?Takeaway: When having an employee sign an arbitration agreement, a company should obtain convincing proof of the authenticity of the signature. If the agreement is signed electronically from a work computer, the... Read more »
?Job openings fell by over 600,000 to 10.7 million in June, according to the monthly JOLTS report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The largest decreases in job openings were in retail... Read more »
?Imagine hiring a new employee who, when she showed up to start the job, was not the same person you had interviewed. That may be happening more often than you think. On... Read more »
?The recent outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S. and around the world poses an issue for employers whose employees—such as health care workers—are more susceptible to contracting the nonfatal virus. As of... Read more »
?On July 20, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a bill in the U.S. House to allow businesses to continue classifying their gig workers as independent contractors, while providing the gig workers... Read more »
?New York City’s Wage Transparency Law takes effect Nov. 1, and employers—including businesses outside the city with job ads for remote work—are realizing one of the unintended outcomes of complying with the... Read more »
?Employers’ diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives often overlook employees with hearing problems, according to a recent survey of about 800 employees by TruHearing, a hearing health care benefits platform in Draper,... Read more »
?Decision intelligence platforms may be the next big data analytics trend to support HR leaders’ efforts to improve employees’ work experiences. Decision intelligence platforms use cloud computing and artificial intelligence to leverage... Read more »
Salary budgets for U.S. employees are projected to increase in 2023, mainly influenced by a labor market with more open jobs than people to fill them and inflation’s impact on employees’ pay... Read more »
Virtual physical therapy sessions for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, such as back, knee and hip pain, are primed to become a major share of all telemedicine visits, health care experts predict. Employers should... Read more »
