Can Informal Performance Reviews Lead to Stronger Discrimination Claims?
26 April, 2016
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
A growing trend across Fortune 500 companies is the move away from annual employee performance evaluations to more frequent, less formal reviews. Accenture, Deloitte and Microsoft are just a few examples of corporations that have completely changed how they conduct performance reviews. It’s estimat...
Ban the Box: What Is It? Who Requires It?
12 April, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
As public interest in reducing the U.S. prison population and recidivism rate grows, employers are being pushed to remove the check box on employment applications that asks applicants if they have a criminal record. These “ban-the-box” laws are gaining traction at both the state and local levels. A...
Be Aware of Compliance Audits: Employers Paid Out More Than $400 Million in Fiscal Year 2015
22 March, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
The risk of being audited. Every company has to deal with it, and smart organizations know how to take steps to diminish that risk. But even the best-prepared business leaders are wrong if they think that getting their tax practices in order will eliminate that risk entirely. That’s because audits a...