How to Help Change the Narrative for Women at Work

​SHRM has partnered with Security Management Magazine to bring you relevant articles on key workplace topics and strategies. Women leaders are just as ambitious as men, but they continue to face strong headwinds that... Read more »

DOL Defeats Restaurant Industry’s Challenge to Tip Credit Rule

​Takeaway: The U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule governing when an employer may take the tip credit remains in effect for now, so employers of tipped employees employed in dual jobs should... Read more »

OSHA Expands Injury and Illness Reporting Requirement

​More employers will be required to submit workplace injury and illness information under a final rule released by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 17. The new rule... Read more »

British Columbia Rolls Out Pay Transparency Requirements

​The government in British Columbia (B.C.) enacted the Pay Transparency Act in May to improve pay equity and address systemic discrimination that indigenous women, women of color, immigrant women, women with disabilities... Read more »

Georgia Court: Nonsolicitation Clause Must Contain Geographic Limit

​The Georgia Court of Appeals recently provided important clarification of the requirements for nonsolicitation agreements under Georgia’s 2011 Restrictive Covenants Act. In North American Senior Benefits v. Wimmer, the court held that... Read more »

Republican Attorneys General Warn Employers Against Race-Based Discrimination

​Attorneys general from 13 states recently sent a letter to business leaders, warning them to end racial preferences in hiring. On July 13, the attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky... Read more »

Viewpoint: What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Decision Means for Corporate DEI

​Editor’s Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies.  Prior to the Supreme Court’s recent bombshell decision on affirmative action, some predicted that... Read more »

New York City Clarifies Who and What Is Covered Under AI Bias Law

​New York City’s law regulating employers’ use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in hiring and promotions entered its enforcement phase July 5 after months of delays. The first-of-its-kind law requiring employers... Read more »

US Workers at Risk As Scorching Temperatures Set New Highs

​Record-breaking temperatures are hitting triple digits in some places across the U.S., putting workers at risk. An estimated 63 million people in the U.S. are under heat alerts stretching from Southern California... Read more »

Overtime Rule Reaches White House, Set to Go Through Review

​The long-anticipated proposed rule to update overtime regulations has arrived at the White House and is pending review, the White House Office of Management and Budget said on its website last week,... Read more »
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