Our latest slidecast for the Austin Human Resource Management Association deals with the impact the Millenials (Generation Y, the Net Generation) are having on the workforce and ways that employers are attracting their talent. Doug Douglas of Stark Talent will be speaking on this topic during AHRMA’s
1-55-64. Those are the magic numbers Kevin Lashus, the Managing Partner of the Austin, Texas office of Jackson Lewis LLP, says employers need to know when processing Forms I-9. In this interview, he also discusses employer responses to DREAM Act-lite, the Obama Administration’s recent action to allow
After conducting three webinars about the EEOC’s April 25th guidance document and trading innumerable emails and phone calls with clients, friends, and colleagues, I’m finally at a place where I feel comfortable releasing the Gospel According to Coffey on this topic – which is to say that
Each month, I interview an attorney about employment-related legal issues on behalf of the Austin Human Resource Management Association. This month’s interview focuses on common FMLA challenges employers face. If you are in the Austin area, plan now to attend AHRMA’s April 26th meeting, including the Legal
This post may be ill-fitted to this season of brotherly love. If upon reading it, you find it too strong, well, you should have seen the first version! The Associated Press published a story this weekend about the errors common in the databases used in employment-related criminal background
In our latest Legal & Regulatory Podcast with the Austin Human Resource Management Association, I interview Connie Cornell, an Austin employment law attorney, about terminations and unemployment compensation. Connie is a founding partner of Cornell Smith & Mierl, LLP, an Austin based labor and employment law firm
I’ve been warning employers, schools, nonprofits, and others about the dangers of relying on the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Crime Records Service criminal history database for years. Our 2008 study of DPS’ records found that DPS’ records were missing more than one-third of the criminal cases included
Over at Bad Hire Days this week, I blogged about Jason Meinke, a convicted criminal whose record includes a felony conviction for aggravated stalking, who was sent by a Sears contractor into customers’ homes to clean air ducts. Proving that past performance is a pretty good indicator
The Austin Human Resource Management Association will be hosting their annual Diversity Day event on October 26th. Before you roll your eyes, this won’t be a room full of people singing Kum Ba Yah. The day will be full of important information business leaders need in order
To give it a little visual aspect, I created a slidecast of my recent podcast interview with Jeremy Eskenazi of Riviera Advisers. He is speaking at the joint meeting of the DFW Staffing Management Association and DallasHR on March 16th. You can register at the DFWSMA website.
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