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EEOC Busy: Focus on Sexual Harassment

HRWatchdog

The EEOC continues to collect money from employers in lawsuits and settlements for sexual harassment. The agency continues to focus on sexual harassment in America’s workplaces as recent press releases demonstrate: On June 13, 2018, the EEOC announced a multimillion-dollar sexual discrimination settlement against a transportation supplier.

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3 Strategic Foci for HR in 2018

HR Daily Advisor

In 2018, however, I see three areas loaded with risk for Arizona employers. Managers need to be trained not to ask about employees’ immigration status generally. Strategic focus is a business buzzword these days. Just Google the term. You will find that many top business publications have recent articles on the topic.

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Bookmark This! Anti Harassment Edition

HR Bartender

At this year’s WorkHuman Conference, pioneered by Globoforce , there was an incredible panel moderated by Wharton professor Adam Grant that included journalist Ronan Farrow, actor Ashley Judd, and social activist Tarana Burke. As HR pros, we know that we have a role to play in making sure our workplaces are free from harassment.

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HR executives are receiving higher pay, titles today than in previous decades

HR Brew

Pay for top HR executives is on the rise, according to new research published by Nicholas Bloom, an economics professor at Stanford University, and Mert Akan, a research fellow with the school’s Institute for Economic Policy Research. HR roles on the rise. And that could be because the job itself is becoming more complex,” Akan said.

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Charting Your Course Through Changing Regulations

Speaker: Bonnie Treichel, Senior Consultant & CCO, Multnomah Group

At the same time, it comes with challenges, including compliance with a variety of rules and regulations across different states and municipalities – some of which may conflict with federal law – and failure to comply could be quite costly. October 10, 2018 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM BST The world of work is changing.

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6 Trends That Will Define HR in 2018

Reflektive

2018 will be a good year to be in HR. At least, that’s what we heard from the analysts, customers, partners, and experts we reached out to in order to get a sense from the HR community of what to expect in the next year. Associate Professor, Academic Director of HCM at NYU, notes that the strategic role of HR continues to rise.

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Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Fast Company The Future of Work

The “2018 Future Workforce” report from freelancing website Upwork, released in February, found that 59% of hiring managers are using flexible talent–freelancers, temporary, and agency workers–which is more than double the 2017 percentage (24%). million more people began freelancing between 2014 and 2018.

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The Role of Tech & AI in Helping Employees Feel Safe and Respected at Work.

Speaker: Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company, & George Swisher, CEO of LiiRN

They'll expose how technology and artificial intelligence can help prevent and predict issues of sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion before they become an avalanche internally or worse, publicly – and how they cannot. January 25th, 2018 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT Topics will include: How AI can make HR more "human".

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Ringing in the New Year: 10 Things HR Should Do Now

Speaker: Kirsten Goulde SHRM-SCP, M.S., Principal, K. Goulde & Associates,

From #MeToo to the mid-terms, 2018 was a banner year for significant events and momentous societal movements that should make HR practitioners sit up and take notice. Multi-state employers beware: power shifts at the state level resulting from the mid-term elections may signal legislation changes in 2019 – how you can be aware and prepare.