Australia: COVID-19 Isolation Rules Change

?More than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia’s National Cabinet announced on Sept. 30, an end to mandatory COVID-19 isolation commencing Oct. 14. From this date, individuals who... Read more »

BC Court: Employee May Be Placed on Unpaid Leave for Violating COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

?Although arbitrators in Canada have considered whether an employer in a unionized workplace can place an employee on unpaid leave for failing to comply with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, the British... Read more »

Military Leave Policy Resources for Employers

For service members in civilian jobs who may be deployed while on reserve or in the National Guard, it’s imperative that they and their families can feel financially stable while they’re on... Read more »

Voters Approve Abortion Rights and Minimum Wage Increases

?Voters upheld ballot measures to protect abortion rights and increase the minimum wage in Tuesday’s election. Ballot measures to legalize marijuana garnered mixed results. We rounded up a selection of articles on... Read more »

Viewpoint: It’s Time to Replace Conventional Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

?In the early 1990s, sexual harassment prevention training became big business. As a management attorney, I was often asked to give presentations on the topic. Dressed in my darkest three-piece suit, I... Read more »

How to Develop Inclusive Managers

?Many companies have spent countless hours building or refining diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) policies and programs in the two-plus years since protests against racial injustice swept the nation. However, managers often... Read more »

Survey: HR Leaders Considering Strategies to Prep for Recession

U.S. executives are concerned that a recession is looming within the next six months, and a majority of HR leaders are already implementing at least one strategy to reduce or adjust the size... Read more »

Some Employers Still Require COVID-19 Vaccines

?Approximately a third of businesses still require workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a recent survey. Vaccination policies and exemption procedures need to be in place as employers hire new and... Read more »

Elon Musk Faces Lawsuits at Twitter and Tesla

?Not only is Elon Musk facing a lawsuit at Twitter, where former workers say they didn’t receive proper notice from the new CEO of their employment being terminated. Musk is headed to... Read more »

Court Upholds Prevailing Wage Statute In Washington State

?The Washington Supreme Court recently upheld amendments to the state’s prevailing wage statute that pins the wage rate to the highest collective bargaining statute in each separate county, a decision that is... Read more »
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