Employers took on a more active role in health care during the pandemic — and workers have benefitted.
Archives for September 15, 2021
Who Is Driving the Great Resignation?
An analysis of 9 million global employee records sheds light on key trends around which employees are most likely to quit.
US Department of Labor announces update to minimum wage
The U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday announced an annual update to Executive Order 13658, which covers the minimum wage for contracted federal employees.
How Employers Can Use Bonuses To Attract Hourly Workers In A Tight Labor Market
Due to a confluence of events — including the pandemic and record-high unemployment benefits — employers find themselves in one of the tightest labor markets in decades.
What’s Your Raise Really Worth? Inflation Has Something to Say About It.
For the lowest-paid Americans, real wages—adjusted for rising prices—fell 0.5% in August from a year earlier; ‘I’m just kind of scraping by’
Judge blocks New York from imposing vaccine mandate on medical workers
A federal judge temporarily blocked the state of New York on Tuesday from forcing medical workers to be vaccinated after a group of health care workers sued, saying their Constitutional rights were violated because the state’s mandate disallowed religious exemptions.
Reimagining The Way We Work: Four Lessons To Guide A Successful Hybrid Workplace
During this global crisis, individuals dove into the challenges and learned new ways to live and work. No one was immune; we all had to find a way forward.
Can Business Leaders Help Employees Improve Focus And Productivity In A Noisy Digital Workplace?
In today’s always-on digital world, it’s all too easy to get distracted by technology, whether it’s the ping of a text message interrupting dinner or the flash of a calendar reminder in the midst of a darkened movie theater (remember those?).
NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum Urging Regions to Seek Punitive Remedies Against Employers Found to Violate the NLRA
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo recently issued a hard-hitting Memorandum urging the Board’s regional offices to consider closely the full scope of aggressive remedies she deems available to them for issuance against employers.
CPRA and Data Retention
The “Purge Rule,” retention schedules, and data breach risk. Littler Shareholder and core member of the firm’s Privacy Team, Kwabena Appenteng, explains what could be the most burdensome compliance requirements for employers.
LDEQ’s Hurricane Ida Emergency Declarations: What Do They Cover?
On August 27, 2021, with Hurricane Ida’s impact on South Louisiana imminent, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) issued a statewide Declaration of Emergency. The Declaration provided guidance on a number of expected impacts of the storm, including “upset” of Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits by wastewater treatment