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How to comply with California’s new health care safety order

06/06/2017
The California Division of Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board has passed a new safety order to protect health care workers from workplace violence. It requires health care providers to develop workplace violence prevention plans, institute training programs and keep records on certain incidents of workplace violence.

SHRM award winners show off best practices

06/06/2017
The winners of the Society for Human Resource Management’s “2017 When Work Works Award” provide insight into the practices of effective workplaces.

Snapshot: Millennials most satisfied with pay

06/06/2017
A recent survey found that 61% of employees consider compensation a “very important” contributor to job satisfaction.

The HR I.Q. Test: June ’17

06/01/2017
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

OSHA postpones rule on electronic injury reporting

05/25/2017
OSHA won’t start posting employers’ injury reports on the web on July 1, as originally planned when a controversial rule was finalized last year.

Hiring, pay soars for recent college graduates

05/24/2017
The Class of ’17 is hitting the job market at the right time. According to a new survey from CareerBuilder, 74% of employers say they plan to hire recent college graduates this year, up from 67% last year and the highest outlook since 2007.

Snapshot: Most don’t let work email follow them home

05/24/2017
Only 27% of employees responding to a recent poll said they frequently check their work email outside regular
working hours.

Report: State and local legislative changes led 85% of employers to update their policies in 2016

05/18/2017
State/local law changes caused a full 85% of employers to update their policies or handbooks in 2016 and 54% to provide additional employee training.

EEOC weighs in: Most sexual harassment training doesn’t work

05/16/2017
The EEOC receives over 30,000 harassment complaints each year, and that may just be the tip of the iceberg. One EEOC-com­­missioned survey found that three out of four employees who experience harassment never complain through their employer’s established channels.

31% of employers to spend more on training

05/16/2017
Nearly one-third (31%) of CFOs in a Robert Half Management Resources survey report their company’s training or professional development budget is higher this year than last.