With the third week of June upon us, the summer solstice is right around the corner!  This Friday marks the first day of summer, with a few fun and wacky holidays mixed into the week as well.

In 3 days  Hirease will be invading Chicago for the Society for Human Resources Management Annual Conference and Expo! From Sunday, June, 16 to Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Hirease will be attending the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition. This year's conference will be held at the McCormick Place Event Center. If you're in the area or will be attending, stop on by booth 1029 to see the Hirease Team!

The second week of June brings some really interesting holidays, as well as, the weekend holiday of Father’s Day! The month long holiday of National Fruits and Vegtables Month is still running so encouraging employees to eat more of them is one way to have some fun at work.

With summer upon us, the thought on most people’s minds go to the beach and relaxing vacations. While summer is a time when the weather warms up and the days are longer because the sun is shining longer and brighter it can be hard to keep employees engaged. We know the importance of engaged employees, because it helps the organization, not only with increased productivity but increased morale as well. We have compiled a list of Bizarre and Wacky Holidays that you could use to help drive employee engagement throughout the month of June.

Did you know that today, May 31, 2013 is World No Tobacco Day? This day was created by the World Health Organization in 1987. The purpose of the "holiday" is to be a day where there is no smoking around the world.  World No Tobacco Day is about bringing awareness of the health issues and dependency issues related to tobacco use. It emphases the importance of making people all over the world aware of the health dangers of using any tobacco products, while also stressing the addictive nature of tobacco use.

In the last 30 days we have seen a tremendous uptick in states passing legislation that limits the amount of information found in background screening reports that can be used to determine employment within the company. The most recent state to take such action is Nevada, which just passed a law that prohibits the use of consumer credit reports or any other credit information when it comes to employment eligibility purposes. Nevada joins California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Vermont and Washington in enacting a law to restrict an employer’s ability to use credit information for employment purposes

As we continue to monitor changes in laws and legislation within the realm of Human Resources and background checks, the “Ban the Box” legislation has quickly spread at a fast rate. This week alone two states have passed legislation that makes it illegal to have any question about a person’s criminal history on an application for employment.

Hirease's Adverse Action Compliance Webinar, hosted by Tiffany Willis is now HRCI certified:

Hirease, Inc. an accredited background screening and HR software solutions organizations will be in attendance at the National Women’s Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) Decades of Excellence Conference. The conference will be held in sunny south Florida from today May 8, 2013 until May 10. Hirease is excited to be apart of the Launch Pad Expo part of the conference, which will be held on Friday. The Launch Pad Expo portion will allow businesses to meet with Hirease one-on-one, for a more personal experience to learn all about Hirease’s products and services.

Credit Information legislation when it applies to using it in the realm of employment has been radically increasing in the US. Colorado is the newest state to join 8 others in the prohibition of using credit information when considering an applicant for employment purposes. The law Colorado Revised Statute 8-2-126, also known as “Employment Opportunity Act",  will go into effect on July 1, 2013 after the legislation was enacted and signed into law on April 13, 2013.