The probability of receiving U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations can be greatly reduced through a robust inspection management strategy and written program. Employers should prepare a written OSHA inspection management policy that will lay out the key elements of what to…
Plan for These Free ASA Webinars This Month
The next few weeks will be full of free education from ASA. These upcoming ASA webinars can help you improve your workplace culture, protect your firm against costly legal mistakes, and more. July 11—”Staffing STATS—Quarterly Data-Centric Webinar Series” Get timely data and hear a reliable analysis of industry research and economic trends based on ASA…
The ROI Is Sky-High: Calculate the Benefits, Register for Staffing World
Is your company poised for maximum growth in 2024? Concerned about how a fluctuating economy might affect your bottom line? Turn all your doubts into dollars when you and your team take part in Staffing World® 2023, Oct. 3–5 in Charlotte, NC. There’s no other event in the staffing and recruiting industry like Staffing World….
In Big Tech Layoffs, Cooks and Janitors Are Hit Hardest
Technology giants such as Facebook and Google have been known for generous perks like free food and massages to attract the best engineering talent and keep them in the office as long as possible. Many of those services—in addition to others, from janitorial tasks to content moderation and…
A Red-Hot Market for Warehouse Workers Has Cooled Off
The warehouse hiring spree of recent years appears to be over amid a decline in online sales growth, a looser labor market, and widespread economic uncertainty. In just over two years, logistics businesses added almost 700,000 workers and boosted average hourly pay by around 8%. Competition for…
FTC Moves Against Noncompetes Ahead of Proposed Ban
Ahead of the potential adoption of a rule banning noncompete agreements, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has brought four separate actions so far this year seeking to prohibit companies from continuing to use noncompete agreements. The latest such case alleged that Anchor Glass Container Corp….
EEOC Pushes EEO-1 Portal Opening to Fall of 2023
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection landing page to indicate that it has delayed “the tentative opening of the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection to the Fall of 2023.” EEOC, which had expected the portal to open by mid-July,…
Rhode Island Governor Signs Ban on Nondisclosure, Nondisparagement Agreements
Senate Bill 0342, signed into law on June 22 by Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee, prohibits the use of nondisclosure or nondisparagement provisions “concerning alleged violations of civil rights or alleged unlawful conduct, or any agreement with a clause that requires alleged violations of civil…
Cal/OSHA Definition Changes Make Outbreaks Less Likely
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (called Cal/OSHA) nonemergency Covid-19 standard will change now that the California Department of Public Health has updated its guidance to reduce the time frame for counting Covid-19 cases that make up an outbreak from 14 to seven days….
America’s Hot Labor Market Fuels Job Growth in Unexpected Places
Payroll increases in building, home selling, and automaking, along with larger increases in industries still trying to claw back workers lost during the pandemic, have added almost 1.6 million jobs in the first five months of the year, outpacing forecasts from economists. Construction employment…
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