HR Brew

JUNE 13, 2024

Moms deserve extra support—not least the 40.5% of moms with kids under 18 who are the “equal, primary, or sole income earners for their family,” according to the Department of Labor. In her forthcoming book, Go Ask Your Mothers : One Simple Step for Managers to Support Working Moms for Team Success , Sarah Wells shares how HR pros and managers can better support, and retain, working moms.

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HR Brew

JUNE 13, 2024

LinkedIn will begin offering AI-powered learning opportunities based on the courses of some of its top business and professional experts in career development, business strategy, and well-being in a new pilot for its learning platform. One of the instructors featured in this new program, Anil Gupta, a business strategist who teaches courses on LinkedIn Learning, said in a blog post about the pilot that this feature “will make it easier for instructors to scale their teaching and connect with eve

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HR Brew

JUNE 12, 2024

Manhattan-bound commuters who work below 60th street were set to see their car rides become a lot more expensive before New York Gov. Kathy Hochul suspended a congestion pricing program that was set to take effect at the end of June. The policy, which was approved by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board in March, would have imposed a $15 toll on passenger vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th street on weekdays from 5am to 9pm.

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HR Brew

JUNE 12, 2024

The Biden administration had a busy spring as agencies worked to finalize a number of employment and labor rules ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Equally busy, perhaps, was the US Chamber of Commerce, which challenged several of these policies in court—one of which was ultimately stayed by a federal judge in Texas. Here’s an overview of the Biden policies that have been challenged, and where those lawsuits stand.

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HR Brew

JUNE 12, 2024

Sabbatical leave—isn’t that just a fancy way of saying PTO? Au contraire, mon frère. A sabbatical leave benefit offers employees more than just some time away from the office. It can be a strategic investment in their well-being, providing them with the chance to rest, recharge, and recommit to their jobs following extended time off to travel, study, or whatever else they’d like to do.

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HR Brew

JUNE 11, 2024

Here’s this week’s edition of our Coworking series. Each week, we chat 1:1 with an HR Brew reader. Want to be featured in an upcoming edition? Click here to introduce yourself. Jill Waite has worked in the restaurant and retail industries her entire career, beginning with a stint at Chuck E. Cheese when she was 16 years old. She also worked in operations and development at companies including Sephora and Circuit City before taking the HR reins at Chicago-based hot dog chain Portillo’s as CPO in

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HR Brew

JUNE 11, 2024

Like the Road Runner from Wile E. Coyote, financial security still eludes many employees. Some 54% of employees surveyed by Betterment in October 2022 said financial anxiety has impacted their ability to focus at work. And 47% said an employer-sponsored emergency fund would “entice” them to change jobs. And yet, just 2% of employers offer emergency savings accounts (ESAs), according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2023 Employee Benefit Survey.

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HR Brew

JUNE 11, 2024

Middle managers need help. Just one in three middle managers believe they have the “clarity, organizational support, and resources to succeed and to coach employees effectively on skills and career development,” according to a Betterworks survey of 2,105 leaders in the US and UK. This may be because many middle managers don’t know how to have regular conversations with employees about their performance, Jamie Aitken, VP of HR transformation at Betterworks, told HR Brew, something that being “san

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HR Brew

JUNE 10, 2024

Just as summer is heating up, a new batch of economic data suggests the labor market is continuing to cool down. The number of job openings fell slightly to 8.1 million in April, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released on June 4 , the lowest level since February 2021. Meanwhile, companies added 152,000 jobs to their payrolls in May, fewer than analysts expected, ADP reported June 5.

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HR Brew

JUNE 10, 2024

We’ve heard a lot in recent months about the trend toward skills-based hiring , but are HR managers actually hiring candidates based on their skills? Well, it seems the jury is still out, but 65% of US hiring managers say they’re at least open to hiring candidates based on skills instead of work experience, according to a Resume Genius survey. And while 47% consider education to be “important,” just 25% view it as “essential.

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HR Brew

JUNE 10, 2024

Welcome to HR 101. Class is now in session. Today’s discussion will focus on the history of LGBTQ+ rights in the workplace. The history. During the Cold War, government employees being gay was considered by the US Senate to be a threat to national security (insert eyeroll here) due to their alleged susceptibility to be blackmailed by enemies at risk of having their sexuality revealed.

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HR Brew

JUNE 7, 2024

Showing appreciation can go a long way toward making employees more productive and passionate about their work. That’s why employee-engagement platform Reward Gateway named Nebel Crowhurst as its first-ever chief appreciation officer in April. In her role, Crowhurst, who is also the company’s chief people officer, will try to cultivate a deeper culture of employee appreciation at the company and improve productivity.

