Is the 32-Hour Workweek Feasible in the US? Experts Weigh In

?The four-day workweek has been gaining momentum around the world in the last year. A majority of employers who’ve tried the schedule, predominately in Europe, plan to continue to pay employees for... Read more »

Jessica Blodgett Joins SHRM EPAC

?Jessica Blodgett, SHRM-CP, has been named to the Emerging Professionals Advisory Council (EPAC) for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for a two-year term. She is director of people, culture, and communities... Read more »

Is the 32-Hour Workweek Feasible in the U.S.? Experts Weigh In

?The four-day workweek has been gaining momentum around the world in the last year. A majority of employers who’ve tried the schedule, predominately in Europe, plan to continue to pay employees for... Read more »

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 »
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