A White House official recently touted a plan to let Americans tap into their 401(k) savings to buy a home, but a formal proposal didn’t materialize as expected.Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox Business News on Jan. 16 that the administration planned to “allow people to
Over the past year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has pivoted away from many issues that were top priorities for previous administrations, such as DEI and workplace harassment.The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) is one rare Biden-era policy that remains an enforcement priority for the Trump administration. The EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently voted to rescind guidance on workplace harassment that addressed protections for LGBTQ+ workers.The guidance detailed how employers can comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on characteristics including race, sex, religion, age, and disability.The EEOC updated the guidance
No one understands the value of employee resource groups (ERGs) quite like Maceo Owens.She’s benefitted from them as an employee. She’s advocated for them as a lead and HR professional. And she’s helped build them as the founder and CEO of her consultancy, the ERG Movement. Each of these experiences
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) this week filed a response to a civil lawsuit, Torres v. Society for Human Resource Management, made in a US district court in Virginia on Dec. 6 of last year claiming that the HR industry group violated federal and state laws when it
A promotion into management may not be the step up the corporate ladder that it once was.As companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft flatten corporate structures and downsize middle management, some managers have more work and more direct reports than ever before.The average number of direct reports per manager was
