HR Digest

APRIL 18, 2025

Entry-level workers are especially pessimistic, with confidence dropping to 43.4%, the lowest since 2016. RTO Mandates Spark Worker-Manager Clashes Return-to-office (RTO) policies are creating friction, with 45% of workers saying their feedback on hybrid work is ignored. Tariffs, layoffs, and federal funding concerns drive this unease.

Retention and Turnover

Government Executive

JULY 23, 2025

The Administrative Leave Act of 2016 limits administrative leave to 10 workdays per year. She serves as a research assistant with Reform for Results , a policy initiative housed at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). The payments also violate statutory limits on administrative leave.

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HR Digest

APRIL 25, 2025

The lawsuit, filed in 2016, centered on Oracles commission structure for its sales workforce. Employers should audit their compensation policies to ensure timely and accurate payments. Proactive measures, such as employee training, transparent pay policies, and regular HR audits, can prevent violations and foster a fair workplace.

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AIHR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

One of the reasons is that candidates nowadays often seek employers that include DEIB in their policies. Example 3: Unilever Unilever has been using AI to screen entry-level applicants since 2016. Instead of uploading their résumés, candidates can simply submit their LinkedIn profiles to apply for jobs.

Video Recruiting

AIHR

OCTOBER 11, 2024

HR Generalist resume summary example #1 (Looking for a similar role in a larger company with more career progression) Experienced HR Generalist for 2+ years, skilled in managing payroll, recruiting and onboarding candidates, writing HR policies , and managing conflict.

HR Planning

Great Place to Work

MAY 27, 2025

As an example, engineering and design firm Kimley-Horn a Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For since 2016 uses exit interviews in addition to career check-ins and stay interviews to ensure they maintain pay equity. Were there any company policies or procedures that you found particularly helpful or problematic?

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Hire Road

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In 2016, the company experienced turnover highs of nearly 60%, with 800 employees leaving the company in just one year. Some have moved to cut DEI-focused roles, remove public diversity targets, and stop all external DEI reporting.

Analytics

Empuls

AUGUST 20, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Microsoft extended its remote work policy indefinitely, recognizing the long-term benefits of flexibility. Siemens' approach: They have an employee-led flexibility (ELF) policy, allowing for part-time work and remote options without a lengthy approval process.

Retention and Turnover

People Matters

JULY 13, 2025

A broader challenge and systemic gaps While internal company policies are a major factor, the talent shortage is also driven by deeper, systemic issues that lie beyond any single employer's control. in 2016 to 32.4% This underscores the importance of fostering a positive environment, a sense of belonging, and supportive leadership.

Retention and Turnover

Empuls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

By holding monthly financial update meetings since 2016, the company tracked its budget against expenses and profits across various divisions like snow removal and landscaping. This trend has driven many companies to adopt flexible policies to attract and retain talent.

Bonuses and Incentives

Course Ministry

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The report supports fair school job policies. In 2016, the EEOC won the case. USPS had to pay damages and change policies. Schools that don’t file may face penalties. The EEOC may investigate discrimination claims. It ensures equal jobs for all groups. It covers teachers, staff, and administrators.

Guidelines

HR Brew

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Even if it does go into effect, President-elect Donald Trump might partially or fully repeal the policy upon stepping into office, Bloomberg Law reported. After Trump’s first presidential win in 2016, a Texas district court temporarily blocked a similar Obama administration overtime exemption change. Sound familiar? Sorry, folks.

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HR Brew

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Campaigning in 2016, Trump was able to successfully leverage a dissatisfied class consciousness to catapult himself to the highest office in the land. Besides bringing more organized labor support from police, it’s unclear how another Trump presidency might impact labor policies relevant to HR pros.

Policies

HR Brew

JULY 25, 2025

“There has been significantly more engagement from the business community and from employers in recognizing that childcare is a retention and recruitment issue for their employees,” said Sarah Rittling, executive director of the First Five Years Fund, which advocates for federal policies to boost early learning and childcare. “It

Policies

Careerminds

MAY 26, 2025

For individuals, taking on more responsibilities after a workforce change without additional support can contribute to employee burnout , a mental health issue that is at its highest point since 2016. HR must ensure that every policy or restructuring aligns with the companys core values and long-term mission.

Outplacement

Cupa HR

JUNE 9, 2025

This covers athletes dating back to 2016. They challenged the NCAA’s then-policy that prohibited athletes from earning NIL compensation. Additionally, the settlement requires the NCAA and Power Five conferences to pay approximately $2.8 billion in damages to Division I athletes who were barred from signing NIL deals.

Conference

Forbes Coaches Council

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Membership (fee-based) Oct 21, 2016, 08:00am EDT Jul 14, 2025, 02:36pm EDT Share Save In order to improve, employees must get feedback. for Forbes Coaches Council COUNCIL POST Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

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Workforce Opportunity Services

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Privacy Policy | Institute of Workforce Policy & Practice © 2025 Workforce Opportunity Services. CLOSE Jose Cabrera joined the WOS team in February of 2016 as a Talent Acquisition Associate. He formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy and was appointed to serve on the U.S.

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People Matters

JUNE 19, 2025

The sex ratio at birth has declined from 0.944 in 2016 to 0.926 in 2025, raising concerns about gender imbalances and long-term demographic impacts. For the first time, boys have surpassed girls in primary school enrollment, contributing to a 1.2 percentage-point decline in the education score from past years of full parity.

