As dads and nonbirth parents face postpartum mental health issues, what can employers do?

Research on the topic is still evolving, one source told HR Dive, but employers are nonetheless encountering it during day-to-day operations.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 18, 2022

Learning is a bridge to employee well-being

Now, more than ever, there is a business imperative to invest in employee-centered learning tools and practices, writes Vu Tran of Go1.

By Vu Tran • Feb. 18, 2022

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Inside the rapidly changing world of employee benefits

Healthcare costs are climbing and employee needs are changing. How can HR professionals adapt?

By HR Dive staff

A quick, 4-step guide to a successful pay equity audit

Employers need to have the right mindset if they want to attempt an audit, and will want to consider involving counsel early on, Epstein Becker Green's Robert O'Hara said.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 17, 2022

Workers split over what kinds of flexibility help work-related stress

Qualtrics' findings may have particular significance given that many employers have turned to flexibility in the hopes that it may address mental health issues.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 17, 2022

DOL plans 'vigorous' enforcement of FLSA, FMLA in supply chain industry

The initiative is aligned with a broader push for wage and hour enforcement at the agency.

By Emilie Shumway • Feb. 16, 2022

BLS: More than one-third of employers embraced telework due to the pandemic

Among those that increased telework, 60.2% expect it to be a permanent change, a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey showed.

By Emilie Shumway • Feb. 15, 2022

With a wellness stipend, EY aims to help families live their best lives

At EY, wellness stipends empower employees beyond the traditional approach to health.

By Caroline Colvin • Feb. 15, 2022

Construction training CEO urges industrywide changes to draw in new talent

Contractors must focus on more than just compensation in order to attract and retain workers, according to a new study.

By Mary Salmonsen • Feb. 15, 2022

NYC transit worker alleges OT violations stemming from Kronos outage

The employer paid straight-time wages in a timely manner, the suit said, but it reportedly skipped overtime payments.

By Kate Tornone • Feb. 14, 2022

EEOC: Wisconsin schools paid women lower wages

A male special education teacher made as much as $17,000 more than female workers who performed similar work with similar experience, the agency claimed.

By Katie Clarey • Feb. 10, 2022

Health plans 'failing to deliver parity' for mental health, substance-use disorder benefits

Equitable access to such benefits is required — and especially crucial during the pandemic, the secretary of labor said.

By Kate Tornone • Feb. 10, 2022

Workforce questions set to dominate waste collection's evolution in 2022, with fleet tech still catching up

As 2022 begins, collection workers may have greater leverage on pay and benefits while employers face continuing high inflation.

By Maria Rachal • Feb. 9, 2022

Employers have not developed broad well-being strategies, despite acknowledging mental health concerns

Cost and access concerns have hampered well-being initiatives, but employers may need a broader strategy moving forward, a source told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 9, 2022

Workers say they lack insight into pay — and feel they can't ask

Responses to a Salary.com survey showed workers suspect they're not being compensated fairly.

By Emilie Shumway • Feb. 8, 2022

Construction's union membership remains consistent, as numbers across other industries dip

Union workers earn more in a week than their non-unionized peers, according to new government data. In construction, that pay gap is even wider.

By Zachary Phillips • Feb. 7, 2022

Congress may mandate pregnancy accommodation 'this year,' senators say

The news signals movement on legislation that has long been of interest to employers.

By Ryan Golden • Feb. 4, 2022

Where tax-advantaged benefits took one woman's career — and where she thinks they could take the nation

"To the extent that we can educate people in a better way about healthcare, about being healthier, all those things are going to contribute to a healthier nation," Jody Dietel said.

By Katie Clarey • Feb. 3, 2022

One nonprofit's motive for a $70K minimum salary? Employee safety

"What's the incentive to stay, doing what it is that you love, if you could never make a living wage doing it?" asks Sean Goode of Choose 180.

By Carla Bell • Feb. 3, 2022

To be LGBTQ inclusive, companies must offer trans healthcare, report says

The Human Rights Campaign's criteria for its Corporate Equality Index extends beyond "an inclusive culture." 

By Caroline Colvin • Feb. 3, 2022

DOL: $7.2M judgment is an 'unequivocal' warning about misclassification

The agency has been vocal recently about its stance on misclassification, as illustrated by its recent investigation into a medical staffing firm.

By Katie Clarey • Feb. 2, 2022

Google expands PTO, sets minimum 20 days' vacation

In part to support the "sandwich generation," Google also upped its parental leave and "carer's leave."

By Emilie Shumway • Feb. 1, 2022

Women-led colleges have better pay equity but are less common

Two new reports illustrate the extent to which gender inequities persist in the upper ranks of college administration.

By Natalie Schwartz • Jan. 27, 2022

Penalties for unvaccinated workers gain favor, report says

Workers are warming up to higher insurance rates for their unvaccinated peers, an Eagle Hill Consulting survey found.

By Caroline Colvin • Jan. 27, 2022

DOL fact sheet on pay for COVID-19 vaccination, testing published 'in error'

The guidance mentioned OSHA's now-withdrawn temporary vaccine-or-test mandate, perhaps indicating DOL reconsidered the guidance in light of that change.

By Ryan Golden • Jan. 26, 2022

Trucking firms try employee benefits as driver recruitment, retention tool

It's too early to tell whether the method will be effective long term, one expert said. But drivers are asking for more.

By Amanda Loudin • Jan. 24, 2022