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Your Career Q&A: Communication Skills Drive Career Success
Effective communication has a truly positive impact on your career, whether in a job interview, in a meeting with your boss, when speaking with co-workers, when making a presentation to…
Congress Needs to Clear up FLSA Confusion, SHRM Testifies
The blocked Department of Labor overtime rule provides an opportunity for future rulemaking to address employers’ Fair Labor Standards Act compliance concerns and provide regulations appropriate for the 21st century…
Congressional Republicans Call for Reform at NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made employers' operations unnecessarily cumbersome over the past eight years of President Barack Obama's administration, according to congressional Republicans
House Votes to Halt Rules on Government-Run IRAs for Small Businesses
The House passed two resolutions to block Obama-era Department of Labor rules that allow state and local governments to require employers without workplace retirement plans to automatically enroll employees in…
‘Brogrammer’ Attitude May Hinder Technology Diversity
Forty-five percent of female technology workers say they have witnessed exclusionary behavior in the workplace, according to a new study of more than 1,000 tech workers by Austin, Texas-based tech…
Top and Bottom Earners Responsible for Most Health Care Spending, Study Shows
Lowest-wage earners had, relative to top-wage earners, nearly three times the rate of emergency room visits, a new study shows. But high-earners were prone to unnecessary services and tests, while…
How Rudeness Stops People from Working Together
Incivility can fracture a team, destroying collaboration, splintering members' sense of psychological safety, and hampering team effectiveness. Belittling and demeaning comments, insults, backbiting, and other rude behavior can deflate confidence,…
Need Employees with Up-to-Date Skills? Use Up-to-Date Training
Getting employees to make time for learning and development (L&D) is challenging for L&D professionals, according to a new report from LinkedIn. One reason may be the way in which…
Employers’ Usual Rules Apply to National General Strikers
Businesses can enforce their typical absence rules if their workers participate in the Feb. 17 National General Strike, but exercise caution
In Focus: Suspended Travel Ban Impacting U.S. Business
A federal court ruling suspended President Trump’s executive order of Jan. 27 that banned immigrants from seven countries from entering the United States