The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has written to congressional sponsors of legislation that would exclude the value of employer-provided child and dependent care benefits from an employee’s regular pay for... Read more »
?On June 28, Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee signed new tip protection legislation. The statute prohibits employers of tipped employees from retaining tips, creates new requirements for tip pools, and sets requirements... Read more »
On June 2, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed House File (H.F.) 4065 into law, a measure that provides legal clarity regarding hemp-derived consumables stemming from the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also... Read more »
?In a decision that may be useful to employers drafting severance and litigation settlement agreements in New Jersey, a panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division found that provisions requiring parties to... Read more »
?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 »
Members may download one copy of our sample forms and templates for your personal use within your organization. Please note that all such forms and policies should be reviewed by your legal... Read more »
?Sometimes the most important lessons we learn at work are from the mistakes we make. Roberta Matson was 24 when she was promoted to director of HR for a commercial real estate... Read more »
?Employers will need to assess pandemic and workplace circumstances in order to justify mandatory COVID-19 testing of employees going forward, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a July 12... Read more »
?The number of employers asking job applicants to be vaccinated before starting a new role continues to fall. About 5.9 percent of U.S. job listings cited vaccination as a necessity for applicants... Read more »
?Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month gave states permission to ban abortion, the details of various state constitutions will be important in guiding what actions come next in state legislatures... Read more »
