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A federal court jury recently required East Penn Manufacturing Co. to pay $22.25 million for wage and hour violations, the largest recorded jury verdict under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).The DOL will ask the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to award an equal
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As most employers in California know, employees must be reimbursed for any necessary expenses they incur in carrying out their job duties.The COVID-19 pandemic forced many organizations to allow their employees to work remotely, and many companies continue to allow portions of their workforce to work remotely on a part-time or full-time basis. Employees who
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Editor's Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. Amidst record-breaking job turnover, leaders have been feeling pressure to pay attention to the well-being of their workforce. These days, many professionals—one Deloitte study puts the number at 77%—have experienced burnout at their current job. When an employee comes to
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Pandemic concerns, persistent inflation, burnout and more have wreaked havoc on employee well-being in recent years—but thanks to gains in pay, benefits and work/life balance, workers are actually happier than they have been in decades.New data out from The Conference Board, a research organization, shows that overall job satisfaction among U.S. workers—particularly those who recently changed
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Agrowing number of states and localities prohibit employers from requesting salary information from job applicants and require employers to disclose the pay range for a position to applicants or employees. The laws are an effort to reduce pay inequity.SHRM has tracked the states, cities and other jurisdictions that have passed such laws. What follows is
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a number of substantial changes to New Jersey's unemployment compensation law last year. The amendments will take effect July 31. For most employers, the critical takeaway from the new law will be two brand-new reporting obligations. Among the amendments is a new obligation for employers to provide the
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The Illinois Equal Pay Act has been around for a decade, but it's seen many changes in the past few years. The act was amended in 2021 to impose new equal pay compliance requirements and create new obligations for private employers with more than 100 employees. Then, in 2022, the Illinois Department of Labor finally provided some
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Employers are shelling out bigger pay boosts to employees in 2023 than they have in years, new data indicates—but projections are slightly below what employers had budgeted a few months ago. That's according to new data by Mercer, which found that U.S. employers reported 2023 annual merit increases have averaged 3.8 percent, while total compensation—which includes
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INTRO SHRM's 75th: Workplace EvolutionTHE EVOLUTION OF Compliance Benefits DE&I Workforce Talent Acquisition Technology Labor Relations SafetyHOW WE GOT HERE The 75-Year History of SHRM and HR​Workers three-quarters of a century ago would not recognize today's employee benefits. Back then, most private organizations did not offer workers retirement benefits. Those that did provided traditional pension plans that could require decades of work in return for
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“And speaking of changing expectations and what’s socially acceptable, this challenge of ghosting is going through the roof, and I’ve got bad news for you.It’s gonna get worse.When we look at the data on ghosting, we see that it’s actually age correlated. So someone who is 25 is more likely than someone who’s
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This article was produced in partnership with The Mintable.There’s an art to being a great manager - but throw in remote working, and the challenges of leadership become very different.Over the last few years, the ability to work remotely has become a primary expectation for most employees. Offering remote working can work wonders in attracting
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During the peak of the pandemic, over 120,000 businesses temporarily shuttered, causing the unemployment rate to soar with more than 30 million U.S. workers jobless. Since then, the situation has improved for workers and from January 2020 job opportunities have increased while unemployment figures have slowly declined.Remarkably, in 2022, employers managed to create an unprecedented
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