards that add a security chip to the traditional magnetic strip that processes their payments. The hope is the new cards cut down on credit card fraud but many small businesses do not appear ready for...
FraudCast – Background Checks with Rachid Zahidi
Welcome to FraudCast, your destination for fraud management. Today we are talking with Rachid Zahidi, CEO of Sentinel Background Checks, about background screening and also about his book "The Business Immunity System: The Pitfalls and Side Effects of Data Handling,...
Ask an Economist: Did Dodd-Frank Stabilize the Financial Sector?
Five years ago today, President Barack Obama signed off on what is considered by many to be the single most significant reform to U.S. financial regulation since the 1930s, when the country was only just emerging from the Great Depression. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street...
As attitudes about marijuana change, drug-test firms brace for fight
As attitudes toward marijuana become more lenient and states authorize its use for medicinal — or even recreational — purposes, a long-simmering debate over the efficacy of workplace drug testing has found a new flash point. Marijuana accounts for more failed...