The need for effective open enrollment communications has never been more critical—and never more complicated, given the rise of hybrid mixes of remote and onsite work arrangements. This requires a renewed focus... Read more »
?Federal contractors that submit EEO-1 reports don’t have much time to object to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP’s) recently announced disclosure to the public of EEO-1 data. The agency... Read more »
?Actions to significantly expand California’s family and medical leave requirements have taken effect, so employers need to be prepared to respond appropriately to employees’ requests for time off. In September 2020, Gov.... Read more »
?It seems that Americans today are more attuned to social issues than ever before. Maybe that’s because in the recent past we’ve seen seismic societal developments in science, social justice, gun rights and... 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 »
?When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas in August 2017, Jill Koob, SHRM-SCP, was on the front lines of the storm. The owner of Energize HR had 4 feet of water in... Read more »
?The number of U.S. employers offering travel benefits for abortion services is likely to double over the next few years in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Dobbs v. Jackson... Read more »
?The Biden administration announced a final rule codifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, a move aimed at strengthening the program... Read more »
The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury have issued a final rule on the arbitration process under the No Surprises Act, a bipartisan law to protect consumers... Read more »
This year, the average stop-loss coverage premium for self-insured group health plans in the U.S. increased 9.8 percent for the nearly 250 health plans in HR consultancy Segal’s national medical stop-loss database’s... Read more »
