Updated daily, the HR News home page is your one-stop shop for the latest news and featured articles. This page compiles top staff-written and external news of general interest to HR, plus major stories in the HR Disciplines.
Wages Stagnate Despite Thriving Job Market
By Joseph Coombs 3/6/2015
Consistent growth in the job market has provided plenty of good news for the U.S. economy’s ongoing expansion, but that progress has not been accompanied by improvements in wages. And a growing chorus of experts say incomes could remain stagnant for quite some time. To continue reading this article, please click here.
Workplace Injuries Spike After Daylight Saving Time Change
By Roy Maurer 3/6/2015
Employers should be aware of the potential effects on safety caused by the loss of sleep brought on by the daylight saving time change Mar. 8, 2015.
Research has shown that the hour of lost sleep could be related to an increase in job-related injuries in the days following the time change. To continue reading this article, please click here.
OSHA Issues Alert on Snow Removal Safety After Falls
By Roy Maurer 3/6/2015
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging employers and workers to be aware of the hazards involved when removing snow from rooftops and other structures after several recent incidents of workers falling through skylights, one resulting in a fatality.
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E-Verify Mandate Passes Committee
SHRM-led coalition advocated for ID pilot program changes
By Roy Maurer 3/5/2015
The House Judiciary Committee approved the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1147) Mar. 3, 2015, which would repeal the current paper-based I-9 system and require all U.S. employers to verify the work eligibility of future hires through the government’s E-Verify system.
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HR Pros Express Increasing Dissatisfaction Worldwide
Survey says powerlessness, lack of resources contribute to falling job satisfaction
By Dana Wilkie 3/5/2015
Job satisfaction among HR professionals worldwide is falling, in part because they feel they don’t play an important role in their organizations and lack high-level decision-making power, according to a Harvey Nash PLC survey of HR professionals in more than 30 countries, primarily in Europe and Asia.
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Social Media in the Workplace: Are We Nearly There?
By Tarik Taman 3/5/2015
For social media to be valuable for business, it has to be used collaboratively. Instead of social conversations persisting in parallel with the task in hand, they must be an integral part of that task or of the business application in use.
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N.J.: How to Comply with ‘Ban the Box’ Law
By Jackson Lewis 3/5/2015
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