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The Great 8: HR’s most challenging agenda items for 2024

12/20/2023
A new year inevitably brings new problems for HR to solve and opportunities to succeed. Here are eight of the issues most likely to test you in 2024.

White House releases kit to help employers help recovering addicts

12/19/2023
The Recovery-Ready Workplace Toolkit: Guidance and Resources for Private and Public Sector Employers aims to reduce the stigma surrounding addiction, encourage treatment and recovery, and help recovering individuals realize that they have employment options.

Gallup: Front-line employees don’t envy telecommuters

12/19/2023
A recent Gallup poll found that 57% of employees who—because of the nature of their jobs—are required to report to their workplaces are “not at all” bothered that other workers are allowed to work from home sometimes.

Jobs offering 4-day workweeks increasing, although still rare

12/19/2023
The percentage of employers advertising on Indeed.com that say they offer four-day workweeks has tripled in just four years—all the way up to 0.3%.

Shutdown watch: HR-related agencies funded until Feb. 2

12/11/2023
When Congress decided in mid-November to defer its responsibility to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2024 (for the third time), it settled on a two-deadline solution. Some agencies and initiatives will remain temporarily funded at 2023 levels until Jan. 19. For others, Congress gave itself an additional two weeks.

Litigation moves slowest in Louisiana

12/11/2023
Federal civil lawsuits (such as most employment-law cases) take longest to process in Louisiana, according to an analysis by the Scott Vicknair law firm in New Orleans. It’s not even close.

Set resolutions that stick

12/06/2023
Follow this advice to set New Year’s resolutions that you actually see through.

Lock her up! Defy DOL investigators, go to jail

12/04/2023
A federal court has ordered the owner of a Michigan senior home-care services company to go to prison if she continues to ignore a March 2023 order to provide U.S. Department of Labor investigators with time and pay records.

We tend to like our bosses, mostly

11/27/2023
This is either reassuring or disappointing: 55% of American workers say their boss is excellent or very good to work for, according to a newly released report by the Pew Research Center.

How employers can best support grieving caregivers

11/21/2023
Over 40 million Americans care for an unwell relative over the age of 50, a responsibility that can take up as much as 50 hours each week. Those responsibilities can have a significant impact on their work, affecting schedules, energy levels and overall sense of well-being.