Surging inflation in 2022 has many older employees worried if they’ve saved enough and if the buying power of their savings will continue to fall in relation to rising prices. It’s also... Read more »
?A workplace tribunal in Australia recently confirmed that employers can fire workers for excessive personal texting during work. An earth-moving company in Australia fired a manager in August 2021 due to her... Read more »
?Target workers in Virginia filed on May 10 with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to become the only unionized store within the company, but the status of that effort is now... Read more »
?Are you a fan of Wordle? Check out All Things Workle, SHRM’s version of the popular word game. Before and during the SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2022 (SHRM22), All Things Workle... Read more »
?British Columbia’s (B.C.’s) privacy legislation has typically meant that employers have avoided or limited the collection of demographic data from applicants and employees. However, the province’s recent introduction of the Anti-Racism Data... Read more »
?According to SHRM research conducted in 2021, 80 percent of HR professionals report that at least some part of their workforce is back in the office, following the widespread long-term lockdowns necessitated... Read more »
?Now more than ever, HR professionals are essential to the growth and health of an organization. As the profession evolves, we are tasked to be multidimensional and ever more creative in our... Read more »
?Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law an amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act (IEPA) requiring companies with 100 or more employees in Illinois to obtain an equal pay registration... Read more »
Human resource professionals say substance misuse by employees worsened due to the added stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, though employees were better able to hide addictions when working in hybrid and remote settings. Lisa Bertola, a... Read more »
Organizational effectiveness comes from strong workplace culture, open communication, competent leadership, reliable succession planning and plenty of opportunities for growth. All of those factors can and should be measured. To begin setting... Read more »
