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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

HRExecutive

The ripple effect of 2020 led to increases in accommodation requests, social media issues and discrimination claims along with a significant decrease in resources and diminished commitments to vital employee relations processes,” she says. million employees globally, including 2.3 million employees in the U.S.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

million in January 2019 to 6.8 The number of job openings in the U.S. fell from 7.6 million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Is this an early sign that the talent shortage is dwindling? But regardless of what those numbers reflect, HR professionals continue to worry about maintaining a skilled workforce.

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Managing A Total Talent Workforce – The Impact Of The Gig Economy

Accurate Background

Rather than being recruited as full-time or contracted employees, these workers secure individual and on-demand “gigs” – a process that very often happens via an online platform or mobile app. . . Following the outbreak of COVID-19, workplace culture shifted dramatically and irreversibly. Indeed, the phenomenon of 47.8

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State Minimum Wage Increases for 2019 (Map)

HR Daily Advisor

Minimum wage increases will affect numerous states across the country in January 2019. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but the FLSA does not supersede any state or local laws that are more favorable to employees. per hour with 26 employees or more; $11.00

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Employment laws to watch in 2019

Insperity

Employment law is ever-evolving, and 2019 is shaping up to usher in its fair share of changes. At the turn of the last century, workers had few legal protections from wage theft or unsafe working conditions. At the turn of the last century, workers had few legal protections from wage theft or unsafe working conditions.

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How to Handle Workplace Investigations: A Guide for California Employers

Zenefits

The Golden State has the largest state wage-and-hour state enforcement agency in the country. They agreed to offer training on harassment in English and Spanish and to submit to monitoring for verbal abuse, bias, and retaliation, the LA Times reported. Many of these are not in place in other states. They settled the claims.

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Los Angeles City and County Adopt Worker Retention, Right of Recall Ordinances

HRWatchdog

These ordinances provide legal protections to certain workers when businesses change ownership or control and establish a right of recall for certain workers who are laid off as a result of COVID-19. Los Angeles City and County have each passed two similar ordinances providing legal protections to workers.