How to Run Employee Town Hall Meetings Post-Pandemic

?One of the ways that workers who are returning to physical workplaces can reconnect to management and one another is through town hall-style meetings. Gathering everyone together can be very helpful in... Read more »

Stop Fearing AI and ‘Big Data’ in Recruiting

?Complex emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and “big data” analysis will be used to create the leading HR organizations of the future, and employers must be willing to invest... Read more »

Companies Urge Supreme Court to Preserve Affirmative Action in Higher Ed

?Companies, universities and law firms have submitted briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of affirmative action at postsecondary institutions, saying affirmative action helps provide a more diverse pipeline of talent... Read more »

IRS Sets 2023 Health Plan Premium Affordability Threshold at 9.12% of Pay

The IRS announced that the 2023 health plan affordability threshold—used to determine if an employer’s lowest-premium health plan meets the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) affordability requirement—will be 9.12 percent of an employee’s... Read more »

Jobs Grew By 528K in July

?U.S. employers added 528,000 new jobs in July, surpassing economists’ forecasts, according to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 percent, close... Read more »

July Jobs Growth Blows Past Expectations

?U.S. employers added 528,000 new jobs in July, surpassing economists’ forecasts, according to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5 percent, close... Read more »

Ask HR: What’s the Best Way to Manage Competing Internal Job Offers?

?SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is answering HR questions as part of a series for USA Today. Do you have an HR or work-related question you’d like him... Read more »

Dangerous Liaisons

?A married executive insisted the subordinate he was romantically involved with would voluntarily leave the company so they could be together. She didn’t agree with those terms; he ended up out of... Read more »

EEOC Pay Data Collection Was Difficult but Unearthed Inequities

?A new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concluded that collecting pay data can help the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) root out race and sex discrimination,... Read more »

Monkeypox Declared a Public Health Emergency

To address the spread of monkeypox, the U.S. declared a public health state of emergency. California, Illinois and New York had already done the same. The disease can be transmitted through skin-to-skin... Read more »
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