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Companies Find Ways to Bridge Skills Gap
JPMorgan Chase is committing $350 million to pilot innovative education and training programs aligned with high-demand digital and technical skills. It's joining organizations throughout the country looking for new ways…
Tougher State Laws Increase Scrutiny on Pay Equity
As states strengthen their pay equity laws to be more strict than federal legislation, factors that HR professionals have long relied on to make compensation changes, such as seniority and…
Prepare for New Overtime Rule Now but Wait to Make Changes
The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new federal overtime rule, which would raise the salary threshold for white-collar exemptions to $35,308. Nothing has been finalized yet, but the…
Survey: Half of HR Pros' Workplaces Experienced Violence
About half (48 percent) of surveyed HR professionals said their organization had at some point experienced workplace violence, according to research released today by the Society for Human Resource Management…
Your Career Q&A: Are You Changing Jobs or Making a Strategic Career Move?
All too often, we grab the first job offer that comes along. Then, a few months later, we realize that we might be in a different building and office chair,…
Hiring People with Criminal Backgrounds Is Easier Than You Think
A panel of experts at the 2019 Society for Human Resource Management Employment Law & Legislative Conference answered employers who are wondering: Second-chance hiring is well-intentioned, sure, but how do…
Fine-Tune Tuition Benefits to Meet Talent Goals
Tuition-reimbursement programs can be vital to retaining employees and helping them advance within the organization. Student loan repayment benefits can also attract new talent to the organization
Early Detection Is Key to Workplace Compliance
How can employers identify and address risk factors before they turn into complaints or lawsuits? Stop problems before they start, said panelists at the 2019 SHRM Employment Law & Legislative…
How to Correlate Disparate HR Data for Improved Talent Decisions
The average HR department is awash in unprecedented amounts of data generated by its core HR information and talent management systems. But few are able to combine and correlate different…
State Legislators Say They Want to Hear from HR on Paid Family Leave
More states are considering paid family leave bills, and lawmakers said they want to hear from human resource professionals about how these laws might affect the workplace. "When there are…