Progressive Leader Revives Call for Steep Increase in Overtime Threshold

?The Biden administration is being pressured again to sharply increase the overtime salary threshold for exemption from overtime pay. In a tweet on Aug. 30, Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., revived... Read more »

Take Care to Double-Check Your Resume Before Submitting

?Experienced. Responsible. Successful. These are the words job seekers use most often in resumes and cover letters to describe themselves, according to new research. They’re also among the words U.S. job applicants’... Read more »

How to Boost Employee Performance in a Hybrid Work Environment

The pandemic forced organizations around the world to adapt to remote or hybrid business models practically overnight. While employees typically appreciated the flexibility and autonomy that remote work provided, they also reported... Read more »

2023 Salary Budgets Projected to Stay at 20-Year High but Trail Inflation

Salary increase budgets in the U.S. are projected to grow, on average, just over 4 percent for 2023, less than half of the current annual inflation rate of 8.5 percent, according to... Read more »

Top 10 List: Keep Your Eyes on These California Employment Bills

?Eight months of legislative wrangling and dealmaking have come to an end, as the California Legislature just wrapped up work for the year. Now employers across the Golden State turn their eyes... Read more »

August Hiring Strong but Slowing, Unemployment Rate Rises

?U.S. employers added 315,000 new jobs in August, marking the 20th straight month of job growth, according to the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate... Read more »

Ask HR: Can Injured Remote Workers Seek Workers’ Compensation?

?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 »

Using Skills Assessments Over Education, Experience Requirements

?A significant portion of HR professionals value skills-based hiring assessments, and some would weight them strongly as alternatives to traditional education and experience qualifications, according to research from the Society for Human... Read more »

SEC Requires Public Companies to Disclose Pay-versus-Performance Measures

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a long-awaited final rule that significantly expands executive pay disclosures by publicly traded U.S. companies. The new disclosures, which will provide detailed information... Read more »

Union Approval Rating Reaches Highest Point Since 1965

?Most people in the U.S.—71 percent—approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating recorded on this measure since 1965, according to a recent survey from Gallup. Nevertheless, most nonunion workers don’t want... Read more »
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