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As the world continues to adjust to the pandemic, companies worldwide are facing drastic challenges and embracing dramatic changes. Flexibility is the core pillar of building and maintaining an effective operational performance. Those who have managed to shift their work to the digital realm are now facing even bigger challenges.
It’s winter, and when the cold winds blow, blizzards, ice storms, and dangerous temperatures often disrupt business. Certainly, bad weather can hit at any time of year, so employers always need to understand their legal obligations. But an organization’s response should go beyond those requirements. Employers also need to know how to help their employees, […]
As the marijuana legalization and decriminalization trend continues throughout states across the nation (including with recent April 2022 action by the U.S. House of Representatives), now is a good time for all employers to review and update your drug testing policies.
A recent Ninth Circuit decision clarifies employers’ obligations to address hostile work environment complaints arising out of employees’ off-premises social media activity. In Okonowsky v. Garland, the Ninth Circuit overturned a Title VII sexually hostile environment summary judgment ruling, finding that the court had erred by considering only some of the evidence and by applying incorrect […]
Today’s graduates, whether in high school, university, or college settings, are entering the workforce at a time when nothing is certain and everything, including when and where they will work, is in flux. Monster recently surveyed recent and future graduates to better understand their feelings about entering the 2021 labor market, and it revealed some […]
On the heels of quiet quitting and firing, this summer employers and HR professionals encountered the latest workplace trend: quiet vacationing, which is the practice of employees taking paid time off (PTO) to establish a better work-life balance by building in periods of reset without informing their manager or officially putting in a request for […]
Unemployment rates are steadily dropping as more of the employees who previously changed jobs settle into their new roles. Many global economists predict the market will begin to enter a soft recession in 2023, which means the job market will begin to loosen. The balance of power between employers and jobseekers will begin to even […]
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the feasibility and value of a shorter workweek. Multiple factors have contributed to this. For one, advances in productive technologies like artificial intelligence and various forms of automation have already demonstrated significant potential in reducing the need for human labor. Additionally, the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law a nearly 900-page bill that includes several provisions that will affect private-sector employers, including increased tax deductions, changes to Medicare eligibility requirements, and increased challenges to immigration compliance. Bonus Depreciation and IRC Section 179 Expense Limit The new bill—formally entitled, “An Act to provide for the […]
Expressions like the Great Resignation and “quiet quitting” may not be buzzing as much as they were last year, but make no mistake: The United States is still experiencing an unprecedented employee-retention crisis. In 2022, a record 50.5 million Americans quit their jobs, leaving behind 11 million job openings. It’s going to take a while […]