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Breast milk can be incredibly important for a baby’s health, making the ability to express milk while at work a top priority for new mothers. The PUMP Act provides nursing mothers the right to take breaks and to have a place to express milk during the workday. This right extends for one year after the birth […]
Pat Shiu, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, was joined for the chat by Latifa Lyles, Acting Director of the Women’s Bureau (WB), and Jennifer Hunt, chief economist at the Department of Labor (DOL). [Go here for yesterday’s questions and answers] Question from Annalyn Kurtz: In what occupations is the pay gap […]
On October 16, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in employment—Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-Being: Principles and Best Practices for Developers and Employers. The guidance stems from President Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence issued […]
Although the actual games have been overshadowed lately by the off-the-field misbehavior of some of the players, the NFL season opened last week. And if you listened closely enough, you could almost hear HR managers and small business owners across the country yelling at their employees, “Get off your fantasy football website and get back […]
In part 1 of this article, we noted that passive candidates may be a great resource to try to fill vacant roles. We reviewed several ways to try to find these candidates. Today, we’ll take a look at how to entice a passive candidate to become an active one.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) recently issued a published decision on an employer’s second appeal of a judgment in favor of its former employee on claims of breaching an employment agreement and misappropriating trade secrets under the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew a proposed rule that would have required health plans, including employer group health plans, to certify compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) transaction standards or face potentially stiff penalties.
For this week’s edition of Faces of HR, we give flowers to Kimberly Jones, Talent Strategy and People Experience Leader at PwC US. Jones began her career three decades ago as an auditor at PwC – at the time it was Price Waterhouse – after graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree […]
Ineffective training costs employers a whopping $13.5 million per year per 1,000 employees. And this is mainly due to training content that is uninspired and doesn’t truly resonate with employee learners.
The 2nd Circuit—which covers Connecticut, New York, and Vermont—recently heard claims that a pharmacy violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired a pharmacist, whose fear of needles prevented him from administering immunizations. Did the pharmacist have a claim for disability discrimination?