Staffing Industry News

Employers are revising their employee well-being programs to address the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to focus more on the needs of diverse workforces. Benefits getting a second look support mental and emotional health, work/life balance and financial health.

Wendi Safstrom, the executive director of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation, testified before a Congressional panel about the nonprofit’s work on second-chance hiring and presented policy recommendations to lawmakers to help individuals with a criminal record reenter […]

Summer in California often means excessive heat warnings throughout the state; therefore, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) reminds all employers to prepare to protect outdoor workers from heat illness. Heat illness is more likely to occur […]

Employers are getting creative with office design—signaling their support of employees’ comfort and well-being, and as a way to spur creativity.

Many business icons started out with humble beginnings, then turned their first jobs into stepping-stones toward astronomical success. They say it was those “seed planting” jobs they held as teenagers or 20-somethings that set the stage for long-term leadership growth.

During an emergency meeting of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) on June 9, 2021, the OSHSB withdrew their proposed revisions to California’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and will consider another round of revisions in the very near […]

Massachusetts has established a statewide mandate for employers to temporarily provide employees with up to 40 hours of COVID-19 emergency paid sick leave when they are unable to work due to specific qualifying pandemic-related reasons.

The All Things Work podcast is hosted by Tony Lee, SHRM’s VP of Editorial, and features conversations and timely tips for HR professionals, people managers and anyone…

While retirement plan committees have structures as varied as the companies that sponsor them, new research shows key consistencies in how committees are designed and operate.

Job seekers are holding potential employers to higher standards in workplace health and safety efforts, diversity initiatives and flexible work arrangements in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest of 2020, according to a recent survey.