?Minnesota is close to enacting a near-total ban on the use of covenants not to compete. The Minnesota Legislature released a conference committee report on the bill (MN SF 3035), which reflects... Read more »
?More women are now in the U.S. workforce than any time in recent history, according to news reports. Women left the workforce at higher rates than men in the early stages of... Read more »
?The U.K. government has proposed significant reform of key aspects of U.K. employment law. In the “Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy” policy paper (the “Paper”) published recently, the government identified an... Read more »
The first rule of performance reviews is that employees should never be surprised by what is said. Assuming that managers are speaking with their reports in real time throughout the year, providing... Read more »
?Trent Savage figures the best HR legacy he can leave before he retires is to help make the profession less about hiring and firing and more about enabling employees to do great... Read more »
?States reported that 242,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending May 13, a decrease of 22,000 from last week’s level. First-time jobless claims began to rise earlier this year, with about... Read more »
?As compensation strategies take the spotlight, one of the largest private employers in the U.S. says it is skipping raises for some employees this year. Microsoft will not raise salaries for full-time... Read more »
?An estimated 15 percent to 20 percent of the world’s population exhibits some form of neurodivergence, according to various studies, and despite strides being made in advancing diversity and inclusion in the... Read more »
?An estimated 15 percent to 20 percent of the world’s population exhibits some form of neurodivergence, according to various studies, and despite strides being made in advancing diversity and inclusion in the... Read more »
?Pandemic concerns, persistent inflation, burnout and more have wreaked havoc on employee well-being in recent years—but thanks to gains in pay, benefits and work/life balance, workers are actually happier than they have... Read more »
