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HR Management
Key takeaways from 2025 State of the Workplace Report
03/26/2025
HR leaders don’t just react to change, they shape it. The 2025 SHRM State of the Workplace report reveals that while recruitment dominated last year’s agenda, 2025 requires a recalibrated focus on retention, leadership and the strategic use of technology. Here’s what HR professionals need to know—and act on—right now.
Compensation & Benefits
Gender pay gap narrows to 85%
03/24/2025
The pay gap between women and men is shrinking—slightly—according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.
Employment Law
Never require work during military FMLA leave
03/24/2025
Employers may be tempted to push back against employees’ FMLA military caregiver leave rights, asking them to continue working when they can despite caring for their military family members. That’s an FMLA-interference lawsuit waiting to happen.
Employee Relations
Demotion or termination? How to make the call
03/19/2025
If you’re faced with an employee who isn’t a good fit with his or her current job, is termination the answer or is demotion a better alternative? The answer is, of course, it depends.
Hiring
How to prepare for potential ICE worksite enforcement
03/17/2025
In some cases, it is reasonable to expect ICE agents will conduct workplace raids to identify and detain workers who lack authorization to work in the United States. Here’s how to prepare for a possible immigration enforcement blitz.
Terminations
Document termination decision before telling worker
02/28/2025
Always document disciplinary decisions the moment you make them—and before you tell the employee. That way, you can successfully argue that you could not have retaliated against the employee because the decision was made before you knew about their request.
Article Archives
Most frontline workers are trained by their managers
Supreme Court hints it will set one standard for reverse-discrimination cases
Start planning now for office spring cleaning
How to build a culture of employee appreciation
Understand paid and unpaid state-level family and medical leave laws
In the Payroll Mailbag: April ’25
Employer’s ‘honest belief’ is enough for FMLA defense
State PFML laws, part 2: DOL addresses FMLA substitutions
Two-minute payroll reads: April ’25
April is the cruelest month
State PFML laws, part 1: IRS addresses payroll taxes
Taxpayer liable for return preparer’s long-ago fraud
Judge orders reinstatement of fired NLRB member, restoring quorum
Executive order takes aim at law firm, targets DEI activities in legal industry
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