Cool Offices Entice People Back to Work, Promote Creativity
Employers are getting creative with office design—signaling their support of employees' comfort and well-being, and as a way to spur...
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Early Returns: What Job Best Prepared You to Be a Company Leader?
Many business icons started out with humble beginnings, then turned their first jobs into stepping-stones toward astronomical success. They say...
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Once More, With Feeling: Cal/OSHA Withdraws Changes to COVID-19 Emergency Standard, Will Try Again
During an emergency meeting of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) on June 9, 2021, the OSHSB withdrew...
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Massachusetts Employers Must Provide COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
Massachusetts has established a statewide mandate for employers to temporarily provide employees with up to 40 hours of COVID-19 emergency...
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All Things Work
The All Things Work podcast is hosted by Tony Lee, SHRM’s VP of Editorial, and features conversations and timely tips...
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Job Candidates Seek Assurances on Workplace Safety, Flexibility
Job seekers are holding potential employers to higher standards in workplace health and safety efforts, diversity initiatives and flexible work...
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Reviewing Retirement Plan Committee Designs and Practices
While retirement plan committees have structures as varied as the companies that sponsor them, new research shows key consistencies in...
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Court Ruling on CalSavers Means Employers of 50> Face Deadline
What is the status of the legal challenge to the CalSavers program? Do employers still need to register? The Howard...
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Benefits Added During the Pandemic Likely to Remain
As the COVID-19 pandemic upended workers' lives, employers responded by providing an array of new benefits. Many employers are planning...
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Ridiculed Woman Loses Harassment Claim
When a female employee is subjected to derogatory comments about her breasts, a reasonable jury could find that those remarks...
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Arbitration Agreements Do Not Bar DOL Enforcement Action
Arbitration agreements signed by delivery drivers cannot bar a Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement action by the U.S. Department of...
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Employees Are Ready for Summer Vacations
During the pandemic, employees have been working extra hours, not only during normal workdays but also on holidays, and they...
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Employers Step Up Efforts to Raise Workers’ Vaccination Rates
Giving financial rewards to workers who get vaccinated for COVID-19 may increase following new guidance that greenlit the use of...
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High Court Clarifies When Employee’s Data Misuse Violates Federal Fraud Act
Do employees who are authorized to access information on a work computer violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)...
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Cal/OSHA Adopts Rules to Require Ongoing Masking in the Workplace
After a day-long meeting that included hours of public testimony and internal deliberations, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards...
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Amazon Drops Marijuana Screening, Supports Federal MORE Act
Amazon is adjusting its drug-testing policy for U.S. field operations teams and will no longer screen for marijuana in many...
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Hiring? Look Beyond LinkedIn
Recruitment has changed significantly during the pandemic, and many of the changes are likely to stick. Employers have stepped up...
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Executive Pay Growth During the Pandemic Faces Scrutiny
Weak ties between pay and performance is the most common reason for shareholders to withhold their support for executive pay...
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Resources for HR Career Development
HR and business leaders didn't get many professional development opportunities over the past year, and they are ready to jump...
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Rewarding Employees Who Leave Remote Work Behind
Welcoming employees back to a physical workplace could enable more effective onboarding, training and collaboration. But recent research shows getting...
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