#SHRM Benefits Survey: 40% More Companies Offer Telecommuting
According to SHRM’s 2016 Employee Benefits Survey, published today, 40% more organizations offer telecommuting in 2016 than in 1996. It’s not that I didn’t expect to see a dramatic increase in telecommuting reflected in the survey. We know that telecommuting is both more common and more in demand from employees. Too, the SHRM survey spans 20 years […]
Consistent With Your Gender Identity: Dept of Labour Rule on Bathroom Use
A new final rule on sex and gender-based bias from the Department of Labour reaffirms principles that should already be familiar to you: it is not ok to discriminate against people for reasons of sex, gender or sexual orientation; and discrimination includes bias in hiring, promotions and pay, and in unequal working conditions or benefits. […]
Should Your Company Sign the White House’s Equal Pay Pledge?
Yesterday the White House held a summit on women’s issues that including talks, press announcements, a new final rule on discrimination against transgender people in the workplace, and the signing of an agreement by 28 major US companies, including Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo and more, to work quickly to close the gender pay gap. The […]
Snapchat Advertising & Recruiting Just Got Easier
Click here to see 35 HR and recruiting pros on Snapchat. Snapchat announced Monday that it would now place ads between snaps through its new advertising API, Snapchat Partners. Partners will make it as easy to buy ads on Snapchat as it is on any other social media platform, and the move to begin integrating advertising into […]
Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn: What You Need to Know
This morning Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner sat down together to announce that Microsoft is planning to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion — in cash. The deal has been approved by both boards — unanimously even — but still must pass regulatory approval, and is Nadella’s first big acquisition since becoming CEO […]
May Jobs: Recession, Full Employment or Something Else?
The May jobs report dropped last Friday and it was a shocking departure from the slow and steady growth trend I’ve been writing about for months. Now, if you’ve been reading my monthly job growth posts, you know I’m not one to throw around words like “shocking” lightly. But the US economy added only 38,000 jobs, and […]
