Skills-Based Hiring Requires Commitment to Change

?A growing number of employers are showing interest in skills-based hiring—moving beyond education and experience requirements to focus on the skills match between candidates and roles. More employers are becoming aware that... Read more »

How to Win Approval for HR Tech Investments in 2023

?As corporate budgets tighten amid economic uncertainty, HR may not view 2023 as the opportune time to pitch new technology investments to the C-suite. But industry analysts, as well as many HR... Read more »

Executive with Disabilities Shares Her Story

?While workers with disabilities are landing jobs at record rates, they continue to deal with unique challenges, such as physical barriers and social stigmas associated with their condition, that can make work... Read more »

Employer Not Liable for Harassment Even Though Supervisor Sent Lewd Photos to Employee

?Takeaway: Even though a manager sent lewd photos to an employee he supervised, the employer was not liable for harassment because the parties had a friendship outside of work, and when the... Read more »

Michigan Governor Signs Legislation Repealing Right-to-Work Law

?On March 24, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation repealing Michigan’s right-to-work law for private-sector employees. The legislation had previously passed the Michigan House of Representatives on March 8, and the Michigan Senate on... Read more »

Why ‘Backdoor Layoffs’ Can Easily Backfire

?Layoffs have been dominating the news recently, with companies such as Accenture, Amazon, Meta and others announcing significant workforce cutbacks. But another trend emerging in the wake of these job cuts is... Read more »

HR Software Prices Are Rising. Here’s What You Can Do About It

?Mark Berry received an unpleasant surprise when he began negotiating with an HR technology vendor he’d partnered with in a previous HR leadership job. “The vendor came in with prices that were... Read more »

Employee’s Disability May Have Been a Factor in Layoff

?Takeaway: Where a disabled employee’s eventual layoff may have been based in part on discriminatory animus by the employee’s supervisor, the employee could proceed with her disability bias claim, even though she... Read more »

Remote Work Dropped from 2021 to 2022. Is a Plateau Coming in 2023?

?A survey released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on March 22 shows that the amount of remote work dropped from 2021 to 2022 but might be... Read more »

Employees and Businesses Grapple with Earthquake in Turkey

?The earthquake in the southeast of Turkey on Feb. 6 affected everyone in the country and disrupted normal life for weeks afterward. More than 44,000 people died in Turkey in one of... Read more »