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Archives for September 13, 2022
Ways To Promote Disability Awareness In The Workplace
Ongoing disability awareness in the workplace is essential for enterprises striving to achieve full digital accessibility for their customers as well as their employees.
Move Over Quiet Quitting, FatFIRE Is The Newest Viral Workplace Trend
All the talk about quiet quitting makes it seem like everyone hates their jobs and is just sleepwalking through the workday, but that’s not the case.
New York weighs improvements to sexual harassment laws
New York labor officials on Thursday will hold a public hearing on how to improve sexual harassment policies for employers in the state as the pandemic has changed how people work and interact with each other.
Amazon’s workplace safety chief to leave next month, internal memo says
Amazon’s top executive overseeing workplace health and safety is leaving the company next month, CNBC has learned.
Combatting Age Bias in the Workplace
Millions of older Americans have re-entered the workforce in recent months. In fact, nearly 64 percent of adults between the ages of 55 and 64 were working in April.
DOL Issues Workforce Development Performance Plan Proposals (1)
The Labor Department released two new proposed rules to standardize how the agency measures whether its workforce development programs are effectively serving employers.
The Unspoken Reason Workers Want To Stay Remote
As we put Labor Day 2022 behind us every business leader is grappling with how people work—remote, hybrid, back to office.
California and New York could soon change how workers everywhere negotiate salaries
Anyone who has ever been on a job hunt knows that it is often difficult to find out what a new position might pay.
Georgia ranks among worst states for workers
State lawmakers and business boosters love to tout Georgia’s reputation as a great place to do business. But, according to Oxfam America, it’s a terrible place to work.
Mass firings, wage cuts and open hostility: workers are still unionizing despite obstacles
Companies are hiring anti-union consultants and deploying hardball tactics when workers threaten to form a union
October 2022 Visa Bulletin Shows Significant Retrogression for EB-2 India Category
The U.S. Department of State has released the October 2022 Visa Bulletin, which shows significant retrogression in the employment-based second preference (EB-2) category for individuals born in India.
Transformation of the American Workforce: Challenges and Next Steps
Labor force participation is falling, the skills gap is widening, and certain industries are struggling to recover post-pandemic. In this podcast, Michael Lotito, co-chair of Littler Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) and Shannon Meade, executive director of WPI, discuss the historic transformation of the American workforce and what needs to
Employers Using PERM Labor Certification Keep Eye on Salary Requirements on Job Listings
Employers that sponsor foreign nationals for green cards using PERM Labor Certification have been watching as a growing number of states and localities require salary transparency in job postings. California soon may join that list.
If the amended version of California’s SB-1162, Employment: Salaries and Wages, is signed by Governor