Closing the gender pay gap a priority for seven in 10 firms

Seven in 10 organisations view closing their gender pay gap as a high or medium priority, the Government Equalities Office has found. The post Closing the gender pay gap a priority for seven... Read more »

Hong Kong: Statutory Paternity Leave Increased

Hong Kong male employees are entitled to five days’ paid paternity leave for each child born on or after Jan. 18, 2019, an increase from the former entitlement to three days’ leave. Read more »

Employers Experiment with Reduced Workweeks

As increasing numbers of organizations in the U.K. are using evolving technology and communications to streamline processes and automate tasks, could this represent an opportunity for employees to benefit from a reduced... Read more »

Bridging the Skills Gap

Bridging the skills gap is getting more difficult. Society for Human Resources Management President... Read more »

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and HR

People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities are the same as everyone else: they want... Read more »

Government to launch review of armed forces retention

Theresa May has ordered a review into the armed forces’ retention problem in an attempt to curtail the number of... The post Government to launch review of armed forces retention appeared first on... Read more »

Super Bowl Fever could cost companies billions

Companies could lose a total of $296 million in productivity for every ten minutes employees... Read more »

Higher Termination Rate Among Women Suggested Discrimination

A bank manager who presented evidence that her employer fired women at a higher rate than men advanced her gender-discrimination claim to trial. Read more »

Employer Couldn’t Selectively Enforce Prohibition on Sleeping on the Job

The U.S. Postal Service was liable for retaliation in a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, even though the employer said the plaintiff was found sleeping on the job. Read more »

Tech sector has most ‘hard-to-fill’ jobs

Six of the 10 jobs with the highest proportion of hard-to-fill vacancies are in the tech and systems sector. An... The post Tech sector has most ‘hard-to-fill’ jobs appeared first on Personnel Today. Read more »
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