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HR Brew

JUNE 7, 2024

IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer took on world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a historic man-versus-machine matchup in 1996. Kasparov won that match, but in 1997, the computer reigned supreme, besting Kasparov and becoming the first computer to beat a world champ at the ultimate board game, signaling that perhaps computers can outperform even the pros.

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HR Brew

JUNE 7, 2024

Walmart is celebrating its associates this week, bringing roughly 14,000 workers to its Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters. HR Brew is on the ground at Associates Week, and talking with execs about the company’s plans for employees. Festivities and fun. Some highlights from the week have been the unveiling of new incentives for hourly associates , and the annual shareholders meeting.

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HR Brew

JUNE 6, 2024

Some employers are responding to the threat of climate change by doubling down on all things green—including green talent. “You can take ‘green’ a lot of different ways, but the purest version of what’s green is that it is leading to environmental or sustainability initiatives,” Mindy Schestag, VP of growth markets and strategic initiatives at ManpowerGroup, told HR Brew.

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HR Brew

JUNE 6, 2024

Rising Team, a maker of team development software, announced an $8 million Series A funding round on June 6. The company said the funding will go in part toward incorporating AI technology into the platform, including the launch of an AI-powered leadership coach in the coming months. The round was led by Zeal Capital Partners, a Washington, DC-based venture capital firm focused on investing in “diverse management teams.

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HR Brew

JUNE 5, 2024

New York is the first state to mandate that employers provide paid prenatal leave to their workforces. The new policy—an amendment to New York’s already existing sick leave provisions in the state’s labor law—was passed as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s FY 2025 executive budget bill. It requires all New York State employers to give workers 20 hours of paid prenatal leave annually; the leave may be used for services related to an employee’s pregnancy, such as physical exams or medical procedures.

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HR Brew

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s a big week at Walmart. The retailer’s annual shareholders’ meeting is on June 5, amid what’s known as Associates Week, when the company welcomes top associates from across the country to its Bentonville, AR, headquarters for recognition and celebration. As it welcomes its high achievers, it’s also unveiled new offerings that it hopes will incentivize employees to grow their careers with Walmart, according to a company blog post.

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HR Brew

JUNE 5, 2024

Corporate employees are quitting less. The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released on June 4 , showed that the total number of quits in April was 3.5 million, hardly changed from 3.4 million in March, and the quit rate for all industries remained at 2.2% for the sixth consecutive month. The professional and business services industry, in particular, saw the biggest monthly decline, down 131,000, or 19%, to 560,000 in April.

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HR Brew

MAY 29, 2024

As the competition for talent remains fierce, HR pros should consider the elements of a successful recruitment and retention strategy. Those elements may include a strong value proposition and positive culture, where employees have a voice—at least according to Joanne Rodgers, CHRO at New York Life. The insurance company’s employee turnover rate was 7% in 2023, compared to 10% in 2022, she told HR Brew.

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HR Brew

MAY 29, 2024

A letter to Tesla shareholders signed by Chairperson Robyn Denholm sought to drum up votes in favor of restoring a $56 billion pay package granted to CEO Elon Musk in 2018. That compensation package was recently rescinded by a Delaware judge, who argued Musk was overpaid. Now, Tesla is asking shareholders to restore it at the EV company’s annual meeting on June 13.

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HR Brew

MAY 21, 2024

Here’s this week’s edition of our Coworking series. Each week, we chat 1:1 with an HR Brew reader. Want to be featured in an upcoming edition? Click here to introduce yourself. Katie Davis works in talent management at consulting firm Ankura. She oversees L&D and career development programs at the firm, but she also designs performance management processes like goal-setting, mid-year reviews, and performance evaluations.

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HR Brew

MAY 20, 2024

Employees are customers, too. Ever heard that adage? If you work at Workhuman, it’s not just an adage—it’s part of the company’s ethos, according to Zoe Peterson-Ward, its chief customer officer. Workhuman, which has its US headquarters in Framingham, Massachusetts, is an employee recognition software company. Employees at client companies, including LinkedIn, Cisco, and IBM, can recognize work accomplishments and share life milestones with coworkers on the platform.

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HR Brew

MAY 20, 2024

Attorneys general from 18 Republican-led states are suing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice over new enforcement guidance on workplace harassment to protect transgender workers. The EEOC in April expanded worker harassment protections to LGBTQ+ workers, citing a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that found that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity qualifies as workplace discrimination violating Title VII.

