You don’t have to look hard to find someone arguing passionately about the benefits or perils of remote work. Some people argue that leaders’ productivity concerns are unfounded, while high-profile executives like Elon Musk suggest that anyone working from home is “phoning it in.” The issue, variably framed in terms of returning to the office (RTO), hybridity, or flexibility, is no doubt polarizing. But the one consistent element of the arguments for and against is how strong and entrenched the stances are. READ MORE
Businesses look to self-regulate the use of AI in hiring
A group of large companies has developed a set of principles and policies for the self-regulation of using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in hiring processes in response to the relative lack of government regulation on the subject.
A total of 18 companies worked with BBB National Programs to develop a pair of documents that will serve as a voluntary framework for self-regulation. READ MORE
Why AI is not a ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ card for talent bias
Starting last week, companies in New York City now face enforcement of a 2021 law designed to reduce bias in the hiring process when automated employment decision tools are in use. The new standard prohibits companies that have offices or employees in the city from using AI tools to decide hiring or promotion practices unless these tools have been independently audited for bias. While this regulation decisively impacts organizations with a footprint in the Big Apple, experts say all U.S. companies should pay attention. READ MORE
Workers are calling out bosses who ‘guilt’ staff into donating their vacation time to sick colleagues
When it comes to paid time off from work, America doesn’t have the best reputation. Last year, researchers named the U.S. one of the worst countries in the world for giving employees paid leave.
American workers get an average of 10 paid days off per year, according to careers site Zippia. While this increases slightly after five years with the same employer, it’s still far less than workers in other parts of the world are entitled to—often by law. READ MORE
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ARE RETURN-TO-OFFICE MANDATES REALLY JUST LAYOFFS IN DISGUISE?
Observers are divided on whether AT&T’s recent return-to-office (RTR) mandate will prove to be a proactive move to maximize its talent or “just a ploy to cut jobs.”
In May, AT&T CEO John Stankey mandated that 60,000 managers must report to work in personOpen in a new tab — but only at nine specific offices among its 350 locations spread across the country. READ MORE
Forget 'Quiet Quitting', Employers Have a Bigger Problem With Workers
In the modern workplace, you can "quiet quit" or stay and become a "resentee."
After a bad day at the office some workers reported "rage applying" on LinkedIn and coming up with a five-figure salary raise. Employers have also hit back with "quiet hiring" — spreading out the work between existing employees or freelancers instead of hiring a new full-time employee to save money. READ MORE
‘Not for employee use’: why are US retail workers being denied chairs?
When Zay clocked into her customer service job one recent morning, she noticed things looked different. There were no chairs in the break room. She had nowhere to sit at the table where she usually files invoices. When she reached the back of the store, there was one lonely folding chair propped against the wall. “Not for employee use,” read a handwritten note taped on the metal.
When employees asked their boss what had happened, they learned about a new no-sitting policy. Hopefully, the business owner said, this would “increase worker productivity”. READ MORE
Remote workers flocked to ‘Zoom towns’ during Covid—now they’re competing to stay work-from-home
Fully remote jobs are getting harder to come by, but the competition for work-from-home jobs is especially fierce in some parts of the country.
In Bend, Ore., nearly 3 in 4 job applications are to roles that are remote, according to LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Insights Report, which analyzed more than 201 million applications to remote jobs in the U.S. over the past year. Just two years ago, remote jobs in Bend attracted about 42% of applications. READ MORE
King’s Hawaiian killed old-school performance reviews. Should you too?
As chief people officer for sweet bread company King’s Hawaiian, Amy Hirsh Robinson and her team are developing a new recipe for HR.
The first ingredient? A non-traditional mindset. READ MORE
American companies are draining their cash at the dumbest possible time
Companies are sitting on a lot less cash than they were last year, largely because they’re spending it on share buybacks and corporate dividends.
While shareholders may be chuffed by that news, the slumping economy, surging interest rates and a credit crunch may mean US firms come to regret reducing their cash buffers. READ MORE
DROPPING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS IS A GROWING TREND
Several U.S. states — from Alaska to Pennsylvania — have recently dropped college-degree or certification requirements in favor of alternative certifications or experience for state employment, with Virginia becoming the latest state to do so.Open in a new tab
Almost 90% of Virginia’s state job listings will be affected by the change, according to the announcement. READ MORE
More than half of US employers ready to try four-day workweek
More than half of American employers offer a four-day workweek, or plan to, according to a survey released Tuesday.
A poll of 976 business leaders by ResumeBuilder.com, the job-seekers website, found that 20 percent of employers already have a four-day workweek. Another 41 percent said they plan to implement a four-day week, at least on a trial basis. READ MORE
Are ‘bad bosses’ really driving turnover?
Amid the continuing labor volatility in the U.S., it may not be surprising that a recent survey found the organization’s future economic outlook to be the top driver of employee turnover.
In other words, those poor quarterly reports are going to have workers heading for the door—39% of them, in fact, according to Payscale, a provider of compensation data, software and services. READ MORE
How Do You Address Employee Performance Issues?
To help you effectively address employee performance issues, we gathered insights from 12 top professionals, including CEOs, founders, and managers. From asking three revealing questions to using specific examples and facts, these experts share their tried-and-true approaches to tackling performance challenges in the workplace. READ MORE
How to say goodbye to Stone Age Performance Management
Are you tired of chasing up appraisal forms? Are you wondering why your people roll their eyes and sigh when it’s time for end of year reviews? Are you starting to wonder if your Performance Management process is the right fit for your organisation and your people? If so it might be time to bring your Performance Management into the 21st century! Remove the pain out of annual appraisals, and move to a more engaging, continuous process that will actually yield results. READ MORE
Gen Z calls out Baby Boomers for ‘annoying’ workplace habits
It’s Gen Z’s turn, apparently, to rag on Baby Boomers.
As the youngest working generation steps into America’s offices and workplaces, the eldest group of workers is learning that they supposedly have habits that are irritating to their newer counterparts. READ MORE
Inflation leads concerns of small business owners
Small business owners are concerned about the economy for the 17th month in a row, according to a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) report released Tuesday.
Inflation was the biggest problem for 25% of small business owners in May, up two points from April. Concern about labor quality followed close behind at 24%, with 44% of owners reporting difficulty filling job openings. READ MORE
How employers and recruiters can find and attract quality candidates
Finding quality employees is crucial for the success of any business, but attracting top talent in today's competitive hiring environment can be challenging. To succeed, hiring managers should leverage recruiting tools, including ZipRecruiter, to cast a broader net that reaches the right talent.
The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, showed 9.9 million job openings at the end of February, down some 632,000 from the previous month. But even with some softening in the labor market, many companies continue to hire. READ MORE
A professor started tracking ‘Fortune 500 CEO colleges’ 20 years ago, and ‘the results were stunning.’
Since 1999, David Kang has pursued a peculiar hobby. That year, after Fortune released its annual Fortune 500 issue, Kang began to wonder about where chief executives of companies on the list had attended college. To keep track, the college professor did some research and manually entered their alma maters into a spreadsheet. After completing the task, Kang, then a professor at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, was shocked by what the data revealed.
“The results were stunning,” he told Fortune. “Like everyone else, I thought Ivy Leagues would dominate. But the largest place they had gone to was no college at all.” READ MORE