New LinkedIn Features Help Recruiters Improve DE&I Efforts

LinkedIn’s hiring platform, LinkedIn Recruiter, has announced that it will introduce new, innovative features to make it easier for recruiters to effect change, attract talent, and build a more diverse talent pipeline... Read more »

California Will Collect Demographic Data on State Employees Descended from Slaves

?California recently became the first state to require its agencies to record demographic data on employees who are descendants of enslaved people. The new law creates two separate reporting categories for Black... Read more »

OSHA Fines Dollar General $1.3 Million Over Safety Issues

?The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Dollar General approximately $1.3 million over workplace safety issues at three stores in Georgia. We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online... Read more »

Pediatrician Fired over Vaccine Mandate Not Entitled to Immediate Reinstatement

?Takeaway: Employees claiming discrimination under federal law ordinarily cannot obtain a preliminary injunction to immediately stop the adverse action or obtain immediate reinstatement. Because Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of... Read more »

Crying CEO and 4 Other Layoffs Mistakes

Most HR professionals are seeing many LinkedIn posts with news of layoffs. If they have not, then they will soon. A recent PwC survey of more than 700 U.S. executives and board... Read more »

HR Professionals Performing Job Duties May Be Protected Against Retaliation

Takeaway: Patterson v. Georgia Pacific highlights the risks inherent in making a termination decision based on a technical infraction that lacks apparent importance. It also shows that a lack of strong oversight... Read more »

Viewpoint: So, Your Workplace Is Hostile? Maybe, Maybe Not

?While some of us work with fair and temperate managers and co-workers, this is not true for everyone. Far too many employees experience daily insensitivity from managers or co-workers, in the office... Read more »

Starbucks Ordered to Rehire Fired Union Activists

?A federal district court ordered Starbucks on Aug. 18 to rehire seven workers that it fired after learning about union organizing efforts at a Memphis, Tenn., store, according to the National Labor... Read more »

Employers Are Poised to Expand Mental Health Coverage in 2023

Employers enhanced their mental health and well-being benefits for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic and are poised to continue expanding these offerings in 2023, new research shows. Even so, challenges in accessing... Read more »

Member Spotlight: Sheena Blauvelt

Sheena Blauvelt, SHRM-SCP, started working in HR when she was in high school. Today, she’s executive director of HR specialties at USANA, a global direct selling company with U.S. offices based in Salt... Read more »