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Legislative lowdown: DOL issues final rule expanding protections to temporary farmworkers

HR Brew

These workers are entitled to earn a state minimum wage, as well as receive housing and transportation through their employer. More employers have grown to rely on H-2A workers in recent decades; the number of positions requested and approved increased by sevenfold between 2005 and 2022, according to federal government data.

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What HR can do to help support women who have their eye on the C-suite

HR Brew

Female representation in the C-suite also declined for the first time since the firm began tracking these trends in 2005. Using gender-blind recruitment practices, as well as gender-neutral language on job postings, may also help mitigate these trends, she suggested. Female representation in the C-suite drops.

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HR 101: Let’s discuss sabbaticals

HR Brew

By 1985, around 13% of US employers—including Xerox, IBM, Wells Fargo, and McDonald’s—offered employees “some form of paid sabbatical leave,” according to a Los Angeles Times report. In 2005, 23% of US businesses offered paid or unpaid sabbatical leave, according to SHRM data cited by the New York Times. Fast-forward.

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Signs of the Corporate Death Spiral #4 - Competing like it's 2005

Steve Boese

While I was busy over the weekend watching my beloved Knicks researching some blog posts, I caught a TV spot from the wireless company Sprint, which features an actor who became pretty well known several years ago as the 'Can you hear me know?' Blah, blah, blah and suddenly we are back in 2005. Can you hear me know? Not so much.

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The Powerful Impact Trees Can Have On Our Well-being

Thrive Global

We are just now realizing the many ways trees, within their forested ecosystem, improve our health and mental well-being. Although Japanese researchers have been studying the health benefits of the forest since the 1980s, it was only popularized in the Western world since 2005, when I discussed it in Teaching the Trees.

Wellness 101
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The Glass Cliff phenomenon: what it is and what orgs can do

Workable

The glass cliff phenomenon, introduced by Professors Michelle Ryan and Alexander Haslam in a report in 2005 , shines a light on a scenario where women and those who identify as minorities are more likely to be placed in leadership roles during organizational crises. And as long as everything’s going well, people tend to stick to this norm.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

The number of people who work from home has increased by 140 per cent since 2005. It offers wellness and health services products besides insurance for lifelong well-being. The statistics prove that work from home is a popular option with working people. Recent research shows that 4.3 Recent remote job titles at Anthem Inc.