Category: Research

May 24, 2023

Despite the old adage of “do what you love and never you’ll never work a day in your life,” salary is still the top priority for most American workers, a new survey found. A Washington Post-Ipsos poll of 1,148 workers […]

May 19, 2023

A quick SECURE Act 2.0 summary is nearly impossible to give. Like the original 2019 SECURE Act, the goal of the update was to increase the number of companies offering retirement plans and to increase employees’ participation in those plans. […]

May 9, 2023

According to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), one in three managers has seen harassment or staff behaving inappropriately at work social events. The poll of 1,000 managers, seen by the BBC, found that women (33%) were more likely than men […]

May 5, 2023

A woman recently asked for disability retirement benefits based on symptoms caused by her office environment. She claimed that she had allergic rhinitis and an “allergic-like reaction of unknown etiology” triggered by her work in a courthouse. Starting in 2002, […]

May 3, 2023

The Minnesota state legislature — both the House and the Senate — passed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana. If Gov. Tim Walz signs the final version of the bill as expected, Minnesota will be the 23rd state to buck federal […]

April 26, 2023

The tech and finance industries, in particular, have seen a series of layoffs attributed to the current economy, though they are certainly not alone. Whole Foods, for example, recently laid off hundreds of corporate support employees, aligning with BambooHR’s report […]

April 25, 2023

Many HR professionals may relate to the “oh no, what now?” moment when they first learn an employment-related lawsuit has been filed. Although employers would prefer to avoid litigation entirely, it’s important for HR departments to have systems in place […]

April 17, 2023

A group of CEOs in North Carolina publicly expressed concerns about a growing teacher shortage and operating issues at some pre-K providers, which could hinder progress on early literacy, according to an April 11 announcement from analytics firm SAS. The […]

April 10, 2023

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in McLaren Macomb has both union and non-union employers taking a second look at their severance agreements. In McLaren Macomb, the Board decided that an employer violated the National Labor […]

April 5, 2023

Employers that had not signed an arbitration agreement between an employee and a related company could not enforce the agreement, a California appeals court ruled. The employee worked for seven related companies, all of which shared office space in the […]

March 31, 2023

The REC said there had been a double-digit rise in vacancies for teaching staff in the past few weeks, with almost 40,000 open roles. In secondary education alone, teaching vacancies went up by 12.6%. Chief executive Neil Carberry said this […]

March 31, 2023

The latest figures from the Low Pay Commission reveal there were about 1.6 million workers paid at or below the minimum wage in April 2022, around 5% of all UK workers. This compared to 1.5 million jobs paid at or […]

March 31, 2023

Until now it was easy to be a futurist. You look at a few trends, tap into your imagination and extrapolate. And 20 years down the line, when nothing you predicted comes to fruition, no one remembers what you said. […]

March 30, 2023

More than 80% of startups and small-to-midsize businesses are not taking federal, state and local tax credits – either because they lack awareness of their qualifications or don’t think getting them is easy. Not capitalizing on the R&D tax credit […]

March 30, 2023

In a recent case, a workers’ compensation administrative law judge had to determine, based on substantial medical evidence, whether it was reasonably probable that the claimant contracted COVID-19 as a result of a workplace exposure. In early 2020, the Department […]

March 30, 2023

Research conducted by Cigna Healthcare’s international business found that rising energy prices and food bills, coupled with sluggish wage growth and economic uncertainty, are putting pressure on workers’ mental and physical health. Fifty-four per cent of UK respondents said staying […]

March 30, 2023

The first cohort to work to 68, under current plans, will be those born on or after 5 April 1977. The 2017 State Pension Review suggested expanding this to include those born in the late 1960s. But the latest review […]

March 24, 2023

According to Freedom of Information requests submitted by the BBC, less than 10% of staff at the department are over 50, despite this age group making up around a third of the UK workforce. The average age of workers in […]

March 22, 2023

California has taken a bold step towards pay equality and fairness with the recent implementation of Senate Bill 1162. This dynamic piece of legislation, which has been dubbed a victory for employees, is set to shake up the employment landscape […]

March 21, 2023

Workplace violence is a serious concern for California employers in all industries, but the state’s workplace violence prevention regulations are currently applicable only to the healthcare industry. A bill recently introduced in the California legislature would require the state’s occupational […]