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Employers face flurry of new state, local laws

06/24/2022
State legislatures and city councils have been busy in recent weeks and months, enacting new legislation affecting workplaces. Notable new employment laws address the hot topics of family leave and transparency about pay. If similar measures have not yet been adopted where you operate, they soon might be.

Survey: 30% of U.S. workers say they struggle financially

06/21/2022
Three in 10 U.S. workers are struggling financially, and more than two in five workers (43%) are having difficulty meeting basic needs, according to research from the 2022 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey by the Willis Towers Watson consulting firm.

EBSA nomination stumbles for now

06/14/2022
Because of a scheduling conflict, the U.S. Senate on June 8 failed to confirm Lisa Gomez to head the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration.

Gilbride gets Biden nod to become EEOC general counsel

06/14/2022
President Biden has nominated Karla Ann Gilbride to become general counsel to the EEOC. An attorney, Gilbride is co-director of the Access to Justice Project at Public Justice, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization based in California.

Biden’s pick to join EEOC stalls

06/01/2022
The nomination of plaintiffs’ attorney Kalpana Kotagal to become an EEOC commissioner hit a speedbump in late May when the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions deadlocked 11-11 on whether to recommend her.

Snapshot: Today’s most in-demand HR skills

06/01/2022
These are the skills employers look for when hiring new HR staff.

The HR I.Q. Test: June ’22

06/01/2022
Here’s your monthly quiz on HR news and trends.

How did COVID affect trust in the workplace?

05/26/2022
A full 65% of U.S. workers say that trust among their co-workers and management has actually increased since the start of the pandemic, according to a ResumeLab survey of 1,100 workers.

7 in 10 say they adopt a different personality at work

05/26/2022
What do people hide most?

Hybrid challenge: HR must innovate to reinforce culture

05/24/2022
Seventy-six percent of HR leaders believe hybrid work makes it harder for employees to connect with their organizational culture, according to a recent survey by the Gartner business advisory firm. A February poll of more than 200 HR leaders reveals the most challenging aspect of setting their hybrid strategy is adjusting the current organizational culture to support a hybrid workforce.