Employment background checks are an essential step in the candidate selection process—they identify risks and validate claims made by prospective new hires. But background screening can […]

Growing pressure to ensure fair pay throughout the workplace is sparking changes to corporate America’s employee compensation and performance management programs to keep bias—whether it’s conscious […]

For U.S. benefit plan administrators, the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulation is daunting because of its scope and vagueness. Obligations could be triggered not only […]

When workers are turned down for a raise and don’t trust the reason why—or suspect bias—their level of satisfaction with their employer plummets, as shown in […]

The wage gains that economists expect in a tight labor market haven’t emerged, recent pay data show, and there’s no shortage of reasons as to why […]

The unemployment rate for people with a disability dropped last year, falling from 10.5 percent in 2016 to 9.2 percent in 2017. Source: New feed 2

For employer-sponsored health plans, premium increases have slowed but still outpaces general inflation. Among the factors that might be driving the decline in growth rates are […]

In California, businesses have to make sure their employees have a chance to take meal and rest breaks. If they don’t, the penalties can mount quickly. […]

On June 1, 2018, amendments to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act came into force, significantly expanding the nature of the health and safety obligations owed […]