?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... Read more »
More from This Series After the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) expired, along with its mandate for employers to provide paid sick leave, state and local lawmakers stepped in to... Read more »
?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 »
On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court voted in a 6-3 decision to curb affirmative action in higher education—ending a four-decade precedent that allowed colleges and universities to broadly consider applicants’ race... Read more »
?The budget bill currently under consideration in Sacramento contains a startling and momentous provision: reinstatement of the California Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC), which in the past had regulated the wages, hours and... Read more »
?A new Florida law designed to crack down on illegal immigration has prompted workers to leave the state and left employers short-staffed. Manuel Lievano is chief executive officer of MCC USA Global... Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers can only deny an employee’s request for a religious accommodation under federal law if they can prove it would result in substantial increased costs... Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted to end affirmative action in higher education, ruling that the practice violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling came in response... Read more »
In 2014, consulting giant KPMG introduced a companywide winter break for its U.S. employees, shutting down offices from just before Christmas through the start of the new year—an idea which, unsurprisingly, was... Read more »
