GUIDANCE CLARIFIED BY THE EEOC ON CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

“The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently responded to a letter sent by a number of state attorneys general urging the agency to reconsider its guidance on the use of criminal background checks in employment. The guidance at issue – Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil…

PAYROLL FRAUD – HOW TO AVOID IT

“Make no mistake. Payroll Fraud is real.  According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, it’s the number one source of accounting fraud and employee theft.  Check out these statistics: Payroll Fraud happens in 27 percent of all businesses Payroll fraud occurs nearly twice as often (14.2 percent) in small organizations with less than 100…

Triskaidekaphobia?

“Today is Friday the 13th, a date many people associate with bad luck, but is Friday the 13th as unlucky as many people believe? Not likely, but don’t tell that to someone who hides under the covers every time Friday the 13th rolls around on the calendar because that person probably suffers from paraskevidekatriaphobia, the…