Stressed-Out Week for Medical Graduates Culminates in Match Day

?The tweets came flying in during this “Match Week” as some medical school graduates exulted that they’d learned they’d been matched with a residency program, though they wouldn’t know which one until... Read more »

SHRM Asks USCIS to Find Efficiencies, Not Raise Fees

?The federal agency in charge of administering the nation’s immigration system should explore more efficient ways to improve services and save costs instead of raising filing fees so drastically, the Society for... Read more »

France: Macron Pushes Through Retirement Reform

?French President Emmanuel Macron applied a special constitutional power on March 16 to bypass parliament and enact a controversial pensions bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. We’ve gathered articles... Read more »

UK: Pay Attention to Restrictive Covenants

?With a cost-of-living crisis and a buoyant hiring market in the U.K., many employees might take the opportunity in 2023 to leave their current employment for new positions. This means employers should... Read more »

SHRM Specialty Credentials Evolve with New Talent Development Program

?SHRM’s Education Team is adding a new program offering to the specialty credential library later this year—the Talent Development Specialty Credential (TDSC). Here’s how the program is being designed and the benefits... Read more »

Get Ready to Open SHRM’s ‘Curriculum-in-a-Box’

?A new SHRM toolkit exclusively for HR faculty and educators is now available: the HR Curriculum-in-a-Box, a comprehensive collection of resources (Undergraduate overview: Introduction to human resource management; training and development; compensation... Read more »

The Key to Improving Equity in the Workplace: an Analytical Aptitude

?Workers value fairness: 88 percent of U.S. workers believe fairness is extremely important or very important in the workplace. And research suggests that workers are willing to quit rather than accept unfair... Read more »

Support for Service Members Seeking SHRM Certification

?Leadership and teamwork are deep-seated values in military service that translate well into the world of work. Leadership & Navigation is the very first competency in the SHRM Body of Applied Skills... Read more »

Weekly Jobless Claims Drop Back Down

?States reported that 192,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending March 11, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous week’s revised level. About 1.6 million workers continue to claim unemployment... Read more »

Colorado Bill Would Give Some Union Protections to Public Employees

?Public-sector workers in Colorado would get limited union rights under a bill recently introduced in the state Legislature. If passed, the bill would allow public-sector workers to form a labor union, discuss... Read more »
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