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HR Brew

MAY 20, 2024

Welcome to HR 101. Class is now in session. Today’s discussion is all about fertility benefits. The history. Fertility benefits, including IVF and egg-freezing coverage, as well as family planning, adoption, and surrogacy support, were rare as recently as 2015. Indeed, research from Mercer found that less than one-quarter (24%) of large employers (with more than 500 but fewer than 20,000 employees) covered IVF, and only 5% covered egg freezing.

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HR Brew

MAY 17, 2024

As employers look for new ways to recruit and retain talent, one strategy that has the potential to make a difference is value alignment—offering employees a mission beyond their day-to-day job that aligns with their values. Over eight in 10 (82%) US professionals surveyed by LinkedIn from December 2022 to March 2023 said it’s important to work for a company where the culture and values are aligned with their own.

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HR Brew

MAY 17, 2024

A number of employers around the world have tried out four-day workweeks in recent years. In Turkey, one company just became the country’s first to not only trial the schedule, but adopt it permanently. Where in the world? Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii AS, an acrylic fiber company based outside Istanbul, recently said it would make its four-day workweek permanent, according to Fortune.

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HR Brew

MAY 16, 2024

Nobody’s perfect, amirite? Even leaders have room for improvement. After spending years training leaders around the world, Yeo Chuen Chuen, founder of leadership firm ACESENCE Agile Leadership, realized many face similar challenges while trying to meet business and people needs. That’s why she decided to write Leaders People Love: The agile leaders’ guide to creating great workplaces and happy employees , published in late 2023.

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HR Brew

MAY 16, 2024

Struggling to recruit skilled employees from diverse backgrounds? Consider “opportunity youth.” Opportunity youth are young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who do not attend school or work, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Some have spent time in foster care, have a criminal record or a parent in jail, or have experienced other challenges that have created roadblocks in their education and career.

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HR Brew

MAY 16, 2024

When we check in with HR professionals, we often ask about what HR tech and tools they rely on to get the job done. HR tech stacks can get complicated. When poorly executed, it can leave pros with multiple tabs open, hogging up all that RAM, and relying on many clicks to complete simple tasks. A solid HCM can really improve work for HR teams, multiple pros told HR Brew.

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HR Brew

MAY 15, 2024

Roz Francuz-Harris wakes up every morning excited to get to work, so much so she sometimes drives her wife crazy. But it’s important to her that everything she does, she does “cheerfully.” The VP of talent acquisition, engagement, and belonging at Zillow said she fondly remembers the feeling of walking into the home that she and her wife share for the very first time, and is proud to work at a company helping to make homeownership a reality for more people.

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HR Brew

MAY 14, 2024

When Frontier Co-op, an herbs and spices manufacturer, launched in 1976, the eastern Iowa-based company employed many women from farming families who were the primary caregivers in their households. “They were entering the workforce for insurance purposes, to be honest,” said Megan Schulte, Frontier’s VP of HR. “Many times, the men were out in the field.

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HR Brew

MAY 14, 2024

The gender pay gap is still a prevalent issue in the workforce. Women in the US earn just 84 cents for every dollar men earn overall, while Black and Latinx women earn just 69 and 57 cents on the dollar, respectively, compared to white, non-Hispanic men. As a result, 75% of HR professionals conduct regular pay audits to help identify inequities, according to a December survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

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HR Brew

MAY 14, 2024

Some people believe that a spin class is a communal experience. Everyone is reaching for a greater purpose while working out together. I am not some people, but…some people. Now, the founders of the original cult spin studio, SoulCycle, want to turn this physical, communal experience into an emotional one—for employees. Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler started Peoplehood @Work in mid-April to help employers solve their culture problems.

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HR Brew

MAY 14, 2024

When startups recruit employees to join their companies, equity is often a major component of their salary offer. This form of non-cash compensation may include options, restricted stock units, or shares, for example, and give workers partial ownership of the firms they join. While equity represents “an increasingly important part of total compensation” for early-stage startups, they can be complex from a compliance perspective, particularly when granted to employees based in jurisdictions abroa

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HR Brew

MAY 13, 2024

Dell is taking a colorful approach to tracking employee office attendance. On May 13, the tech company started rating hybrid employees’ attendance according to a color-coded system, The Register reported. Employees will receive blue (indicating strong attendance), green, yellow, or red (indicating poor attendance) ratings that will factor into performance reviews, promotions, and layoffs.

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HR Brew

MAY 10, 2024

Women are wildly underrepresented in tech roles. In Q3 of last year , only about 23% of developers identified as female and only 14% of tech leaders were women that year. Women only account for 18% of new computer science degrees as of 2024, according to BLS data. Strategic AI upskilling might be a way for employers to build an equitable workforce in the AI-enabled economy, especially for women—a group underrepresented in tech for decades.

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