?Massachusetts employers should keep an eye on a flurry of proposed legislation recently filed in both the state House of Representatives and Senate. One bill would impose new pay transparency obligations on... Read more »
Workology Podcast episode featuring excerpts from the CHRO series talking about the skills and experiences required for a CHRO role. The post Episode 389: CHRO Series – What Skills and Experience Do... Read more »
?In advance of the September 17 effective date of New York’s impending pay transparency law, state lawmakers just amended the law in ways that both expand and contract the obligations imposed on... Read more »
The workforce shortage is here to stay. The U.S. birthrate has been on a steady decline for more than two decades. An even sharper drop in birthrate and the accelerated retirement of... Read more »
?States reported that 211,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Mar. 4, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week’s revised level. Initial jobless claims had been below 200,000... Read more »
?Travis is an HR director. One afternoon, the vice president of sales, Daniel, stopped by to speak with him about problems he was having with one of his direct reports, the recently... Read more »
?Mary Jo Swearingen, 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. EPAC participants are SHRM members who... Read more »
?A focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles is likely to grow in 2023 and the years to come, according to a new report from Seyfarth. Some companies are hearing from... Read more »
?This spring, employers are expecting to learn about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) proposed changes to the overtime rule. It’s anyone’s guess how high the DOL may want to raise the... Read more »
?As layoffs and hiring freezes flood the news cycle, new federal data shows that people with disabilities are landing jobs at record numbers. In 2022, about 21 percent of people with a... Read more »
