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Employer’s lawsuit aims to hold Paylocity responsible for wage and hour settlements
The company failed to properly program timekeeping and payroll software, California canned beverage maker DrinkPAK has alleged.
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EEOC can’t enforce abortion protections in Louisiana and Mississippi, judge rules
The regulation, which requires accommodation for conditions related to pregnancy, took effect Tuesday.
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5 upskilling takeaways from Gallup’s World of Work event
Soft skills are “soft, until you don’t have them,” Chike Aguh, senior advisor of Harvard University’s Project on Workforce, said. “Then it’s hard.”
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More than half of workers say they’re ready for reskilling amid AI advances
Job security and career development rank higher on workers’ preference lists compared to a few years ago, according to Boston Consulting Group.
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Confusion over workplace etiquette makes employees unsure how to act, survey says
Authenticity, or allowing employees to bring their full selves to work, is a key part of building a strong workplace culture, but some topics remain fraught.
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Judge dismisses states’ challenge of EEOC’s pregnancy accommodation rule
The plaintiffs took issue with accommodations for elective abortions but failed to show the rule was likely to cause any alleged sovereign or economic harm, the court held.
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Opinion
Why engaging Gen Z LGBTQ+ employees is paramount to companies’ future workforces
Ignoring the Gen Z LGBTQ+ workforce's growing needs could mean millions in increased turnover costs and a shrunken talent pool, writes Mitch Berlin, an EY executive.
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Employee skill growth is too slow — and it may drive some managers to quit, survey says
The tech skills gap has troubled employers for years, a problem that the emergence of AI has only worsened.
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Supreme Court backs Starbucks to impose stricter test on NLRB injunctions
The court ordered lower courts to use a four-factor test in place of the two-factor standard used by some circuits when determining whether to grant injunctions in labor disputes.
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Raytheon’s ‘recent graduate’ job ads amount to age discrimination, class-action lawsuit alleges
The company denied the charges in a statement, saying it “complies with all relevant age discrimination laws.”
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Frito-Lay becomes latest employer to settle Kronos outage wage-and-hour claims
The effects from vendor UKG’s Kronos Private Cloud timekeeping and payroll software outage in 2021 have echoed far beyond that year for affected organizations.
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Gender diversity momentum stalls across U.S. corporate boards on Russell 3000
At the current rate, gender parity and 20% women of color representation on boards won’t occur until 2045, a report shows.
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Disconnect persists in perception of trans support at work
Although transgender rights and inclusivity have improved in some ways during the past year, more needs to be done, workers told Monster.
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Human capital renaissance: ServiceNow CPO on AI, workplace well-being and the war for talent
AI at work is undeniably making waves: It’s time to embrace it, Jacqui Canney says.
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Former NLRB chair Ring says agency is ‘rewriting’ federal labor law
The remarks come at a pivotal moment in U.S. labor law after several successful union drives nationwide and with NLRB’s Chair Lauren McFerran up for renomination.
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Cardiovascular conditions now the second-highest reimbursement category, Sun Life says
Cost of cardiovascular conditions is up 33% — “higher than we would expect given medical inflation,” the company said.
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Have employers ‘hit a wall’ on reducing worker burnout?
Employees continue to cite workloads and a lack of flexibility as the driving factors behind burnout, Eagle Hill Consulting’s CEO said.
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Opinion
The US has a severe labor shortage. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit can help.
Today’s economic climate presents a unique bipartisan opportunity to rethink and strengthen the country’s approach to workforce development, writes Misty Chally of the Critical Labor Coalition.
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Honolulu restaurant, HR company settle EEOC suit claiming co-owner targeted gay workers for harassment
The co-owner allegedly exposed his genitals at work, asked for oral sex and commented on male workers’ sexual orientation, EEOC said.
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NFL player alleges disability bias over denied exemption to use synthetic THC
Former Denver Broncos linebacker Randy Gregory claimed the league refused to grant him a therapeutic use exemption to take physician-prescribed dronabinol.
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How to factor all genders into pay equity discussions
Generally, discussions about pay equity focus on the gender pay gap between men and women but fail to consider those who identify as nonbinary and to address intersectionality.
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1 in 4 executives say they hoped for turnover with return-to-work policies
Some managers surveyed by BambooHR also said they believed their organization conducted layoffs because fewer workers quit in the RTO transition than expected.
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How fostering DEI can improve safety and reduce workplace injury risks
Thinking about workplace design can help accommodate workers with different abilities, body types and cultural preferences, according to the National Safety Council.
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23 GOP attorneys general seek rehearing in Title VII gender surgery case
The 11th Circuit decision “fundamentally transforms Title VII” by not requiring a comparison group to show discrimination, the states argued.
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Call center employees aren’t ‘automobile salespersons’ exempt from FLSA overtime, 11th Circuit says
The lower court must now determine if they could be exempt as commission-based employees of a retail or service establishment.