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AI has quickly found a home in the workplace, and your newest “employee” may already have a seat at the conference table. An AI note-taker can transcribe conversations, help draft emails, summarize discussions, outline documents, generate action items, and spare everyone from taking notes. For many employers, this eager new assistant has become a routine […]
New research from HiBob shows that 75% of decision-makers expect moderate AI proficiency to become standard for non-technical roles by 2028. But as AI handles routine tasks, roles are expanding, team sizes are shrinking, and day-to-day interactions are becoming less frequent. To navigate these shifting expectations, Macaire Montini, VP of People & Culture at HiBob, […]
The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”) was enacted in 1988 to help protect employees, their families, and communities from the sudden, and potentially severe, impact of large-scale company closures and layoffs. The primary mechanism for such employee protections under the WARN Act is the requirement that employers provide prior notice of plant closures or mass layoffs to give employees an opportunity to make other arrangements for gainful […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued two opinion letters addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employee travel time in modern work arrangements. Together, the letters provide helpful guidance for employers managing hybrid office employees, field service employees, and other nonexempt workers who perform some […]
AI strategies are often built around technology: which tools to buy, where to deploy them and how quickly they can scale. What determines whether those strategies succeed is often less technical. West Monroe’s recent report, Building the AI-Native Enterprise, found that while 91% of leaders say their organizations are aligned on AI strategy, only 57% […]
Jen (JR) Rettig didn’t start her career with a grand plan to climb the HR ladder. She began as a retail operator and department store buyer before a side passion for campus recruiting completely redirected her path. While working as a buyer trainee out of the University of Michigan, Rettig started volunteering to fly back […]
Mark Zuckerberg recently predicted a future where companies operate with drastically smaller teams—a shift that leaves HR leaders grappling with a critical question: when fewer people are expected to do more, what happens to the employee experience? New research from HiBob highlights this reality, showing that 75% of decision-makers expect moderate AI proficiency to become […]
As a recent case demonstrates, favoring employees based on their religion can be as troublesome as penalizing employees for their religious beliefs. Religion at the Hospital Stephanie Osei was employed as a nurse at Brookside Hospital Medical Center for 22 years. For the last three years, she worked in the hospital’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit […]
With comments now submitted, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has cleared the last procedural hurdle to promulgating a final rule eliminating the requirement that employers disclose demographic data through EEO-1 reports. For more than sixty years, private employers with more than 100 employees and federal contractors with more than 50 employees have been required […]
I do not typically write in first person. But this article is all about trying and Trying, so for purposes of this article, I am trying something new. And I am trying to convince you to watch Trying, a delightful British TV show that just wrapped up its fifth season (and I’m hoping for a […]