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Given the current employment landscape and evolving work styles, many employers have struggled to find an effective means of easing the return to at least partial in-person work. However, according to a recent piece from SHRM, the J.M. Smucker Company has found success by implementing an innovative…

The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced a new filing period for the collection of employee demographic data: nonexempt employers will now be able to begin filing EEO-1 Component 1 data with the commission on October 31st and must do so by a December 5th deadline. However,…

Downsizing in the tech workforce has been a recent and highly publicized trend across the industry, with big names such as Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google all making moves to streamline their operations in response to the current economic climate. This year alone, more than 190,000 experienced…

Remote work, initially adopted as a necessary emergency measure during the early onset of the pandemic, has proven remarkably popular with workers who, more than three years later, are reluctant to part with its many benefits. However, as employers revise their remote-work policies in light of this…

While many of the changes to daily life prompted by the COVID-19 crisis have been relegated to the past as cases have dropped and the public health danger has lessened, the pandemic’s impact on professional norms is still keenly felt by employers and employees alike. By far, the chief area of…

With a near-record high 9.8 million unfilled jobs reported in the United States alone, many employers across sectors are struggling in their hiring and recruiting pursuits amid a widespread talent shortage. What is the key to overcoming this hiring hurdle? Unlocking the generational potential of…

The rapid ascendence of OpenAI's AI-driven language processing tool, ChatGPT has been felt in almost every sector of life, from attempts of less-than-conscientious students to get out of writing essays all the way to congressional hearings to discuss regulation of the technology. Given that ChatGPT…

The recent introduction and adoption of legislation requiring job postings to include salary ranges in states like California and Washington have made the conversation around pay transparency more relevant than ever. However, according to an article in The Playbook, such laws, well-intentioned as…

More than three years following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are still reckoning with the seismic changes it prompted in practically every sector of daily life. When it comes to work, perhaps the most visible legacy of the pandemic is the drastic expansion of remote and hybrid roles.…

In 2019, when the World Health Organization officially defined and recognized “burnout” in their international classification of diseases as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” few could have predicted the life-changing…