HR Management

Provide lactation privacy for new mothers

02/17/2022

For more than a decade, federal law has required employers with 50 or more employees to provide reasonable break time for workers to express breast milk for up to one year after the child’s birth. The other key part: Employers must also offer a private location (not a bathroom) that is shielded from view and free from interruptions.

NLRB will collaborate with IRS, DOJ and DHS in addition to DOL

02/15/2022

The National Labor Relations Board is expanding on previously announced plans to coordinate enforcement practices with other federal agencies.

Snapshot: Whose mental health suffered during the pandemic?

02/15/2022

Among employees surveyed, more women and millennials reported their mental health declined in the last two years.

Employers surviving predicted covid-suit flood

02/10/2022

According to the Fisher Phillips law firm, since March 2020, about 4,400 lawsuits have claimed covid-related labor and employment law violations. More than half were quickly dismissed or closed, often with relatively low settlement offers.

Snapshot: 71% of employers have changed return plans

02/08/2022

The rise of omicron cases caused many employers to scuttle their plans for returning to the workplace.

Tops on worker wish lists: hybrid work arrangements

02/08/2022

Flexibility about where and when to work is no longer a unique recruiting tool—it’s an expected element of a professional workplace, like a health plan and 401(k).

Let FLSA guide policy on pay for vaccinations

02/03/2022

OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate is gone, but confusion remains for employers with their own vax policies wondering whether they must pay employees for time they spend getting covid shots.

Half of private employers will still require vaccines

02/01/2022

OSHA’s vaccinate-or-test mandate may be DOA, but half of private-sector employers have already instituted their own vax requirements or plan to.

The pandemic changed (and elevated) the CHRO role

01/27/2022

At the start of COVID, employers thought they faced a health care issue, then a office space issue. But as the pandemic evolved, it became clear this was a complex business and people issue that has put HR directors squarely at the forefront and as key members of the C-suite.

Omicron further delays the back-to-the-office push