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10 Tips for Successfully Managing Remote Workers
Stay-at-home orders prompted by COVID-19 are creating a challenge for managers—including those in HR—at a time when many companies are implementing telework policies for the first time. SHRM Online has…
H-1B Filers Rethinking Their Petitions After Pandemic
2020 was already positioned to be a novel year for H-1B visa processing with the introduction of a new electronic registration system for the annual lottery, which some worried would…
Agencies Extend Employee Benefit Plan Deadlines
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS has postponed certain deadlines affecting employee benefit plans, including the deadline to file Form 5500 for non-calendar-year plans. The Department of Labor…
COVID-19 Continuity Planning: Identify Critical Tasks, Broaden Tech Use
In a recent #NextChat question, Mary Kaylor, SHRM-SCP, SHRM’s manager of public affairs, asked what employers were doing to keep their businesses running. The following is a compilation of some…
Into the Future: How a Pandemic Might Reshape the World of Work
In a post-coronavirus world, what might work look like? Will remote work become the norm, and with that, will there come increased demands on Internet connectivity, cybersecurity and video conferencing?…
Virginia to Gradually Raise Minimum Wage
Virginia's legislation raising the hourly minimum wage has cleared its final hurdle and is set to take effect on May 1, 2021
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Right-to-Work Law
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia upheld the constitutionality of the Workplace Freedom Act in a 5-0 decision, with one justice dissenting in part. The decision removes the…
SHRM to Congress: All Nonprofits Need Access to Paycheck Protection Program
Although some nonprofit organizations are eligible for payroll-protection loans to help them stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, certain membership-based nonprofits—such as SHRM chapters and regional chambers of commerce—are not…
A Patchwork of Child Care for Essential Workers
When essential workers were called to stay on the job to fight the coronavirus, a significant problem quickly surfaced: Who would take care of their children? Every state that issued…
Viewpoint: Introverts and Extraverts in the Time of COVID-19
If you're working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, you and your co-workers may be starting to feel the social effects of remote working. You may be on a plethora…