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Snapshot: How employers support professional development

07/05/2022
About 80% of employers provide formal training so employees can develop work-related skills. Many also offer these programs.

The HR I.Q. Test: July ’22

07/01/2022
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

EEOC now allows employees to choose nonbinary label

06/30/2022
The EEOC has implemented plans to let employees select a nonbinary “X” gender designation when they file discrimination charges.

Snapshot: Even the C-suite feels burned out

06/28/2022
69% of senior executives have seriously considered quitting for a job that better supports their well-being.

Court rules public prayer OK for high school coach

06/28/2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 27 that a school system in Washington violated the Constitution when it said a high school football coach could not kneel in prayer on the field before and after games. The 7-2 opinion in Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. primarily affects public employees, who enjoy greater First Amendment protections at work than private-sector employees do.

Employers can still ban firearms at work

06/28/2022
Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a New York law restricting the concealed carrying of firearms, employers are wondering if they have the right to prohibit concealed guns on their premises. The short answer is yes.

After Dobbs: OK, now what?

06/28/2022
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, employers considering covering employee travel to receive medical care have decisions to make about benefits.

More employers covering abortion travel costs

06/27/2022
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 landmark opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health—which overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right nationwide—dozens of large employers nationwide have announced plans to cover employees’ expenses if they need to travel to receive health care.

In their own words: Lessons from the SHRM22 conference

06/24/2022
Here is some bite-sized advice from last month’s Society for Human Resource Management annual conference in New Orleans.

DOL, Commerce promote creation of ‘good jobs’

06/24/2022
The U.S. Departments of Labor and Commerce have announced an initiative called “Good Jobs Principles,” a coordinated effort to provide employers, workers, federal agencies, state and local governments and other advocates with a roadmap to advance the goal of quality jobs for all workers.