The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the fall on whether federal law prohibits employers from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity—and Congress is considering a bill that would codify protections based on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) status.
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The president’s management agenda includes proposals for human capital management reforms, strategic workforce management, talent acquisition, continuous learning and agile operations.
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Augmented writing technology uses vast collections of data points to help users predict how audiences will respond to their messages. For recruiting, machine intelligence identifies patterns in language and the real-world hiring outcomes from prior job posts or recruiting e-mails to help authors choose language proven to appeal to their target audiences.
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Maine recently became the latest state to ban employers from asking job candidates about their current or past earnings—joining seven other states that impose such bans.
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a dispute about whether state or federal employment laws applied to an offshore drilling rig worker’s wage and hour claims for time spent on a platform located more than three miles from the California coast.
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More employers are working on community health initiatives with their local business associations and municipal governments to address social factors linked with poor employee health.
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California can require employers to deduct pay from employees’ paychecks for a state-sponsored retirement savings plan without running afoul of federal law, a federal judge in California ruled March 29.
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How can HR professionals help managers have difficult conversations in a timely, constructive way? And how can HR do so without creating a communication triangle with the three points being HR, management and employees?
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Professional short-term projects serve as mutual auditions for employers seeking talent and college students interested in certain roles or industries—all outside of the formal, semester-long internship program structure.
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Teachers at a California synagogue preschool were not ministers within the meaning of the First Amendment’s ministerial exception, so they were allowed to proceed with their state-law wage and hour claims.
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