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The Social Media Effect


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Know the Risks and Benefits of Searching an Applicant’s Social Media

…considerations. Social Media Plays a Growing Role in Recruiting and Hiring Recruiters use social media to search for candidates, and a 2018 CareerBuilder survey showed about 70 percent of employers…

Using Social Media Screening to Create a Better Culture

Social media has evolved rapidly over the last 10 years, becoming a fundamental way that people engage with one another. Posts and their underlying meaning—including both what is intended and…

Minimizing Legal Liabilities: Social Media and Censorship in the Public Sector

…That may well be the case if the social media page belongs to a government official. When might deleting comments from, or blocking access to, a social media page constitute…

President Biden Signs Social Security Fairness Act into Law

On Jan. 5, President Joe Biden signed The Social Security Fairness Act into law, which will increase Social Security benefits for millions of public sector workers. With Biden’s signature, the…

AFGE Seeks Billions to Keep SSA Fully Staffed and Funded

…introduced in July 2023, and includes provisions designed to increase Social Security revenues by imposing the Social Security payroll tax on earnings over $400,000. If enacted, the legislation would enable…

Maryland Lawmakers Seek to Create Department Overseeing Social Equity Programs

…would create a Cabinet-level department to oversee social equity programs in the state. The unit, which would be known as the Department of Social and Economic Mobility, would oversee three…

Putting People First: Workplace Safety, Cybersecurity and Background Screenings

…and Social Media Screening The COVID-19 pandemic affected organizations in different ways. Many were forced to lay off or furlough staff. Others managed to preserve payroll but enacted hiring freezes….

Ways to Promote Work-Life Balance by Addressing the Main Drivers of COVID-Related Burnout

…and sponsoring online and masked, outdoor and socially distanced opportunities for workers to socialize. While working from home and living through a global pandemic will never be easy, following these…

What Matters Most to Your Workers: Discovering Employees’ Power Values


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