‘All-Gender’ Single-User Restroom Requirement Now in Effect
California employers need to be in compliance with the state’s new “all-gender” requirements for single-use restrooms as of March 1.
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Time to Self-Evaluate—How Many of the 9 Essential HR Skills Do You Have?
This is the 2013 version of our most popular article ever, written in 2006. In no way is our list authoritative, but it is the opinion of people, including BLR® Founder Bob Brady, who’ve spent decades meeting with HR professionals, supporting their goals, and reporting their achievements. You may agree or not with our assessments, […]
Lifestyle, Family-Care Benefits Impact Employee Performance
Results of a new survey show a “direct correlation between family-care benefits and workplace performance, as well as employee recruitment and retention,” says Donna Levin, cofounder and vice president of Care.com Global Workplace Solutions, the survey sponsor.
How Workforce Planning Can Help Organizations and Employees During Economic Uncertainty
Workforce planning is the process of building a robust organization through analyzing, forecasting, and determining workforce supply and demand, and it typically includes business plans for head count and finance. Good workforce planning also records skills and competencies to inform and maintain optimum resourcing and succession plans across all teams and locations as business needs […]
AI in Recruiting: Technology as a Partner, Not a Replacement
62% of recruiting leaders express optimism about AI’s impact on recruiting. But, even as AI is steadily integrated into hiring strategy, there remain concerns that this technology will replace human decision making. At HR+AI 2024, industry experts shared advice on how to use AI technology as a supplement to human-first hiring strategy.
You Know Nothing About Keeping Secrets … Yara Greyjoy
Does your company have valuable trade secrets, which could do some significant damage to your bottom line if those secrets got out? If so, you may want to consider an employment contract or confidentiality agreement so those secrets remain secrets. Or, you can follow in the footsteps of one of the most popular television shows […]
IRS Exempts Some SMBs from User Fee for Determination Letter Applications
Effective January 1, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is providing an exemption from a user fee for some small-employer benefit plans seeking a determination letter about their qualified status.
Initiative Aimed at Raising Awareness of Inclusion, Diversity in Leaders
As part of a larger initiative to engage employees, create growth and innovation, and create operational excellence, Ingersoll Rand (www.ingersollrand.com) launched its Diversity Learning Lab early last year. The focus is on “providing skill sets to senior and executive leadership employees around raising awareness of inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the marketplace,” says […]
Artificial Intelligence Use Continues to Rise in Employment
As 2023 wound down, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by employers showed no sign of slowing down. Rather, you should prepare for an increased use and presence of AI in employment decision-making, as well as employee engagement. Intersection of Technology and Employment Law Throughout 2023, an increasing number of states and cities began limiting the […]
Optimism Bias
Popular culture is awash with overt and subconscious messages instructing us to think positively. From children’s stories about the “Little Engine that Could” and his mantra of “I think I can. I think I can” to self-help books for adults professing the genuine, mystical power of positive thought, the message is clear: It’s positive to […]