Republican Attorneys General Warn Employers Against Race-Based Discrimination

​Attorneys general from 13 states recently sent a letter to business leaders, warning them to end racial preferences in hiring. On July 13, the attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky... Read more »

Some US Employers Start to Move to 4-Day Workweek

​U.S. businesses are slowly inching toward implementing a four-day workweek, but working 32  hours is not necessarily open to all employees, according to a report from ResumeBuilder.com. Among the 600 U.S. business... Read more »

How to Implement an Effective Return-to-Office Strategy

​While many companies have embraced remote-work arrangements, others have identified a need to bring employees back to the workplace, whether in a hybrid or entirely in-person fashion. Once the decision has been... Read more »

The Great Compromise: Return-to-Office Gains Steam

As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further into the rearview mirror, business leaders and HR professionals find themselves navigating the next great challenge: bringing employees back to the office. Many companies are at... Read more »

Soft Skills Training Also Requires Coaching

​Former employment attorney and author Jathan Janove writes for SHRM Online on how to inject greater humanity into HR compliance. Jathan welcomes your questions and suggestions for future columns. Contact him at the email... Read more »

Why CEOs Want Employees Back in the Office

​When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, millions of office workers packed up their laptops, went home and haven’t seen a five-day office workweek since. But even during those peak pandemic years,... Read more »

The Great Compromise: Return-to-Office Policies Are Evolving

​There’s a new lounge in the administrative offices at Ability Beyond where employees can take a break or hold an informal meeting. There are also quiet offices for private conversations and heads-down,... Read more »

The 15-Minute Meeting

​Few people, from the summer intern right up to the boardroom elite, like workplace meetings. Case in point: Billionaire Mark Cuban once told Inc. magazine, “The only way you’re going to get... Read more »

What Happened When States Banned Affirmative Action?

​After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education last month, some workplace experts warned that the decision could spell doom for corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) programs.... Read more »

Federal Court Upholds Lower Court’s Dismissal of FMLA, ADA Claims

Takeaway: 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a former employee’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim, even though her employer did not notify her of her rights and responsibilities under... Read more »