Strikes Over France’s Proposed Retirement Reforms Continue

?Strikes have continued over the proposal by French President Emmanuel Macron’s government to put its pension system on firmer financial footing by raising the retirement age from 62 years old to 64.... Read more »

Are Digital Wallets the Future of Hiring?

Ask users of the popular digital wallets from Apple or Google what they like most about the technology and they’re apt to mention convenience or security. Digital wallets allow users to abandon... Read more »

Is Pay Transparency and Reporting Coming to Massachusetts?

?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 »

Episode 389: CHRO Series – What Skills and Experience Do You Believe Are Absolute Requirements for a CHRO Role? Part 3

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 »

New York Modifies Pay Transparency Law to Address Remote Work

?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 Power of Soft Skills

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 »

Weekly Jobless Claims Rise

?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 »

How to Avoid a Claim of ‘Pretaliation’

?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 Joins EPAC

?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 »

More Companies Relying on ESG Strategies

?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 »
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