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• EEOC’s latest, best 10 tactics for preventing harassment in the workplace

  13-01-2017 21:43
  
  The EEOC is looking to publish enforcement guidance to address illegal harassment in the workplace. That guidance is being built around several tactics the agency’s suggesting employers take to address this problem. 
  Earlier this week, HR Morning reported that the EEOC is seeking public input on a proposed version of enforcement guidance regarding harassment in the workplace (the deadline for pubic input is Feb. 9, 2017).
  How this all started
  This process began nearly two years ago w
  
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• Risky business: Pay discrimination case costs federal contractor $1.2M

  13-01-2017 21:42
  
  Seems like LexisNexis Risk Solutions should have known what was at stake when it paid female employees substantially less than their male counterparts for their work on federal contracts.  
  That doesn’t seem to be the case, however. LexisNexis Risk Solutions will pay over $1.2 million in back pay and interest and provide additional relief to resolve allegations of systemic pay discrimination against women at its facilities in Alpharetta, GA, and Boca Raton, FL, the Department of Labor
  
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• HIPAA audits on the rise: The violation you need to focus on now

  13-01-2017 21:41
  
  HHS’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) thinks employees are being abused when it comes to confidential information and HIPAA security.The result: OCR is conducting audits like crazy.That was the stark warning given by Employment Attorney Jason Sheffield at the 29th Annual Benefits Forum & Expo in Nashville.
  Part of the problems is the out-of-sight, out-of-mind mentality that’s pervasive among many employers. A number of firms incorrectly assume that if a plan is outsourced, the HIPAA
  
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• Is Your Workplace Hiding Talent?

  13-01-2017 20:04
  
  Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the film “Hidden Figures” yet, you may want to wait to read this. Oh, heck. Read it anyway. It’s so good you may not mind a peek behind the curtain.
   I saw “Hidden Figures” during Christmas week. I expected it to be good, and it was. Taraji P. Henson (playing Katherine G. Johnson) and Octavia Spencer (Dorothy Vaughan) rarely disappoint, and singer Janelle Monae (Mary Jackson) came through strong.
  Go see it. It was sad, t
  
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• Health Insurer Unum Expands to Offer Dental and Vision Coverage

  13-01-2017 18:03
  
  Unum Group announced that it is expanding its benefits offering through the addition of Unum Dental and Unum Vision. The Chattanooga, Tennessee-based employee benefits company is offering the coverage through the services of Starmount Life Insurance Co., a dental and vision insurance company acquired by Unum in 2016.
  Dental and vision insurance have become more popular over the past several years, according to Mike Simonds, Unum U.S. president & CEO. Unum made the announcement Jan. 11.
  
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• RPO Customers: We Want More of Everything

  13-01-2017 15:02
  
  Big companies are increasingly relying on recruitment process outsourcing as part of a strategic approach to recruiting that allows them to tap best-in-class technology, top recruiting talent and advanced performance metrics.
  This is good news for RPO vendors, who’ve seen their businesses steadily grow. But it has also put them on the hook to provide an increasingly sophisticated set of tools and services to keep these clients engaged.
  Today’s RPO customers want their vendors to do m
  
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• The top 10 industries to find a job in 2017 revealed

  13-01-2017 11:36 via onrec.com
  …Design, tourism and catering are some of the top sectors for work this New YearPosted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileCV-Library.co.ukView profile »New data from the UK’s leading independent job site, CV-Library, has found that the design, leisure and tourism and catering industries are some of the top sectors to find a new job this year, showing great promise for job hunters looking for work in these areas.
  The data, which analysed the average number of jobs in th
  
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• Opus creates new partnership to bring $150m of revenue

  13-01-2017 11:34 via onrec.com
  Opus Recruitment Solutions, a global recruitment firm, are pleased to announced their partnership with Recruiter.com, an online recruiting platform, that will result in over one hundred and fifty million dollars in recruiting revenue.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileOpus RecruitmentView profile »The partnership will provide a wealth of sourcing talent for specialised and ‘hard to fill’ roles, with a projection to bring over 150 million dollars’ worth of s
  
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• Future Focus: Pioneering Programmatic for Recruitment

  13-01-2017 11:31 via onrec.com
  January brings reflection and pledges. A more happier, fitter, more productive type of human.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  Listed above (or below) the resolutions of get fit, save money - is find new job. Great, the actively-looking audience pool starts to fill up. But is the surge shortlived? What happens when the rush is over and the candidates dry up? Enter Plan P…Programmatic.  
  Traditional job search rules are different in January (and September) than any other month. Likel
  
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• Bond Opinion: SEO Tips for Recruitment Agencies

  13-01-2017 11:22 via onrec.com
  It’s no secret that the first step in any career move is a Google search. Whether an individual is looking at vacancies nearer to home; assessing the next salary bracket options; or simply hoping to improve the quality of a CV, online search is an intrinsic part of our daily lives.Posted inOpinionon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileBond International SoftwareView profile »Two thirds of respondents have used a recruitment agency in the past to help with a job search. Of these, well over half
  
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• Allowing start-up recruitment agencies to start quicker…

  13-01-2017 11:17 via onrec.com
  HotLizard’s recruitment website platform RecruiterSites allows recruitment agencies to create a fully functional recruitment website quickly and at a cost effective price.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileHotLizardView profile »The platform provides stock images and auto-generated content that can be changed by you, the website owner, at any point via the admin portal, which takes out the hassle of needing to have all the content ready before the website can be built.
  
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• Apprentice levy will harm more than just small council schools, says ARC

  13-01-2017 11:12 via onrec.com
  Referring to a BBC report on 9th January, that highlights the plight of council schools that will have to meet the cost of the apprenticeship levy from 6th April, Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), commented that recruitment agencies will be affected in a similar way.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileThe Association of Recruitment Consultancies - ARCView profile »“We strongly identify with the LGA’s complaint of discr
  
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• New Extract! release including Greek CV parsing

  13-01-2017 11:06 via onrec.com
  Textkernel is happy to release its new version of Extract! CV parsing. This release contains the brand new parser for Greek CVs, as well as large improvements for all languages and language-specific improvements for English, Flemish, Slovak and French.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017 New: Greek resume parsing
  Answering to our customer demand, Textkernel is introducing its 17th language of CV parsing: Greek. In order to add a new language, Textkernel’s parsing engine needs to be trained a
  
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• HTE names HCL as a ‘Total Workforce Solutions’ provider for NHS Trusts nationwide

  13-01-2017 11:02 via onrec.com
  HCL is delighted to announce it has been awarded a place on all lots within the HealthTrust Europe (HTE) Total Workforce Solutions Framework Agreement.Posted inNews archiveon13 Jan 2017
  The NHSI-approved framework names HCL as an official supplier of the following workforce solutions to NHS Trusts nationwide:Temporary, fixed-term and permanent staff including med locums, GPs, nursing and care professionals, AHP and HSS professionals, and NMNC staff Rostering software Demand management software M
  
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• REC statement in response to Jeremy Corbyn’s remarks about recruitment agencies

  13-01-2017 11:00 via onrec.com
  Responding to remarks made today by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in which he accused recruitment agencies of bringing EU workers into the UK at the expense of British born workers, Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Chief Executive Kevin Green says:Posted inOpinionon13 Jan 2017
  Company ProfileRECView profile »“Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to re-imagine himself as the UK’s Donald Trump appears to include the original’s loose relationship with the truth.
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