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  How to create a workplace response plan for ICE visits

  A Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP attorney provides a strategic guide for employers that can promote employee confidence.

  Jonathan R. Ksiazek • Dec. 17, 2025

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  Always-on workers are speaking up about going silent

  “Silent hours” are becoming a meaningful way to curb digital noise, writes Wendy Smith, senior manager of research science at Survey Monkey.

  Wendy Smith • Dec. 16, 2025

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  Leadership should not be a ‘sink or swim’ experience

  New leaders are expected to manage conflict, communicate expectations clearly and more — without ever learning how, writes Jerame Johnson, an HR lead in the entertainment industry.

  Jerame Johnson • Dec. 15, 2025

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  FLSA misclassification is common, costly and completely avoidable

  Compliance can be easy, writes Jones Walker partner Sid Lewis, but employers too often fall asleep at the wheel.

  Sid Lewis • Dec. 9, 2025

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  5 questions (and answers) about employee handbooks for 2026

  Joycelyn Stevenson, office managing shareholder at Litter, shares the top five handbook questions she receives from clients this time of year.

  Joycelyn Stevenson • Dec. 5, 2025

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  4 strategies to boost recruiting through employer branding

  Retaining and upskilling construction workers requires a clear message and follow-through on employer culture, writes a strategic communication leader.

  Ayme Zemke • Dec. 4, 2025

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  A critical but overlooked skills gap is undermining U.S. business. Here’s how to close it.

  Organizations are pouring more resources than ever into workforce development programs, yet one critical competency — language — continues to be overlooked.

  Tammy Thieman • Dec. 3, 2025

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  Navigating the maze: A practical guide for employers dealing with employment administrative agencies

  There are several steps HR and management can take to avoid common pitfalls at the administrative agency level, according to Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP attorneys.

  Susan Best, Stephanie Jones and Y’Noka Bass • Dec. 2, 2025

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  Employers should proactively analyze AI hiring processes for adverse impact

  An ongoing lawsuit filed against Workday shows that AI risk in hiring is not theoretical, writes Benjamin Shippen of BRG.

  Benjamin Shippen • Dec. 2, 2025

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  Have employees in multiple states? Avoid a PTO quagmire by planning ahead.

  Among other things, HR should stay on top of employees’ locations and the laws governing those states, writes Catherine Strauss, partner at law firm Ice Miller.

  Catherine Strauss • Nov. 21, 2025

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  Equal protection, elevated risk: How HR can prepare for an uptick in reverse discrimination claims

  If your team has room for improvement in documentation, now is the time to make the necessary changes, writes Melanie Ronen, partner at Stradley Ronon.

  Melanie Ronen • Nov. 17, 2025

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  4 ways to tap into veteran talent and other career returners

  Traditionally overlooked talent pools are fueling competitive advantage. Here’s how leaders can rethink hiring to strengthen their workforce.

  Mai Lan Nguyen • Nov. 12, 2025

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  Corporate America is terrible at training new managers. Here’s how to fix it.

  The greatest college basketball coach of all time had a winning formula on the court. It works on the shop floor and in the C-suite, too, writes a former CHRO and Rutgers professor.

  William S. Kane • Nov. 4, 2025

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  SHRM: Listening is leadership, not weakness

  The organization’s commitment to inclusion and diversity hasn’t changed, but the world has, writes one SHRM leader.

  Tina Beaty • Nov. 3, 2025

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  SHRM lost its way on inclusion. HR professionals can’t afford to follow.

  SHRM has chosen to appease backlash rather than stand firm in its values, writes RaShawn Hawkins, a member of the organization and senior director of workplace equality at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

  RaShawn Hawkins, SHRM-CP • Oct. 24, 2025

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  An employer’s return-to-work policy resulted in a historic ADA verdict. What can HR learn from it?

  Employers should certainly keep the case in mind when assessing the risk of disability discrimination cases in the future, writes Littler’s Ellen Donovan McCann.

  Ellen Donovan McCann • Oct. 20, 2025

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  What HR needs to know when workplace harassment comes from third parties

  HR should take a proactive approach when customers, vendors or contractors harass employees, writes Alexander Reich of Saul Ewing LLP.

  Alexander Reich • Oct. 16, 2025

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  5 questions (and answers) about employers’ obligations to remote workers

  Jackson Lewis attorneys discuss timekeeping, expense reimbursement and more.

  Bryn Goodman, Traci Krasne and Nicole Price • Oct. 14, 2025

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  A leaky talent pipeline jeopardizes the American economy

  A looming skills crisis requires bold action from every sector, writes SHRM’s Emily Dickens — and HR’s input will be critical.

  Emily Dickens • Oct. 14, 2025

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  Bridging the skills gap and preparing tomorrow’s utility workforce

  Upskilling isn’t just teaching someone how to use a tablet. It’s about reorienting training to connect long-standing operational know-how with new technologies, writes Dan Helman, CEO of Think Power Solutions.

  Dan Helman • Oct. 10, 2025

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  The silent crisis of generative AI anxiety in the workplace

  Workplace consultant Gleb Tsipursky explains how HR can create an environment where innovation flourishes.

  Gleb Tsipursky • Oct. 7, 2025

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  Why employers can’t afford to wait for an I-9 audit or an ICE raid

  The dignity of workers, the legal security of the business and the integrity of the employer-employee relationship is at stake, writes Alejandro Pérez, partner at Pierson Ferdinand. 

  Alejandro Pérez • Sept. 24, 2025

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  HR records in the cloud can create a perfect storm

  A management-side attorney says she is increasingly seeing cases where decisive documents — ones that could have resolved a dispute early — were not retained.

  Karina B. Sterman, Esq. • Sept. 11, 2025

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  Earned wage access should be free

  “This industry simply cannot continue to charge employees to access their pay,” writes a fintech founder. “We cannot expect employers to deduct these fees from paychecks through payroll.”

  Jason Lee • Sept. 10, 2025

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  How to bridge the AI skills gap to power industrial innovation

  A Kyndryl survey found that the majority of manufacturing leaders don’t think their workforce is ready to embrace artificial intelligence. 

  Onofrio Pirrotta • Sept. 8, 2025

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