EMPLOYERS TAKE NOTE

Assessments as a Prescreening Method

According to The Emerging Workforce Study, many employers are turning to prescreening tools and assessment programs to help streamline their hiring process. More than 60% of companies have increased their use of assessments in the past 5 years.

Assessment tools help streamline the screening process to quickly identify best-fit talent and can help control hiring costs. Research shows that when people are well matched to their position, attendance is better, turnover is reduced, job satisfaction is higher, job performance is enhanced. The employee and the employer share the benefits of achieving the best job fit. It is important to remember that assessments utilized for hiring purposes should be both valid and reliable as a measure of success on the job.

Ohio’s New Minimum Wage and House Bill 690

Back in November 2006, Ohio voters approved the “Ohio Fair Minimum Wage Amendment”. General information pertaining to the new minimum wage include:

• New minimum wage is now $6.85 per hour, which went into effect 1/1/07.
• Exceptions to the new minimum wage:
• Tipped employees hourly rate is half the minimum wage
• Employees of businesses with annual gross receipts of $250,000 or less
• Employees under the age of 16 must earn the federal minimum wage.
• Employees of solely family owned and operating businesses, families only.

• House Bill 690 modifies Ohio Revised Code by:
• Narrowing the definition of employees who are subject to the minimum wage and overtime to exclude: federal works, babysitters, newspaper deliverers, outside salespersons, among others.
• Payroll recording keeping requirements include recording hours worked for each day worked for non-exempt employees.
• Records can be kept in more databases and can be kept electronically or in paper format.

This notice is intended to provide information generally and to identify general legal requirements. It is not intended as a form of, or as a substitute for, legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created or implied by this notice.