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Compensation & Benefits
Benefits: Ease young workers’ financial stress
10/15/2024
According to a recent survey conducted by PNC Bank, three in five U.S. workers say they are living paycheck to paycheck. The feeling that they’re skating on financially thin ice is most prevalent among the youngest employees—members of Gen Z and millennials.
Employment Law
EEOC’s latest litigation stats show focus on disability discrimination, retaliation
10/15/2024
The EEOC filed 110 lawsuits challenging unlawful employment discrimination in fiscal year 2024, placing an emphasis on what a commission statement called “emerging issues and advancing the employment rights of underserved and vulnerable workers.”
HR Management
Ban numerical goals, quotas from efforts to diversify
10/15/2024
Studies show that employers with diverse workforces outperform homogenous organizations on such important measures as innovation, revenue and profitability. However, employers intent on fostering diversity must do it in a way that doesn’t discriminate against any specific group of applicants or employees.
Employee Relations
Disciplining for harassment? Ensure it’s even-handed
10/10/2024
When disciplining workers for harassing co-workers, make sure the punishment isn’t disproportionate and that you can show similarly situated workers were punished the same way.
Hiring
New DOL resource offers best practices for using AI in hiring
09/30/2024
The resource is designed to “help employers reduce the risks of creating unintentional forms of discrimination and barriers to accessibility as they implement AI hiring technology,” a DOL statement said.
Terminations
Ensure layoffs don’t target ‘costly’ workers
09/30/2024
When employers decide to reduce their workforces, it’s often because they need to save money. Laying off highly paid employees is one thing. It’s entirely another matter to target employees with costly medical problems that strain your self-insured health plan. That’s an almost foolproof way to trigger a lawsuit.
Article Archives
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Accommodate employees with gender dysphoria
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