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OSHA Finds Safety Hazards, Fines Trader Joe’s Nearly $217K
Trader Joe’s was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for various safety hazards at one of its stores in Colorado. What’s more, this isn’t the first time the popular grocery store chain has been cited over similar issues, according to an OSHA press release. Safety hazards were repeat violations During a December…
Report Uncovers Compensation Secrets to Success in the War for Talent
“The war for talent isn’t over; it’s just on pause,” declares the latest Compensation Best Practices Report from Payscale. While white-collar workers are experiencing layoffs, hiring slowdowns and intense competition for employment opportunities, blue-collar occupations continue to experience labor shortages and higher wage growth, according to the report. Payscale identified compensation and recruiting as the…
How to Crank Up Human Sustainability | 2-Minute Video
Do you take care of employees in the best possible ways, setting them up to succeed and help your organization flourish? You probably try. And there’s a name for the effort: Human Sustainability. It’s important these days because people are important — your employees, contractors, customers and the wider community. How the company connects with…
It Works Both Ways: Cisgender Employee Sues for Sex Bias
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has preserved a cisgender employee’s claim that his employer violated Title VII and state law by favoring transgender employees. The ruling holds an important lesson about the full scope of the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, which specifically addressed only gay and transgender bias but…
Stop AI Hiring Bias: 3 Keys to Keeping It Under Control
Following the initial rise of ChatGPT at the end of 2022, AI has been catapulted into mainstream use, and over the past year, companies in nearly every industry have implemented the technology into their business processes. In fact, new data found that 55% of staffing firms are experimenting with AI. But continuous questions around algorithms’…
New Supreme Court Ruling Is a Big Win for Employees
A new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court will make it much easier for many employees to prove an allegation of unlawful discrimination under Title VII. The Court’s ruling washes away a rule, followed by many courts, that required Title VII claimants to show not just any harm but harm that is significant. This is…
EEOC Issues Final PWFA Rule: 5 Keys HR Needs to Know
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) has issued the long-awaited final PWFA rule, slated to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow and then take effect 60 days later – on June 18, 2024. Here’s a quick recap of the law — and the latest compliance developments you need to know. Overview of the PWFA…
HR Data Dilemma: 3 Ways to Pull Value From Noise
One of the greatest challenges for overwhelmed HR teams is how to make use of the vast amount of data available to them, especially different labor market metrics that have the potential to be game-changing but often fail to deliver. One significant challenge to the HR data dilemma has been that this data is traditionally…
Talent Chief Reveals 3 Top Talent Strategy Priorities
When it comes to managing and optimizing your workforce, key talent strategy focus areas for HR include employee retention, employee experience and leader effectiveness. ADP Chief Talent Officer Jay Caldwell said these as his top three talent strategy priorities, which he discussed in an interview. Employee retention remains a challenge for HR due to the…