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“Buzz Off!” Train Outdoor Workers to Battle Mosquitoes

Give workers these safety recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on using safety repellents: Always follow the instructions on the product label. Apply repellents only to exposed skin and/or clothing (as directed on the product label.) Do not use repellents under clothing. Never use repellents over cuts, wounds, or irritated skin. […]

Employee’s Blogging Justified Firing — But Dismissal Overturned Anyway

Social networking sites and blogs are growing phenomena that present challenges to employers. Internet blogging allows people to publicly express their opinions like never before. Sometimes the viewpoints expressed affect the employment relationship. Canadian case law on this topic is just starting. There are only a few decisions where injurious blogging concerning workplace-related matters warranted […]

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6 Policy Principles for AI in Health Care

In a previous post, we discussed the current uses of AI in the healthcare industry, and in a follow-up post, we looked at the first 5 of 11 policy recommendations made by Connected Health in a report titled “Policy Principles for Artificial Intelligence in Health.”

5 Big Trends in the Labor Market

A new report from job site Glassdoor looks at five labor market trends to watch in 2018 and beyond.

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Q&A: How Can HR Help Eliminate Obstacles to Women Leaders Reaching Their Potential?

In part one of an interview on our HR Works podcast, Cynthia Sax, Senior Vice President of Consulting Services at Caliper, discussed barriers in the workplace that hold women leaders back from fulfilling their full potential and what women can do for themselves and their peers to overcome these barriers.  In part two of this […]

Train Managers to Follow These 8 Tips to Promote Employee Engagement

When a top performer leaves to go elsewhere and your organization is left with a huge void, says management expert Jeff Cortes, it can negatively affect the performance of the whole organization. Turnover is also very costly, adds Cortes, author of the book No-Nonsense Retention … Painless Strategies to Retain Your Best People. Depending on […]

Employers Report Upbeat Hiring Intentions for Q2 2019

As we head into the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, one thing that remains the same is the positive hiring trend employers continue to report, with the leisure and hospitality industry continuing to lead the way in positive hiring intentions.

Techies Ban Tech Presentations; Go Web and Electricity Free!

Who could be more cutting-edge high tech than physicists such as those working on the Large Hadron Collider? Yet, for presenters at Fermilab’s LHC Physics Center Forum, PowerPoint® slides have been banned, in favor of white boards and a marker! What is going on here? The Forum wanted to change its meetings “from monologues to […]

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Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in University Admissions

In two related cases, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 29 that using race as a factor in university admissions violates both the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. At the root of the Court’s decision is a profound questioning of whether “diversity” and […]