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DOL Is Reviewing Overtime Rule
Katelyn Cordery
6 Tips for Balancing Collaboration and Concentration in Remote Work
Heather Woomer
Viewpoint: 9 Trends That Will Shape Work in 2021 and Beyond
Heather Woomer
How to Maintain Team Synergy While Social Distancing
Mangers have a tough enough time as it is creating synergy among their team members. But, throwing in social distancing and remote work creates a whole new set of challenges. Here are a few ways you can keep your team engaged with one another.
Heather Woomer
How Should HR Handle Political Discussions at Work?
Heather Woomer
OSHA May Issue COVID-19 Standards Under Biden Administration
Employers can expect increased enforcement by OSHA under the Biden administration and possibly emergency temporary standards to combat COVID-19. The hiring of more OSHA inspectors also is likely. "The Biden campaign has stated publicly that the development of an emergency temporary standard is a priority for the new administration," said Eric Hobbs, an attorney with Ogletree Deakins in Milwaukee. "What it will look like is much more difficult to say."
Heather Woomer
When Employers Can Require COVID-19 Vaccinations
As COVID-19 vaccines become available, many employers will have a strong case for requiring employee vaccinations, so long as their vaccination policies have certain exceptions, are job-related and are consistent with business necessity, legal experts say.
Heather Woomer
Employers Give Employees the Gift of Time
By mid-December each year, many workplaces start to empty out as employees take paid time off (PTO) to visit family and prepare for year-end festivities and travel. This year, workplaces are expected to be even more desolate thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heather Woomer
71% of US Hiring Decision-Makers Agree Social Media is Effective for Screening Applicants
Seventy-one percent of U.S. hiring decision-makers agree that looking at candidates’ social media profiles is an effective way to screen applicants. Furthermore, 70% believe employers should screen all applicants’ social media profiles, while the majority (67%) say they use social networking sites to research potential job candidates. For those using social networking to research candidates, more than half (55%) have found content that caused them not to hire the applicant. And even after the candidate
Heather Woomer
New Survey: U.S. Businesses to Hold Wages and Benefits Steady
Compared to 2019, little more than half of U.S. hiring decision-makers (52%) expect wages to increase in the last quarter of 2020 at their companies, according to a new survey from The Harris Poll commissioned by Express Employment Professionals. Among those hiring decision-makers who expect wages to increase, around half say the increases will be performance-based (53%) or As states continue to relax COVID-19 restrictions, Express experts say the demand for labor, particularly in manufacturing, is indeed
Heather Woomer
