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A menstrual leave policy provides paid or unpaid leave for employees experiencing menstrual pain or other related health issues. While no federal law currently mandates menstrual leave, existing federal and state laws affect employer obligations and employee rights surrounding menstrual health. This article examines those laws and provides guidance for employers looking to lawfully accommodate […]
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Opinion Letter FLSA2026-9 on July 22, concluding that when a non-exempt employee voluntarily splits a workday between home and the office, the mid-day commute generally remains unpaid “ordinary” travel, even if the employee performs compensable work at home before or after the trip. WHD clarified […]
For many American workers, financial insecurity isn’t a temporary response to a difficult economy. It has become a persistent part of everyday life. In fact, financial stress has consistently been ranked as a top concern keeping employees up at night, according to ARAG research over the last four years. Today, those concerns are being intensified […]
The human resources (HR) function, which is responsible for enabling workforce transformation in the artificial intelligence (AI) era, may not yet be fully positioned to lead that transformation. Unless HR leaders proactively engage at the C-suite decision table, where technology investments, operating-model decisions and workforce-readiness discussions are taking place, organizations risk deploying AI into an […]
AI has quickly found a home in the workplace, and your newest “employee” may already have a seat at the conference table. An AI note-taker can transcribe conversations, help draft emails, summarize discussions, outline documents, generate action items, and spare everyone from taking notes. For many employers, this eager new assistant has become a routine […]
New research from HiBob shows that 75% of decision-makers expect moderate AI proficiency to become standard for non-technical roles by 2028. But as AI handles routine tasks, roles are expanding, team sizes are shrinking, and day-to-day interactions are becoming less frequent. To navigate these shifting expectations, Macaire Montini, VP of People & Culture at HiBob, […]
The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”) was enacted in 1988 to help protect employees, their families, and communities from the sudden, and potentially severe, impact of large-scale company closures and layoffs. The primary mechanism for such employee protections under the WARN Act is the requirement that employers provide prior notice of plant closures or mass layoffs to give employees an opportunity to make other arrangements for gainful […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued two opinion letters addressing how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employee travel time in modern work arrangements. Together, the letters provide helpful guidance for employers managing hybrid office employees, field service employees, and other nonexempt workers who perform some […]
AI strategies are often built around technology: which tools to buy, where to deploy them and how quickly they can scale. What determines whether those strategies succeed is often less technical. West Monroe’s recent report, Building the AI-Native Enterprise, found that while 91% of leaders say their organizations are aligned on AI strategy, only 57% […]
Jen (JR) Rettig didn’t start her career with a grand plan to climb the HR ladder. She began as a retail operator and department store buyer before a side passion for campus recruiting completely redirected her path. While working as a buyer trainee out of the University of Michigan, Rettig started volunteering to fly back […]