Austin, Texas affiliate television stations KXAN (NBC) and KVUE (ABC) recently interviewed Austin HR’s co-founders and managing partners Laurie Howell and David Hughen, on the topic of sexual harassment in the workplace. From KXAN —The pair (Howell and Hughen) says...
Question:We have an employee who has an illness covered by the Americans with Disability Act. The employee provided us with a letter from her doctor stating that she needs to be able to work from home 2 to 3 days per week. This employee is a Team Lead and we need her...
http://www.austintexas.gov/fairchancehiringWe routinely get asked questions around Austin’s Fair Chance Hiring Ordinance and Ban the Box Guidelines. Simply stated, this Austin Ordinance, enacted in March of 2016, prevents private employers who have 15+...
Beginning Monday, September 18, employers must use the revised Form I-9 for all new employees. This new version of the form has the revision date of 7/17/17. The I-9 form can be found here or on the HR Support Center.You can visit USCIS’s I-9 Central or the News Desk...
We are proud to share that our partners for telemedicine are providing free telemedicine services to those impacted by Hurricane Harvey . Both Teledoc and MDLive (until 9/8/17) can be reached 24/7 for non-emergency related illnesses or issues. Board certified...
Question:One of our employees interviewed a candidate today and emailed me afterwards. He was impressed by the candidate, but grew concerned after the candidate mentioned having social anxiety. He wondered whether the anxiety could affect the candidate’s ability to do...
