Your client or company’s hiring leader calls with a desperate request: to find a qualified candidate immediately. The position has been open for months and the company is losing ground. The urge... Read more »
[These graphics have been updated.] The Great Resignation’s impact on states is continuing to develop as ongoing elevated quits levels have led to increased job openings. The interplay between hires, quits, job openings and unemployment... Read more »
?On June 2, British Columbia’s (BC’s) Bill 10—2022: Labor Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022, received Royal Assent and took effect. Under the new amendments, the BC Labor Relations Code allows single-step certification of unions when the union... Read more »
What will working habits look like in the year 2030? There’ll be plenty of changes, no doubt – and we’re not talking about robot bosses. The biggest shifts are more fundamental than... Read more »
More U.S. companies have said they will cover the cost for employees to travel out of state for abortions, when necessary, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling in Dobbs v.... Read more »
?Takeaway: While an employee experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 did not have a disability under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, an employee experiencing more severe symptoms or long COVID-19 might be... Read more »
Takeaway: An employer did not violate California’s wage statement statute by failing to provide a wage rate or hours worked for a true-up of overtime pay for the preceding month’s work based... Read more »
?Women are more likely than men to prefer hybrid or remote schedules. Specifically, 1 in 3 women prefer to work fully remotely, and 1 in 2 women desire a hybrid schedule, according to a 2021 report... Read more »
?The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on June 27 full implementation of the opportunity to select a nonbinary “X” gender marker during the intake process for filing a charge of... Read more »
In 2014, I had an abortion. It was an abortion that was medically necessary but an abortion nonetheless. I first wrote about my abortion just a few weeks after it happened. I... Read more »
