CMS Withdraws Vaccine Requirement for Health Care Workers

In a final rule published in the Federal Register June 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdrew its requirement that health care workers get the COVID-19 vaccine. Other CMS... Read more »

Minnesota Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

?Under a new Minnesota law legalizing recreational marijuana, beginning Aug. 1, individuals 21 years of age or older may possess or transport up to two ounces of cannabis flower in public and... Read more »

Employers’ New Decision Point: Whether to Cover Expensive Weight Loss Drugs

?Thanks to buzzy results and popularity among celebrities, there’s a big spike in demand for GLP-1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, as a tool to help people shed pounds. The injectable... Read more »

Teacher at Catholic School Permitted to Bring Age-Bias Claim

?Takeaway: A former art teacher and officer administrator at a Los Angeles Catholic school was not barred by the ministerial exception from bringing an age discrimination claim against the school where her job... Read more »

The Evolution of HR and the Workforce

?Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” It’s a line from a U.S. Army ballad famously quoted by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his farewell address to the U.S. Congress in 1951.... Read more »

The Evolution of HR and Talent Acquisition

?Technology has been the main catalyst of change for the recruiting profession in recent decades, elevating talent acquisition practitioners from transactional order fillers to strategic business partners. And while talent shortages have... Read more »

The Evolution of HR and DE&I

?Lilly Ledbetter still remembers the shock she felt on the day in 1998 when she learned that her male counterparts at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. were earning as much as 40... Read more »

Will Generative AI Aid Instead of Replace Workers?

?You’ve undoubtedly seen the dire predictions about how artificial intelligence will wreak havoc on the workforce. Most notably, investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts ChatGPT and similar forms of AI could trigger the... Read more »

Biometrics in the Workplace: Wellness and Beyond

?In 2017, a River Falls, Wis., company—Three Square Market, a maker of self-service vending machines—offered to implant radio-frequency chips in its employees that would allow them to make purchases in their break... Read more »

Job Offer Letters: What to Include and Exclude

?When writing job offer letters, HR must walk the tightrope between welcoming candidates enthusiastically and scaring them off. Here’s an overview of what to include in and exclude from the letters. Key... Read more »
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