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HR.com General eBulletin for the Week of April 25, 2011

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Turnover Rate During First Year of Employment Calculator


Immigration in the Wake of Disaster
When devastation strikes, people all over the world feel connected to tragedy.
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Flames That Fanned Workplace Reform
Six day work weeks without availability of overtime pay are a thing of the past.
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Legal Responsibility of Employer When an Employee is Injured From a Fall
An employee of a home health organization falls while attending to a patient and fractures her elbow.
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H-1B Petitions for FY 2012 to be Accepted on April 1, 2011
An official announcement from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was released stating that H-1B petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2012 will be accepted starting April 1, 2011.
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Background Checks, FCRA Requirements and Multi Million Dollar Penalties
Ignorance of the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is no excuse and can be costly.
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AA Insights Spring 2011 Newsletter - OFCCP's New Audit Strategy: From Maintenance to Enforcement
It’s that time of year again, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has sent out its Corporate Scheduling Announcement Letters.
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Attitudes and Behaviours
There was an interesting conversation that took place not long ago on HR Linked In, in which the following question was posted:“Can changing a behavior really change an attitude?
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Government Speakers Present on I-9 and E-Verify Issues
I attended the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s 11th Annual Immigration Conference, which provided an in-depth look at Form I-9 enforcement.
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An Applicant Tracking System Behind Recruitment Boom Being Powered by SMEs
A Recent survey of 2500 SMEs by recruitment firm Reed have come across a startling discovery that recruitment demand amidst SMEs is a whopping 10% higher than large organizations.
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> The New Experts – Summary

The buyer-seller relationship has changed drastically. Buyers are now in control. In his book, The New Experts, author Robert Bloom describes what he calls a “revolution in buyer behavior” and its impact on business.

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Participate in this week's research initiative to find out what your peers are doing. Please make sure that you're logged in.

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Rolling out Mass Changes, Easier Said Than Done?

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Uncover the Myths and Truths about Outsourcing Payroll
How to End Service Bureau Fees, Reduce Costs, and Control Your Own Payroll Process. In this webinar you will find out how integrated HR, payroll and time and attendance software can streamline your...

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Date: April 26, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET


Getting it Right the First Time: Challenges and Remedies to Focal Compensation Planning
Every spring compensation professionals say that the focal compensation planning period seemed more complex than last year. Also, more comments back from managers and employees complained about the budgets, guidelines or the lack thereof....

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Date: April 26, 2011
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET

Fund your Talent Management initiatives with Hiring and Training Incentives
What if you could fund your Talent Management initiatives with a budget newly discovered within your HR organization? Hiring tax credits is one of the best kept secrets for employers. Federal, state, and local governments set aside funds annually to...

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Date: April 27, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

By the Numbers: 4th Annual Benefits Trends Report Summary
What problems are keeping other benefits administrators up at night? What programs and incentives worked effectively over the past year to engage employees? How are other administrators dealing with costs? Find out these items as well as other insights into how organizations are managing their benefits in a changing regulatory environment.

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Date: April 27, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


Learning Management Systems: What’s the Right Strategy for Your Organization?
A Business Case Study featuring Teach for America. Growing demands for eLearning require a combination of strategies, tools and technologies to effectively scale. Join Cornerstone OnDemand and Teach for America in a one-hour presentation on creating an eLearning strategy for...

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Date: May 5, 2011
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Delivering Business Insight and Value through Workforce Planning
Building a business case around key programs that is fundamentally grounded in workforce planning enables you to present risks and opportunities based on sound data and financial consequences. In this webcast, OrcaEyes will walk you through the...

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Date: May 5, 2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET


Online Recruiting Like You’ve Never Seen It
Online recruitment is often focused on attracting the largest number of candidates and uncovering every last detail about their lives. But what really matters is quality of hire – finding the people who will ...

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Date: May 5, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


Seeing Through the Clouds: A Guide to Software as a Service (SaaS) for HR Executives
Talent-driven innovation is the top source of competitive advantage in today’s global knowledge economy. The pressure on HR professionals to balance mission-critical programs to retain rising stars, develop core performers, and ...

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Date: May 11, 2011
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

How to Improve Quality-of-Hire and Efficiency using Web 2.0 Reference-Checking
Learn how to improve recruiting efficiency and quality-of-hire with new Web 2.0 reference assessments. Receive pivotal feedback from four references in two days. Improve your entire hiring strategy by obtaining information about behaviors and ...

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Date: May 12, 2011
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