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 »

Episode 392: Gaining Knowledge and Experience by Opening up to New Opportunities With Leslie Aument

Workology Podcast interview with Leslie Aument, Head of People at Kojo Technologies, sharing advice on how to gain knowledge and experience. The post Episode 392: Gaining Knowledge and Experience by Opening up... 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 »

Train Managers as PUMP Act Enforcement and PWFA Effective Dates Approach

?Managers need to know what to do if an employee alleges that their employer isn’t complying with the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act or if an employee seeks... 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 »

How to Deliver Constructive Feedback Effectively

?Why is it that so many managers tend to look the other way when attempting to deliver corrective feedback to their employees?  We know the path of least resistance is avoidance, but... 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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