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Employees want more benefits support amid ‘permacrisis,’ MetLife survey finds
Employees who felt supported at work were 60% more likely to say they intended to stay at the company, per the survey.
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Employees cite lack of productivity, high commuting costs as return-to-office barriers
While 73% of respondents reported that they feel more connected to their company when they are in the office with their colleagues, 76% said a lack of equipment limits their productivity.
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How menopausal and other reproductive health benefits can help retain women
Data shows that fertility treatments are extremely valuable to workers who need them. Here’s why one people officer is working on integrating them.
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Men and women see gender pay and promotion gaps differently, survey says
Despite overall progress for women in the corporate world, perception gaps still exist, indicating a disconnect in cultural communications.
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Meetings are the No. 1 barrier to productivity, workers say
Too few workplaces have taken necessary steps to address the problem of excessive, ineffective meetings, according to Atlassian.
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What defines a ‘highly successful’ learning program?
UpSkill America and i4cp, a research organization focused on human capital, attempted to answer this question by looking at three of the biggest areas of upskilling.
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40% of US workers with employer-sponsored insurance say they delay healthcare over cost
Healthcare insurance no longer guarantees access to care, the CEO and founder of Paytient said.
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3 in 4 workers say they haven’t been trained for flexible work arrangements
“The pandemic forced the majority of organizations into hybrid work practically overnight, with no time to consider how to support new practices,” Wendy Hamilton, CEO of TechSmith, said.
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HR leaders well-positioned to fight age bias, staffing exec says
Older workers responding to a survey said age would hurt their chances at a new job.
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In the US, companies may lead the ‘right to disconnect’ movement, leaders say
Ultimately, “right to disconnect” laws are about company culture, said Alan King, president and CEO of Workplace Options.
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Tesla, after two jury-trial losses, settles former employee’s racial discrimination suit
The automaker successfully sought a retrial after a 2021 verdict awarded a former elevator operator more than $130 million in damages — but it lost again two years later.
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Arise to pay $2M to customer service agents for alleged wage theft
The customer service company misclassified at least 250 workers in the District of Columbia as independent contractors and failed to pay minimum wages, the attorney general alleged.
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Minimum-wage delivery drivers must be 100% reimbursed for using their own vehicles, 6th Cir. says
The court didn’t say how employers should calculate these reimbursements, but it warned that underpayment may cut into a driver’s minimum wage and violate the FLSA.
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Companies overestimate their employees’ trust. That’s bad for business, PwC says.
“The risk is not that people leave — it’s that they stay and work half-heartedly,” according to the firm's report.
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Although 80% of companies are investing in AI, half aren’t sure how to use it
A lack of organizational expertise, as well as employee skepticism and lagging regulations could affect AI adoption.
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Pay transparency
Emerging from a ‘black box’: How salary transparency affects every state
National Women’s Law Center researchers said it was “notable” that states without disclosure laws showed an increase in transparency, as well.
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Cornell University employees ask SCOTUS to address retirement plan circuit split
The case concerns whether ERISA plaintiffs must “plead and prove additional elements and facts not contained” in the law’s text.
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Target, Starbucks earn top scores on pay equity performance while others lag
Companies in the consumer and financial sectors are most likely to disclose, while those in the industrial and utility sectors are least likely to disclose.
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Workplace redesign could help with return to office, VergeSense says
Employees claim there’s not enough productive space even though office utilization remains below pre-pandemic levels, the firm says.
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Extra cash for in-office work? HR should think more broadly about pay, experts say
What an employee contributes is more often a factor in compensation plans than where work is done.
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How the manufacturing industry is working to interest high schoolers
Community colleges, economic development groups and industry players are collaborating to educate young students about careers in the industry.
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National Raisin Co. to pay $2M following EEOC sexual harassment suit
Managers and employees at the California-based raisin production company, which serves Newman’s Own, allegedly groped and threatened female workers sorting and packing dried fruit, per the EEOC.
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Requests for paid time off hit 4-year high, but approvals lag
The data shows the workforce isn’t shy about asking for PTO, a trend that’s likely to continue, one BambooHR executive said.
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EEOC hired more investigators, filed 50% more lawsuits in FY 2023
The agency recovered a record $665 million for more than 22,000 workers.
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SHRM: Most HR pros say women face pay discrimination at work
However, people managers often don’t receive formal training on pay equity or business-related pay decisions, the organization reports.