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Conference Board Announces CEOs Plan to Increase Wages by a Minimum of 3%

HR Digest

Businesses have been aiming to draw and keep employees by raising hourly wages relative to inflation by 0.3% During a Thursday second-quarter earnings call, Hermanns stated that wages are still being pushed higher due to a lack of available workers. growth in average union wages that resulted from recent labor negotiations.

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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

HRExecutive

Employee relations cases in every issue category remained open longer, with common cases—such as leave management, time and attendance, wage and hour cases as well as policy violations—resolved between two and four weeks. This year’s study was based on in-depth research from more than 125 organizations, representing approximately 4.5

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Attracting Healthcare Talent in the Post COVID Market

Hospital Recruiting

Simply offering excellent wages and great benefit packages are no longer sufficient in the competitive healthcare industry. Simply offering excellent wages and great benefit packages are no longer sufficient in the competitive healthcare industry. Stay abreast of professional conferences and speak with potential staff there.

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The Ripple Effect of a Pay Strategy Change

Compensation Today

PayScale was there for The Elevate Summit , BambooHR’s first ever user conference, and we know many of you were too. Learn More About Our Compensation Software. They covered the famous Henry Ford example of bumping wages from $2.25 They covered the famous Henry Ford example of bumping wages from $2.25 GET A DEMO.

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals and Trending #HotInHR News

Advos

Synapse, a Provider of Technology for the Learning and Development Market, Closes US$2.5M ACI Specialty Benefits’ Tim Mutrie Speaking at the 2019 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition. hour work week to a four-day, 30-hour work week. Tags: Undocumented Workers, Labor Law, Wage Theft. Seed Funding Round.

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Plan for COVID-19 Workplace Response

Affinity HR Group

Until more is learned about this strain of coronavirus (such as incubation period and means of transmission), health officials are taking measures to try to contain it to reduce the potentially catastrophic effects to the most vulnerable population. Travel restrictions which may limit ability of employees to travel for business.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

Also see: 5 reasons to attend HRE’s Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. The number of job openings in the U.S. fell from 7.6 million in January 2019 to 6.8 million in January 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Is this an early sign that the talent shortage is dwindling? So, what changed? Advertisement. “If