Will Legislation Affect the Anticipated Proposed Overtime Rule?

?A bill that would hike the overtime salary threshold to more than $80,000 by 2027 and have annual automatic updates may have little impact on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) anticipated... Read more »

How to Manage Generative AI and ChatGPT in the Workplace

?Question: What does generative artificial intelligence have in common with the 2023 Academy Award winner for best picture? Answer: They’re both “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” That joke is not courtesy of... Read more »

Save Your Older E-Verify Records Before They Are Deleted

?By June 24, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will dispose of E-Verify records that are more than 10 years old—those created on or before Dec. 31, 2012. E-Verify employers have... Read more »

Jobs Site Agrees to Use AI to Find Bias

?A recent hiring bias settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has resulted in a “beneficial” use for artificial intelligence technology, even as the agency has been strongly cautioning employers... Read more »

No ‘Easy’ Button for Mental Health Care Waiting Lists, But HR Can Help

?Mental health issues are unquestionably a big problem in the workplace—rates of depression, anxiety, stress and burnout have all soared in recent years—but adding to that problem is another one: People are... Read more »

Job Creation Slows in March

?U.S. employers added 236,000 new jobs in March, holding to expectations, and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.5 percent, according to the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The... Read more »

Ask HR: Can an Employee Avoid Working with an Abusive Ex-Spouse?

?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 »

Study: How Employers Can Recruit More Black Students as Interns

?Employers looking to recruit and retain interns from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) would be well served by forging relationships with these schools, according to a... Read more »

NYC AI Bias Law Enforcement Date Postponed Again

?The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) updated its website April 6 to announce that enforcement of the impending law regulating the use of automation and artificial intelligence... Read more »

A Growing Benefits Trend: Time Off for Pregnancy Loss

?When employment attorney Natalie Groot experienced two miscarriages over the span of six months a couple years ago, she was devastated—but returned to work almost immediately both times. While she felt supported... Read more »
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