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Alice Burks, Deel‘s Director of People Success, is a leader with a mission: to make sure everyone at Deel thrives. With ten years of experience guiding teams, both within companies and as a consultant, Burks has worked with fast-growing companies like Danish tech giant Trustpilot, plus global clients in IT, manufacturing, and retail. At Deel, […]
In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes business environment, simply offering more training won’t future-proof a workforce. While broad-based upskilling programs have their place, what organizations increasingly need is a more focused, intentional strategy: right-skilling. A Look at Right-Skilling Right-skilling goes beyond general development. It zeroes in on aligning employee capabilities with the evolving priorities of the business. […]
Q: Can we uphold our employee handbook policy that states employees are eligible for sick leave after 90 days of employment, or must we adhere to state sick leave laws that say they should be eligible upon being hired? Generally, you must adhere to state sick leave laws requiring that employees be eligible for sick […]
The go-to career development efforts used by employers today are leadership training (71%) and sharing internal job postings (59%) according to LinkedIn Learning’s Workplace Learning Report 2025: and for good reason. Employees increasingly value both personal and professional training and development—and they’ll stay with employers that provide them with these opportunities. It’s a win-win […]
If you’ve ever watched Succession, you know that the show is a fierce exploration of power, influence, and legacy, with each member of the Roy family vying to be the voice and changemaker of their family-owned company. At its core, Succession is not just about business; it’s about who gets to speak, who gets to […]
Flexibility has moved from a ‘nice-to-have’ to a ‘non-negotiable’. Ever since the pandemic reshaped how and where we work, employees have been rethinking every corner of their employment—from hybrid schedules to mental health benefits to how and when they get paid. One of the clearest signals is the growing demand for on-demand pay. Today’s workforce […]
At Spark HR 2025, Matthew Duncan, who leads Microsoft’s thinking on the future of work, shared a big truth from Microsoft’s Work Trend Index Report: people at work are hitting their limits. With people facing hundreds of interruptions each day and most feeling a constant time crunch, the old ways of boosting output simply don’t […]
On May 21, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated a portion of the Biden-era U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) to require employers to reasonably accommodate employees who choose to have an abortion. Quick Hits U.S. […]
At SPARK HR 2025, Matthew Duncan, who leads Microsoft’s thinking on the future of work, didn’t just talk about AI – he showed us a new reality for workplaces everywhere. Based on Microsoft‘s latest Work Trend Index Report, which surveyed 31,000 people in 31 countries, Duncan pointed out a huge truth: people are reaching their limits. […]
Managers are not just feeling the pressure in workplaces across the country; they are cracking under it. Burnout is not something you throw a few PTO days at and hope for the best, and it’s certainly not an individual failing. It’s a business-critical workforce crisis with systemic roots; one that organizations can’t afford to ignore. […]