New Era HR Solutions recently received a call from the Production Supervisor at one of our clients stating that they would be starting the hiring process for one of our employees. This employee was originally sent to New Era HR Solutions as a referral from another one of our clients. Due to her background in… Read more »
You’re a private employer, non-union and a temp tells you that he won’t speed up for being paid just minimum wage, in fact he refuses to perform any work. Another temp supports her co-worker and also refuses to work. The Supervisor yells at them and threatens to fire them both – DNR (do not return)! … Read more »
For many manufacturing companies it can take months to fill skilled positions with qualified workers. Not filling critical jobs quickly leads to many unintended, negative and expensive consequences. By 2020 there will be 123 million high-skilled, high-paying jobs available in the USA, but only 50 million Americans with the right skills and education to fill… Read more »
Here is a tool that we use to help in our direct hire process. When we are sourcing candidates for our clients we may be reviewing hundreds of resumes. From that review process we may have 10-12 “qualified” candidates that we want to learn more about. Sure we want to learn more about their work… Read more »
Once again, the Minimum Wage is increasing in our State effective January 1, 2015. The current rate is $9.32 and it is being raised .15 cents to $9.47. Below I have copied directly from the Labor and Industries website the rationale and reasoning for the increase. Since 1998 the State minimum wage has been increased… Read more »
Every day approximately 685 workers’ compensation claims are accepted for work related injuries and illnesses (250,000 per year) in Washington State. Every week there is approximately 2 work related deaths in Washington State. Indirect costs of workplace injuries are unknowable but include loss of quality of life, personal financial ruin, and loss of productivity, morale,… Read more »