Alexa now meets federal HIPAA requirements to handle personal health information, Amazon announced. HIPAA-compliant devices can enable employees to navigate their coverage and receive personalized health […]

Federal law has prohibited gender-based pay discrimination since 1963—yet pay disparities between men and women persist. In response, state lawmakers have increasingly tried to strengthen pay-equity […]

Australia’s Fair Work Commission is evaluating for the first time whether an employee may be fired for refusing to submit to biometric finger scanning required by […]

Communication means both imparting information and being ready to receive it. Utilize the SHRM Body of Competency and Knowledge to ensure that channels are open and […]

​An unfortunate consequence of the #MeToo movement is that some executives and managers now try to avoid colleagues of the opposite gender. Even if leaders are […]

As HR professionals, our job of balancing the needs of the organization against the needs of its employees depends on managing relationships. The ability to develop […]

Have questions about SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification? In every issue, the SHRM Certification team will answer questions they often receive from credential-holders. Source: New feed 2

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual mandate is unconstitutional now that there is no penalty against those who don’t get health insurance, the Justice Department argued […]

Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta addressed the House Education and Labor Committee on May 1—the first time he’d done so since Democrats took control of the […]