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In the future, companies will have only two employees—a person and a dog, says Tom Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist. The person’s job is to feed the dog, and the dog’s job is to keep the person away from the machines.
The U.S. economy has grown rich in job opportunities but poor in skills. Since COVID-19, surveys by Gartner, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and others have consistently shown that employers can’t find people qualified to fill their open roles. The zero-sum competition for scarce workers like […]
In today’s diverse workplaces, how we talk about our companies isn’t just about sharing facts. It’s about building real connections. That’s a key takeaway from Roy Abdo, CEO of Digital Revamp Communications, who spoke at SHRM 2025. His session, “Inclusive Storytelling: Using Content and Data to Influence, Attract, and Retain Diverse Audiences,” highlighted a crucial point for […]
Companies worldwide spend huge sums of money on training and developing employees. In the United States alone, companies spent over $83 billion on employee training in 2019.
According to one expert, 80%–90% of care any adult is ever going to need can and should be delivered through primary care and family medicine. Yet, medical facilities are designed to delegate primary care patients to networks of specialists where they can charge insurance companies and patients much more. Those costs lead directly to high […]
Yesterday’s Advisor discussed the issue of face masks and respirators and H1N1 “swine flu.” Today, we’ll look at the CDC’s specific recommendations and find out about a special training tool for helping all your employees prepare for a flu pandemic. CDC has issued the following recommendations for face mask and respirator use in preventing infection […]
An investigator’s request for confidentiality in a discrimination or harassment probe is valid and doesn’t violate an employee’s right to free speech or the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD), the Appellate Division recently ruled. In the February 28 decision, the court rejected a former employee’s attempt to invalidate a state Civil Service Commission (CSC) […]
According to the Department of Labor (DOL), recent years have seen an enormous increase in the amount of child labor violations within the United States. For example, the DOL found child labor violations affecting 5,792 children in fiscal year (FY) 2023, up from 3,876 in FY 2022. In response, Congress, the Biden administration, and the […]