Culture Can Improve Retention in High-Volume, Lower-Paying Industries

?There are plenty of unique challenges when trying to recruit and retain hourly employees in high-turnover industries, such as retail, food service and convenience stores. In fact, turnover last year for full-time... Read more »

Making the Most of Your Company Career Website

?As a recruiter, your career site is one of the most important tools for branding and attracting candidates to your job postings. However, simply setting up a page with job listings means... Read more »

SMBs Weigh IT Spending in Uncertain Economic Times

?If news headlines in the first few months of 2023 foreshadow what is to come for the rest of the year, leaders at small and medium size businesses (SMBs) will have to... Read more »

Amazon Nixes Employees’ Petition Against Return to Office

?After thousands of Amazon employees petitioned against the firm’s new return-to-office (RTO) policy, asking the company to reconsider, workers have their answer: The RTO mandate is staying. Insider reports that a top... Read more »

UAE: Wage and Hour Law During Ramadan

?The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Labor Law (Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021) together with UAE Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022 (the UAE Labor Law) apply to all companies and... Read more »

Subcontractor’s Foreman Attacked at Construction Site Can Sue General Contractor, Site Owner

?Takeaway: When a construction site owner and the construction project’s general contractor retained control over the site and a foreman who worked for a subcontractor was injured, the foreman could proceed with... Read more »

Award Against Tesla for Race Bias Reduced

?A federal jury awarded a former Tesla worker $3.2 million for racial harassment—well below the $137 million a different jury awarded in 2021. A judge agreed then that Tesla was liable but... Read more »

Employers that Were Not Parties to Arbitration Agreement Could Not Enforce Agreement

Takeaway: Employers that had not signed an arbitration agreement between an employee and a related company could not enforce the agreement. Even though the companies all shared office space and officers, they... Read more »

Viewpoint: How to Create a Boomer-Friendly Workplace

?SHRM has partnered with ChiefExecutive.net to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. It wasn’t that long ago that Baby Boomers were worried about Millennials and then Gen Zers in the workforce.... Read more »

Autonomous Cars Could Help Bring Millions of People with Disabilities into the Workforce, Reduce Federal Spending

?Traversing a big city like Washington, D.C., can be difficult for people with disabilities—just ask Amy Scherer. Scherer, a senior staff attorney with the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), uses a wheelchair... Read more »
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