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A Shifting Landscape of Workplace Challenges

EverFi - HR

As organizations review and re-review their remote work, health and safety, and diversity and inclusion policies and practices, navigating the complex legal landscape related to accommodations, harassment, and discrimination–all while supporting a positive workplace culture–is crucial. Employee mental health.

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Minimum Wage, Maximum Pressure: The Journey Toward $15/Hour

UKG

On April 27, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order, “ Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” No one … working 40 hours a week should live below the poverty line.”. As of January 1, 2021, 29 states and the District of Columbia have minimum wage provisions higher than the federal, while 2 1 states use the $7.

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Everything “employment law” mentioned in last night’s State of the Union Address

The Employer Handbook

Pay equity and higher minimum wage. When President Biden took office in January 2021, part of his initial plan was to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hour hour to $15/hour. While many states have increased minimum wage levels, the federal minimum wage has remained $7.25 (since 2009).

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

Fair Work Act 2009. All Australian nationals and foreign workers are entitled to basic rights and protections under the Fair Work Act of 2009. All the industries and businesses in Australia that have employed foreign as well as local workers are subjected to the Fair Work Act 2009. With a small population of just 25.79

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Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: The Importance of Gender Pay Equity

UKG

Over the past century, more and more women have been entering the workforce, obtaining higher degrees, and clocking in more hours. To better understand the gender wage gap, we’ll go over the importance of gender pay equity, starting with its history and ending with steps you can take to address the wage gap.

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Kamala Harris’s Plan to Compel Equal Pay Compliance

Trusaic

where the last major legislation aimed at closing the gender pay gap was 1963’s Equal Pay Act, with the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act providing additional protections for workers who suffer pay discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Noticeably absent from this trend is the U.S.,

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The First 100 Days: The Impact of New Executive Orders on HCM (Part I)

UKG

Diversity and Employee Training & Development. Applicable to employers who are federal contractors only, the Order would have placed unprecedented restrictions on the content that employers could use when training their employees on diversity, equity and inclusion. 13950, via E.O.13985,