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Gender Pay Gap Transparency Act: A Push for Equality or a Waste of Time?
Gov. Jerry Brown soon will decide whether California's big businesses must reveal salary data for male and female employees, a move supporters say will help resolve women's entrenched pay inequity,…
Labor Unions Fight Immigration Enforcement
​Labor union organizers are instructing their members to resist worksite immigration enforcement raids. Through contract negotiations, they hope to restrict employers from cooperating with federal immigration agents
Four Myths about the Multigenerational Workplace
None of us, as they say, are getting any younger—which is what makes aging such an interesting aspect of workplace diversity. These misperceptions about workers of all ages may be…
Supreme Court Opens Term by Hearing Arguments in Class-Action Waiver Case
The number of class-action lawsuits against employers could be dramatically reduced, should the Supreme Court let companies require workers to arbitrate their problems instead of joining together to sue their…
Australia: Freedom of Political Communication Does Not Help Employee who Disagrees with Policies
An employee's personal ability to express his or her own political views is not protected by Australia's implied constitutional freedom of political communication
Help Employees, Managers Recognize the Why of Lateral Moves
The world is flat. Well, maybe not the actual world, but the world of work has certainly flattened
How to Humanize Benefits Communications with Technology
HR leaders can rely on a bevy of digital technologies to improve benefits communication. Whether they use apps, videos, portals, microsites or automated e-mails, benefits administrators can reach employees with…
Tips for Launching a Student Loan Repayment Benefit
Employers that are launching a student loan repayment benefit can gauge enrollment numbers and overall costs before rolling out a full program. For instance, while aiming to offer a flat…