New York recently launched recreational sales of cannabis, and companies are expected to go on a hiring spree to fill cannabis-related jobs. Legal cannabis is expected to generate 63,000 jobs across New York by 2025, according to an estimate by CannabizTeam, an industry executive search and…
Are Your Employees Camera Ready?
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1977 recognized that states have the ability to designate a “right of publicity,” which protects an individual’s economic interests to control the commercial value of their name and likeness and prevent unauthorized exploitation by others. Twenty-five states have enacted…
Dice 2023 Tech Salary Report: Six-Figure Compensation Is Here to Stay
The average salary for a technology professional in the U.S. increased to $111,348 in 2022, up from $108,857 in 2021, according to the 2023 Tech Salary Report by Dice, a tech career hub. Data-related skills such as Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, Teradata, and Redis landed tech employees more than…
Free ASA Webinar Tomorrow—Achieving Your Business Goals
Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “How to Ensure You Hit Your Goals in 2023,” 2β3 p.m. Eastern time. Get help identifying what you need to do to create and develop strategies for realizing your goals, now and in the futureβlearn about the challenges teams commonly run into when trying to meet their goals and the…
The Extraordinary Exit of the Women of Silicon Valley
The resignation of YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki after 25 years at Google is yet another example of the recent exiting of high-profile women from Silicon Valley. Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive and one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley, said on Thursday that she was stepping down…
California’s Tech Layoff Boom: What Employers Need to Know About Federal and State WARN Act Triggers
The California version of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, California Labor Code Sections 1400-1408, is triggered by 50 or more layoffs of covered employees within a rolling 30-day window. Just as under the federal WARN Act, the employees to whom notice is given are…
Most Global Decision Makers Agree Flexible Working Positively Impacts Employee Retention and Recruitment
The top three wellbeing priorities are flexible work (47%), rewards and recognition (43%), and cost of living support (40%), according to a survey of 1,000 senior business decision makers and 6,000 workers across North America and Europe by Targus, a laptop case and mobile computing accessories…
More CFOs Eye the Top Seat
Four times more chief financial officers transitioned to the role of chief executive officer last year than in 2021, according to a study by Russell Reynolds. Finance chiefs’ growing ambitions to rise in the corporate ranks is happening against the backdrop of the accounting profession becoming…
Protect Your Business—Get the Legal Answers You Need at the ASA Staffing Law Conference
Are you prepared for the legal challenges that lie ahead? Make sure your business is protectedβand be ready for new opportunitiesβregister for the ASA Staffing Law Conference, May 18β19 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. Registration is now open for this year’s conference, featuring sessions led by the nation’s top employment law attorneys…
New York State Employers Must Post Notice Regarding Veterans’ Benefits and Services
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, a new section 201-h was added to the New York State Labor Law, mandating that every employer in the state with more than 50 full-time equivalent employees display “in a conspicuous place accessible to employees in the workplace” a poster containing information about <a…
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