Chapter #0395
A summer internship at Allstate insurance company is an example of how companies can design internships not only to build their talent pipeline, but also to benefit interns and set them up for career success.
The acceptance of a less buttoned-up appearance for U.S. senators on the Senate floor is causing a dress code uproar. However, The Wall Street Journal noted the Senate...
Meetings: They can be a way to brainstorm, reach consensus or communicate with others in a group setting. But when they’re poorly run and lack clear, specific goals,...
These four maps show the geography of the Great Resignation—where workers are quitting, getting hired and remaining unemployed, according to the latest Bureau of Labor...
India’s government has been pushing for a program called “Make in India” to support local manufacturing. Now, some companies are going further to “make in India” solely...
An employer’s issuance of a new employee handbook did not change an employee’s obligation to arbitrate workplace disputes, a California appeals court recently ruled.
Everyone from the CEO to the front-line managers perceives HR as the person who tells them Everyone from the CEO to the front-line managers perceives HR as the person...
The 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico’s decision declaring a labor law null and void.
Ten states and Washington, D.C., require employers to provide time off for parents to attend their children's school activities. Most states with school-related leave...
Employers operating in France need to take care before embarking on a significant restructuring, given the country’s laws designed to involve and protect workers in the...
The nation’s largest private employer has lowered starting pay for new hires who prepare online orders for curbside pickup or delivery to customers’ homes, as well as...
A growing number of employers, including Amazon, are adding estate planning benefits for their employees. Attention to the benefit is spurred by a few factors, but...
Core weeks and days--specific time perids when all employees are required to work in the office--can give employers and employees the best of remote and in-person work....
While business leaders say they prefer to make decisions based on data, their actions on gender equity seem to speak otherwise. Data overwhelmingly supports the idea...
Illinois recently enacted broad protections for freelance workers. The Freelance Worker Protection Act requires entities contracting with freelance workers to provide...
Public companies have until Dec. 1 to update or add new clawback provisions to their executive pay policies in order to comply with regulations the U.S. Securities and...
A summer intern applicant for ExxonMobil Corp. whose deportation was deferred under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could not pursue an...
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that seven health care workers’ claim that their employers violated federal law by denying them a religious exemption from...
The California Office of Administrative Law has approved the Civil Rights Council’s proposed amendments to regulations regarding consideration of criminal history in...
Foreign seasonal workers would be granted greater protections and more flexibility in the duration of their visas under a proposed rule from U.S. Citizenship and...