Should your organization consider a sponsorship program? Absolutely! An important aspect of an organization's ability to attract and retain engaged and committed employees is how the organization brings out the best in its...more
For many companies, year-end and/or shortly after the new year is a time set aside on the corporate calendar for annual evaluations. Employee evaluations should not only put employees on notice of performance problems and...more
For years, employers have increasingly automated the recruiting and hiring process using artificial intelligence (AI) and other algorithmic tools. While there is added value in such automation, researchers have cautioned that...more
4/21/2022
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The holiday season is an excellent time to consider how we can better serve our colleagues and community. Since "holiday season" can mean something very different for each person, it is important to focus on creating an...more
Over 13 million total cases and more than 266,000 deaths from COVID-19 infections have been reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since January 21, 2020. For more than a month, the United States has...more
12/4/2020
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Nashville-based global tech care company Asurion received the Nashville Tech Council's 2018 Diversity Game Changer award for "making an outstanding and successful effort to improve and promote cultural diversity through...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have been implemented by employers in an ongoing effort to reduce recruitment and hiring costs by automating sourcing of applicants and screening candidates or by applying AI tools to the...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor issued initial guidance in response to general questions posed by employers about the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA) and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act...more
On March 14, 2020, the House passed HR 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The Act, among other things, would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to provide paid emergency leave to eligible employees...more
On March 14, 2020, the House passed H.R. 6201 known as the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the Act). While there are reported talks about potential "technical corrections" to the Act that may warrant a second vote by...more
Closing the pay gap between men and women is not only a target in the EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan, it is also a priority for state legislators. Indeed, 2017 ended with a rise in state pay disparity legislation that...more
On November 2, 2017, three Republican members of the House of Representatives introduced the Workflex in the 21st Century Act (the "Workflex Bill" or "HR 4219"). The bill is intended to help employees have a better work-life...more
The revised Employer Information Report (EEO-1), which was announced on September 29, 2016, for the first time, requires employers to disclose pay data information in the form of summary pay and aggregate hours worked data...more
The cat scratches again! Five years ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down Staub v. Proctor Hospital, wherein it held that an employer may be liable for a supervisor's discriminatory animus when the independent...more
Mississippi and North Carolina recently passed legislation categorized as "sweeping anti-LGBT laws." North Carolina's bill, H.B. 2, requires transgender people to use public restrooms according to the biological sex assigned...more
The President, the EEOC and the Justice Department have announced that gender identity discrimination is prohibited sex discrimination under Title VII. Since these declarations, the number of lawsuits alleging gender identity...more
This summer has been hot in temperature, but also in topics especially when it comes to balancing equal protection with sincerely held religious beliefs. A recent bill, Supreme Court decision, and Executive Order each show...more
Due to the recession, unemployment insurance (UI) claims significantly increased. UI claims weren’t the only thing to increase, however. The percentage of estimated UI benefit overpayment also increased. In light of these and...more
For the first time since 2002, Thanksgiving will fall on the last week in November, which is as late as possibly allowed. A preliminary Thanksgiving weekend shopping survey suggests that up to 140 million people plan to or...more
Many groups that have lobbied for change as it relates to home care aides seem to have received some victory. Specifically, the Labor Department announced a Final Rule on September 17, 2013 that extends overtime and wage...more