Calif. Court Upholds Award of Damages, Attorney Fees in Wage and Hour Case

Takeaway: A failure to keep accurate, detailed records of the time worked by employees will be construed against the employer. An appeals court will not reverse an award of attorney fees in... Read more »

Thousands of British Workers Begin Trial of 4-Day Workweek

More than 3,300 workers at 70 British companies, ranging from small consultancies to large financial firms, have started working a four-day week with no loss of pay in what organizers of the... Read more »

How to Run a 15-Minute Meeting

?Few people like workplace meetings, from the summer intern right up to the boardroom elite. Case in point: Billionaire Mark Cuban once told Inc. magazine, “The only way you’re getting me for... Read more »

Workers Think Less Creatively in Zoom Meetings, Study Finds

?As if the endless muting and freezing, the need for shelves lined with high literature, and the constant fear of a colleague wandering on screen unclothed were not enough to worry about,... Read more »

Wondering How to Motivate Your Workforce? Take a Page From Psychological Theory

?Organizations that equip their workers with the technology to enable greater independence will benefit from a more committed and higher-performing workforce.  Do you trust your employees? Psychology suggests you should. When employees... Read more »

DOL Sued in Crypto 401(k) Guidance Lawsuit

The battle over crypto 401(k)s reached a fever pitch as 401(k) provider ForUsAll Inc. filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in a Washington, D.C. federal court on June... Read more »

Ask an Expert: Pregnancy Accommodations

?When an employee has a high-risk pregnancy, HR professionals frequently have questions about how to handle accommodation requests. Federal laws that may come into play are the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Family... Read more »

Ask HR: How Should You Handle Counteroffers?

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 »

Job Market Still Growing, Showing First Signs of Cooling

U.S. employers added 390,000 new jobs in May, possibly indicating the beginning of a slowdown in job creation, according to the latest employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past year,... Read more »

SHRM Asks IRS Not to Increase Employer Reporting Burdens Under Proposed ACA Fix

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has asked the Internal Revenue Service to ensure that proposed regulations expanding access to subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans to employees’ family... Read more »
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