Weekly Unemployment Claims Tick Up

?States reported that 248,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending July 1, an increase of 12,000 from last week’s revised level. About 1.72 million workers continue to claim... Read more »

Illinois Poised to Require Pay Scale and Benefits in Job Postings

?Job applicants may soon have greater visibility into the pay scale and benefits for jobs in Illinois under a bill that was recently passed by the Illinois General Assembly and is expected... Read more »

Should Recruiting Be Removed from HR?

?Talent acquisition (TA) has been a core component of HR for decades, but the relationship isn’t always mutually beneficial. Some TA professionals believe housing recruiting and hiring within HR has been a... Read more »

Slow Adoption of APIs Plagues HR Technology

?Creating deep integrations between the HR technology systems an organization uses can be the difference between achieving a strong return on investment from those technology investments and being plagued with costly errors... Read more »

As Workplace Mental Health Worsens, Employee Engagement Plummets

?Citing long hours and excessive workloads, more than one-third of U.S. workers (34 percent) say their mental health is declining, according to a recent survey from The Conference Board. The survey of... Read more »

Employers Step Up with Emergency Savings Accounts

?The state of emergency savings in the U.S. is anemic. A recent survey by personal finance website Bankrate and polling company SSRS found that nearly half (48 percent) of American adults lack... Read more »

How to Manage Fiduciary Liability Through Prudence and Care

?In the past few years, retirement plan sponsors have been getting strong signals about the need to carefully manage and monitor their plans. In January 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in... Read more »

HR Leaders Express Concerns About the Future of Generative AI

?In an effort to reassure the more than 450 senior HR executives that attended the recently held Irresistible 2023 global conference for HR leaders in Los Angeles, global HR analyst Josh Bersin... Read more »

Supreme Court Strikes Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30 to strike down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan—a decision that could put a spotlight on student loan benefits offered by employers. The Biden administration... Read more »

Employees Star in Homegrown Training Videos

?Lights! Camera! Action! At some organizations, workplace thespians are starring in the training videos their fellow employees are watching. It’s a more personalized approach to training that off-the-shelf videos lack, some employers... Read more »
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