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In the opening scene of ABC’s newest fall drama, Pan Am, flight attendants check in for work. Everything from their identical blue suits to the luggage bags emblazed with the Pan Am logo is iconic of the early age of air travel. However, the premiere episode also reveals strict employment standards for Pan Am’s flight […]
We usually think about automation and artificial intelligence having roles in performing low-skill, mundane tasks; the type of work that is tedious for humans to perform. In that context, the use of such tools may displace some human labor, but it also frees up (currently scarce) human labor to focus on higher-level and more rewarding […]
Social media policies pose the greatest problem for responding companies for the second straight year, followed by BYOD (bring your own device) and leave policies, according to the 1,532 respondents to BLR’s 2013 Policies Survey.
By Maria Giagilitsis and Brian Smeenk In a decision released earlier this week, the highest court in Canada’s most populous province, Ontario, issued a surprising ruling on workplace privacy law. The case involved criminal charges against a teacher accused of possession of child pornography. The court said the employee has a reasonable expectation of privacy […]
President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) faced senators in a September 19 confirmation hearing where he signaled his views on various issues the DOL is facing and said his work representing businesses as an attorney wouldn’t keep him from fulfilling the department’s mission.
by Erin Wortham, People Engagement manager, Insights Learning and Development “We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are,” Anaïs Nin once wrote. One place where it’s apparent that people hold different perspectives of the world and themselves is in the workplace. Realizing this, and acknowledging this in ourselves, is […]
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest military contractor, will have to pay former employee Charles Daniels $2.5 million. The African-American electrician was subjected to a racially hostile work environment at several job sites nationwide. This is the largest amount ever obtained by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a single person in a discrimination case. […]
Ask an IT staff member whether your organization has done enough to educate employees about cybersecurity, and then ask an employee in a different department the same question. You will probably get two very different answers, which supports research indicating a “dramatic disconnect” between the perspective of IT vs. the perspective of other employees regarding […]
A health savings account (HSA) is a flexible financial tool that serves you throughout every stage of your life. This account allows you to take control of your finances in an individually tailored way to your financial situation. The HSA market is rapidly evolving and growing with each passing year. According to the 2022 Midyear […]
Hiring people with disabilities is the right thing to do, but is it really right for your business? Given the right circumstances, many employers are willing to give a helping hand to a person “in need,” right? What if I were to tell you that the right circumstances are in place and that instead of […]