HR Compliance

The WOTC program incentivizes employers to hire veterans and other individuals who have traditionally faced obstacles to employment. When tapped correctly, it can drive down unemployment and nurture DEI. As of June, U.S. unemployment sits at roughly 9.5 million according...

The workplace of the future is being shaped by two powerful forces: the shifting mix of permanent and non-permanent talent, and the growing adoption of digital technologies. How companies address these trends can determine their success over the next decade.

Working from home is obviously do-able, so employers will need creative (but airtight) policies that allow at least some of the workforce to keep doing it. Here’s a roadmap for drafting policies that meet the demand for flexibility while mitigating...

COVID-19 and the FFCRA threw a wrench into existing employee leave policies. Now with states and municipalities following suit, companies need to get serious about revamping how they handle employee absence. Since the onset of the pandemic last year, employers...

HR and compliance pros have struggled to keep up with ever-changing regulations over the past year. Now, return-to-work plans raise myriad compliance concerns. ADP’s Ellen Feeney discusses 2021 workforce trends as businesses reopen. No matter how diligent a company has...

New and expanding legislation combined with COVID-19-related shifts in the labor market will present new hiring and talent management challenges in 2021. Corporate Screening’s Matt Jaye discusses a fresh approach, trends to watch and what employers can do to stay...

BTG Legal’s Arjun Paleri summarizes coming changes to employment law in India in the form of the Code on Social Security, the Industrial Relations Code and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code. It is easy to regard India’s...

Companies that fail to create a "speak up" culture run the risk of talking over the voices they need to be listening to most. A rising trend of the last few years has seen employees become increasingly vocal about injustices...

When you’re staring down a workplace investigation, knowing what's ahead is key to keeping cool. Amy Oppenheimer and Christina Ro-Connelly offer tips on when to bring in an outside investigator, what sort of investigator to hire and what to expect during the process. Companies today...

Last month, California enacted legislation providing greater authority to Cal/OSHA in terms of COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Husch Blackwell’s Donna Pryor highlights AB 685 and explains what it will mean for employers. On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed...

Businesses are keen to know whether they can require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Husch Blackwell’s Julianne Story and Sydney Buckley discuss complications that would arise with a vaccination mandate. With health care providers worldwide racing to get COVID-19...

The rise in remote work due to COVID-19 has both led to increased drug use and changed the drug testing landscape. Health Street CEO Jared Rosenthal discusses what businesses and employees should know about employment drug testing amid this altered...