Report

People Matters

JULY 31, 2025

million births were recorded in 2016 when China lifted its one-child policy. Under the new Beijing family policy, it will be the central government that will fund the subsidies, Xinhua said. In comparison, an estimated 18.8

Comparison

HR Bartender

MAY 1, 2018

I recently had the chance to hear about how Kronos rolled out their open time off policy and I thought you would find it interesting. Both from the standpoint of the policy itself but also because of the challenges they experienced and how they addressed them. myTime: An “Open” Vacation Policy. You know our friends at Kronos.

Kronos

HR Bartender

JULY 19, 2016

Exploring the Overtime Policy Piece. Whenever a change in the law could affect how employees are paid and classified, we have to look at how it impacts the two most important pieces of our organizational culture: people and policy. So how should HR pros approach policy changes before the ruling goes into effect?

Paycom

15Five

DECEMBER 29, 2016

These 16 phenomenal blogs, influencer interviews, and other media from 2016 offer an opportunity to reflect on many of the important transformations that the business world has experienced this year. 1) Seven Fascinating Employee Engagement Trends for 2016. Some were produced by our team and others by external thought leaders.

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HR Bartender

JANUARY 20, 2017

We can become educated, get involved, and influence policy. If you haven’t already seen it, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has published a 2016 Post-Election Overview. You can also visit the SHRM Policy Action Center. The good news is we don’t have to do that. You guys are smart.

Background screening

HR Bartender

APRIL 18, 2017

It’s true – announcements of enhancements to maternity leave policies are in the media almost every day. The Bright Horizons 2016 Modern Family Index shared some eye-opening statistics about working mothers and the work environment: Parenting translates into a career-limiting move. Stop Losing Your Women Leaders.

HR Planning

HR Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Case in point: According to the 2016 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Report , eighty-eight percent (88%) of companies surveyed uncovered a lie or misrepresentation on a resume that they wouldn’t have discovered if it hadn’t been for the background check process. In fact, one could argue it’s a case for strengthening them.

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Reflektive

MAY 15, 2017

The United States maternity leave policies fall far behind the rest of the world , leaving it one out of three countries that do not offer mandatory paid maternity leave. In 2016, major technology company Twitter announced a revised paternal leave policy, giving both parents up to 20 weeks of unpaid leave.

Policies

HR Bartender

MAY 11, 2018

And anti-harassment policies are only the beginning. And while I understand that movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp are about more than sexual harassment, I do believe that organizations need to review their policies and make sure that they are clear. We can’t just change policies after the fact. The post Bookmark This!

Harassment

HR Brew

MARCH 27, 2024

It’s the first time the agency has raised fees since 2016. Tech companies like Infosys, Google, and Meta, for example, were some of the top employers petitioning for H-1B visas in 2022, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute. 1 blog post.

Analysis

Cornerstone On Demand

AUGUST 21, 2017

1) Mothers with Paid Leave Are 93 Percent More Likely to Keep Working You can't employ someone who isn't actively involved in the workforce and, in America, the number of women working or looking for work has been declining in recent years (from 75 percent in 2000 to 71 percent in 2016). Quite the opposite.

Retention and Turnover

HR Bartender

APRIL 15, 2018

I received a suspension for ripping company policy papers in half in front of my supervisor. During the conversation, I asked my supervisor for a copy of the company policy on uniforms. He didn’t give it to me, but instead read me the policy. My supervisor got severely agitated because I tore the policy in half in front of him.

Code of Conduct

HRExecutive

JUNE 11, 2024

AbbVie CHRO Tim Richmond will join the HR Policy Association as the new chair of its board of directors beginning Sept. Advertisement - Richmond will replace outgoing chair Pam Kimmet, CHRO of Manulife, following her six-year tenure leading the board of the HR public policy organization. 10, the association announced Tuesday.

CHRO

HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

I was placed on suspension in November 2016. If they have a policy saying employees should report, say, discrimination or the need for Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) to HR, then having nobody there or telling nobody who is covering could cause serious liability problems. HR needs to communicate policies and procedures.

Discrimination

Cornerstone On Demand

JULY 17, 2015

Paid family leave is suddenly a hot topic - in business, in state and local policy & in the 2016 campaign. Editor David Leonhardt will fill your feed with graphics and statistics on a variety of topics: sports, labor, economics, politics, modern love and more. clairecm : [link]. — David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) June 22, 2015.

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Reflektive

MARCH 7, 2018

While the idea of an unlimited vacation policy may have been outrageous even ten years ago, the last decade has seen a radical shift towards a healthier work-life balance. An unlimited vacation policy also levels the playing field against competitors that offer unlimited PTO. billion in 2016. Greater Sense of Trust and Autonomy.

Policies

Cornerstone On Demand

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Approximately four percent of the United States workforce identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), according to a 2016 research survey by UCLA's Williams Institute. While inclusive policies have improved, corporate America still has a long way to go.

Harassment

HR Bartender

APRIL 20, 2017

Let’s say you’re going to try a new piece of HR tech (a new applicant tracking system (ATS) or using an analytic tool), change your structure (try your hand at holocracy), or roll out a new policy (parental or sick leave), make your employment lawyer buy you lunch. They are smart and always there to help us run our businesses well.

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