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Employee Training on Deepfakes Should Become Standard Practice
Staff training on how to spot deepfakes—manipulated audio and video made to look as if it documents events that really happened—should become as standard as training on how to avoid…
Parents May Take FMLA Leave for Special Education Meetings
Parents can take Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time off to attend special education meetings—called individualized education program meetings—for children with serious health conditions, according to a
Texas Wins Challenge to EEOC Guidance on Criminal Background Checks
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can’t treat its guidance on criminal background checks—which states that using such checks may not be lawful in some circumstances—as binding, a federal appeals…
Hundreds Arrested in Worksite Immigration Raids
Federal immigration officials arrested approximately 680 undocumented workers Aug. 7 at several food-processing plants in Mississippi, as the Trump administration cracks down on workplaces that hire employees without proper work…
How to Assess Workplace Pettiness in Others
In The Price of Pettiness (SHRM, 2019), you'll find the STOMP Checklist--a tool to not only make yourself aware of your own petty workplace behavior, but also to assess it…
MBX Uses Book Club to Onboard, Develop Employees
A computer hardware manufacturer created a book club to onboard new employees and train veteran employees undergoing changes in their job roles
Illinois Expands Equal Pay Act and Bans Salary-History Inquiries
An amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act will expand the act’s scope and prohibit employers from requesting information about a job applicant’s prior compensation. Here’s what employers need to…
SHRM-Certified SHRM Staff Honored at White House Event
Organizations that signed the Pledge to America's Workers, including SHRM, were invited to the White House on July 25 to observe the initiative's one-year anniversary. Two SHRM employees, Savita Raeisian,…
California Implements Regulations on Wildfire Smoke
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health announced that its emergency regulation requiring employers to protect workers from hazards associated with wildfire smoke is now in effect
Our Mentoring Goals: Growth, Knowledge, SHRM Certification
Mark Silvester is the sole HR professional for a small tech startup. Darcey McAllister, SHRM-SCP, is his HR coach and consultant