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Compensation & Benefits
Rethinking pay in 2025: How HR can help repair employee trust
06/23/2025
BambooHR’s 2025 Compensation Trends Report reveals that satisfaction with pay is steadily declining, particularly among women and younger workers, while perceptions of transparency and equity are eroding. HR professionals have a unique opportunity to respond with compensation strategies that are both data-driven and employee-focused.
Employee Relations
Strategies to attract and keep talent from Gen Z to boomers
06/23/2025
It’s not enough to call your workplace “inclusive” when large swaths of your candidate pool feel invisible before they’ve even hit Submit.
Employment Law
Discover work mistakes during FMLA? Here’s what to do
06/23/2025
Employees who take FMLA leave are protected from retaliation for doing so. That’s led to the mistaken belief among some employees that they can’t be disciplined or fired while on leave. That’s not the case.
Hiring
Why “overqualified” shouldn’t be a dealbreaker
06/23/2025
A growing number of Gen Z college graduates are seeking out blue-collar work—not as a fallback, but as a strategic career choice. For HR professionals hiring for skilled roles, this presents an opportunity and challenge: It’s time to reconsider what “overqualified” really means.
HR Management
Federal wage law training set for June, September
06/23/2025
The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Wage and Hour Division will offer webinars on prevailing wage requirements in 2025 for contractors, contracting agencies, unions, workers and other stakeholders involved in federally funded construction and service contracts.
Terminations
Downsizing DEI? RIFs may backfire
06/12/2025
It may be tempting to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies entirely. But before you do so, consider the potential unintended consequences, especially if you lay off everyone you hired to run the programs. Those sidelined employees who were supposed to help you create a diverse workplace may sue you.
Article Archives
OSHA heat standard may yet happen
DOL, EEOC candidates go before Senate committee
Painful periods? That’s no reason not to hire
How discrimination beliefs are driving resistance to DEI initiatives
Training gaps after layoffs spark mistakes, morale dips and turnover risk
New injury data signals key risk areas HR can’t afford to ignore
SHRM conducts roundtable discussion with U.S. labor secretary
Why EEOC’s refusal to pay state discrimination agencies means more lawsuits
Job cuts rise while hiring slows
Rethink your Pride Month approach to build lasting inclusion
For workers, strikes look like the answer
Why employers must move fast during accommodation process
Teen harassment? Avoid a PR nightmare
Workplace shift puts soft skills ahead of formal education and degree requirements
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