?President Joe Biden on Oct. 6 pardoned all people convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. Employers may want to examine how this could impact their hiring and drug-testing policies. We... Read more »
?Sara Lau is an attorney with Skrine in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who has been tracking the changes in Malaysia’s Employment Act 1955, including its expanded maternity and paternity leave, as part of... Read more »
?The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health workers, letting the current requirement stand. We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM... Read more »
?The California State Legislature recently ended an active session, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing many bills that will affect the workplace. Here’s a summary of the new laws California employers need to... Read more »
?The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 5 that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program protecting about 600,000 immigrants from deportation is illegal but allowed the program to remain as is while... Read more »
?The United Kingdom is taking steps to address a gender pension gap that results in far more older women living in poverty than older men—a problem that exists in nearly every retirement... Read more »
?A new decision by the Federal Labor Court (BAG) includes an important change in the law. On Sept. 13, Germany’s highest labor court decided that employers—regardless of the size of the company... Read more »
?With inflation hitting its highest level for 40 years and prices for food, fuel and energy prices soaring, the “cost-of-living crisis” is having an impact on employees across the United Kingdom. For some... Read more »
The following transcript is provided unedited. Paul Falcone: Okay, full disclosure. I didn’t know I wanted to be in human resources. I didn’t quite know what human resources was. I was the... Read more »
Lisa has her MBA and leads the HR department at her company, but often feels that her ideas are dismissed or she’s talked over by other members of her company’s leadership team.... Read more »
