With summer weather and wildfire season approaching, Washington State employers will have new seasonal workplace safety rules to take into account. On June 1, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries... Read more »
Variable pay incentive bonuses are becoming a larger part of employee compensation, but that doesn’t mean organizations can ignore their base pay salary structures. Before paying bonuses, organizations “must first have appropriate... Read more »
?SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is answering HR questions as part of a series for USA Today. Do you have an HR or work-related question you’d like him... Read more »
Don’t lie about yourself or embellish the truth just to make people think better of you despite your disabilities. I spent half my life lying about myself to avoid being judged because... Read more »
?States reported that 229,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending June 11, a drop of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The number of workers continuing to claim unemployment... Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court clarified on June 15 that companies can compel arbitration of an employee’s individual claims regarding labor code violations. In its ruling on Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, the... Read more »
?Private-sector employers in Washington, D.C., will not be allowed to fire workers or refuse to hire applicants who test positive for marijuana use, with some exceptions, under a law passed by the... Read more »
?Staying compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) presents various challenges for employers, and these challenges have only increased in the last two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a lot... Read more »
?A proposed bill in California would make pay more transparent. Under the bill, employers with 15 or more employees would have to include pay range in all of their job postings and... Read more »
?Dharmesh Shah is a self-professed lifelong introvert. Shah, co-founder of software company HubSpot in Cambridge, Mass., is quieter than most. He doesn’t take phone calls, avoids networking in the traditional sense and... Read more »
