Chinese Raid of U.S. Firm Raises Concerns

?The recent raid of the Beijing office of Mintz Group, a U.S. corporate investigations firm, and detention of its five Chinese employees has raised concerns among those conducting due diligence in China.... Read more »

Transgender Inclusion at Work Reaches Record Numbers

?As organizations around the world celebrate the accomplishments of transgender people on International Transgender Day of Visibility, the number of companies incorporating policies to protect transgender workers has surged in recent years.... Read more »

What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Mental Health in the Workplace

?Be like a goldfish, and you’ll be happy, according to Ted Lasso, the professional soccer coach in Apple TV+’s feel-good comedy. Why? Because goldfish have 10-second memories and never dwell on past... Read more »

Jobless Claims Rise Slightly

?States reported that 198,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits last week, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 191,000. About 1.69 million workers continue to claim unemployment benefits, which is considered... Read more »

LinkedIn Tests AI to Write Job Ads, Help with Profiles

?LinkedIn is introducing more AI-enabled features for recruiters and job seekers, powered by startup OpenAI’s advanced GPT technology. Microsoft is the parent company of LinkedIn and has heavily invested in OpenAI, which recently made... Read more »

300 Million Jobs on AI Chopping Block?

?Goldman Sachs economists predict that 300 million jobs in the U.S. and Europe could be eliminated through the use of ChatGPT and similar forms of generative artificial intelligence (AI). However, Goldman Sachs... Read more »

Experts Debate Potential Impact of Banning Noncompetes

?Experts showcased widely different viewpoints on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s recent proposal to prohibit noncompete agreements during a policy-driven webcast hosted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) on March... Read more »

Dollar General Faces Renewed Scrutiny of Work Conditions

?In 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) bolstered Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) named Dollar General as the first company to be added under the program’s expanded reach. Recently, the... Read more »

Pay Transparency Has Soared in the Past Three Years

?Due to heightened employee expectations and new laws requiring disclosure in some parts of the country, more employers are adding salary information to their job postings. Now, a new report shows just... Read more »

Illinois Court Holds Federal Law Preempts BIPA Claims

? In the Illinois Supreme Court’s latest ruling in the biometric privacy space, it decided in Walton v. Roosevelt University that claims brought under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by union... Read more »
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