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
While many countries, from the US to the Netherlands to Singapore, have experienced hiring slowdowns since 2019, India has seen a surge. Hiring in the country is up 40%, according to LinkedIn. But that doesn’t mean workers are satisfied. In fact, most are planning their next move.India has an estimated
Reid Walsh tells her HR team at NEOGOV, where she serves as its CHRO, to focus on impact. Walsh told HR Brew she has been “maniacally focused” on it since she joined the cloud-based HCM and hiring platform designed specifically for the public sector back in 2023.It’s not about just
On Friday the state of Minnesota will be closed.Protestors in the North Star State are gearing up for a general strike that day, asking residents to forgo attending school, work aside from emergency services, and shopping in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the state, particularly the
Employers grew more concerned about the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs last year, even as the White House rolled out a series of policies intended to lower prices of some popular medications.Nearly three-quarters of employers said they were moderately, very, or extremely concerned about pharmacy costs being “unsustainable” in 2025,
Mixing things up this performance review season? You’re not alone.Amazon’s corporate employees were asked, as part of their annual review, to demonstrate the value they bring to the organization by detailing three to five accomplishments from the past year, Business Insider reported.According to the internal guidelines seen by Business Insider,
The Department of Labor (DOL) explained how federal labor laws apply to different workplace situations in a series of six opinion letters released on Jan. 5.This recent announcement is part of a broader push by the DOL to guide employers on compliance matters through opinion letters. Such letters lay out
During a panel discussion at the CES tech conference earlier this month, three HR pros were asked by moderator Tiffany Moore, the Consumer Technology Association’s VP of political and industry affairs, to discuss where people strategy and human capital fits into the ongoing AI transformation.Agreed early in the session was
President Donald Trump’s second term in office has been marked by rapid changes in the political winds and dramatic U-turns as he looks to align federal policy with his political agenda.During Trump’s first year in office, the new administration has moved swiftly to introduce a wave of new actions and
