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Compensation & Benefits

Here come the new state employment laws for 2025

12/06/2024
States are emerging as prime sources of new employment-related laws. Here is a sampling of new laws scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, or soon after.
Employment Law

Cost of denying vaccine-related religious-accommodation request? It’s measured in millions

12/06/2024
Before Groff v. DeJoy, an employer only had to show that approving a request for a religious accommodation would have “more than a de minimis” impact on the employer. That made turning down requests easy. Not anymore.
Hiring

Consider disclosing starting pay—it may be mandatory

12/06/2024
You may have noticed lately that more recruiting ads include the starting salary range the employer plans to pay. That was almost unheard of a decade ago. Credit the change to the rapid expansion of the pay-transparency movement.
HR Management

Start 2025 right with updated job descriptions

12/06/2024
Are all your employees performing the same tasks as when they were hired? Probably not. Job duties change all the time. Job descriptions should, too.
Employee Relations

Young workers want to be digital nomads

12/02/2024
Currently, 16% of the 1,000 Gen Zers and 11% of millennials surveyed consider themselves digital nomads, which Howdy.com defines as “living abroad and/or traveling for long periods of time while working remotely.”
Terminations

Use objective reasons to justify terminations

12/02/2024
Ensure that all terminations are based on solid business reasons. And be sure to carefully document why you decided to terminate, even if you don’t share the rationale with the employee.
Article Archives

How to achieve organizational optimization through rightsizing

The silent erosion: Confronting team dysfunction

DOL research shows nationwide paid family and medical leave could reduce poverty

U.S. workers take slightly dimmer view of DEI

Tracking workplace well-being post-pandemic, and how managers can foster resilience

Why you might want to track exempt workers’ time

January 2025: Employer’s business tax calendar

Court blocks overtime rules: Now what?

Change readiness: 4 key workforce trends for 2025

Trump to nominate Chavez-DeRemer, a pro-union Republican, to become labor secretary

Survey: 58% retired earlier than planned

Ensure timely consideration of disability-accommodations requests

When leadership ignores your department—6 strategies

The hidden rules of writing job ads that actually work

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