One often overlooked factor contributing to workforce attrition, particularly among women, is menopause. This natural biological process can bring about symptoms that significantly affect work performance and well-being.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized its new rule expanding eligibility for overtime pay to millions of workers. Effective July 1, 2024, certain salaried workers earning less than $43,888 per year (or $844 per week) will become eligible for overtime pay. This initial threshold will increase to encompass employees making less than $58,656 ($1,128 per week) on Jan. 1, 2025.
Neurodiversity is a form of diversity that includes people with neurological and developmental disorders. These individuals identify as neurodivergent. They think and work differently than their neurotypical counterparts.
Discover the power of employee well-being and its impact on your company’s bottom line. By investing in your employees’ health, you create a win-win situation for both your company and your employees.
Over the past seven years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has attempted to increase the number of exempt employees who are eligible for overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On April 23, 2024, the DOL announced a final rule regarding the salary threshold required to exempt a salaried executive, administrative, or professional employee from federal overtime pay requirements. It’s estimated that four million more American workers will be eligible for overtime under the new rule.
It has been difficult to stamp out every vestige of implicit gender discrimination in the office. While this can certainly be seen in lingering pay gaps, there are other, less obvious examples as well.
In this month’s HR Hotline question, an HR Hero subscriber asks, how frequently a nursing mother can pump under the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act. In this article, BLR’s in-house subject matter experts share the answer.
This free eBook covers three of the most common learning styles and includes ways to identify each of them. Readers will also learn four essential pieces of every training session so that regardless of the learning styles you are presenting to, it will be an effective training session.
Are you looking for ways to expand your client base, increase revenue, and secure your long-term success? We’ve compiled actionable, cost effective tactics that have helped numerous PEOs achieve sustainable growth, and they can work for you too.
Symptoms of sunburn don’t always appear right away, so protecting your workers from the risks of sunburn is an essential part of a safety culture. Employers who provide employees with the appropriate methods of protection demonstrate their willingness to prioritize employee safety and wellbeing in all areas.