HR On Demand

The recently restructured prevailing wage system for skilled foreign workers requires employers to pay those workers significantly higher wages.

With health care workers facing more sick and dying patients and tech workers having to be always on call, motivation is dropping and tensions are rising. Employers are trying to ease the burden by talking to their employees to find out how they can help.

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused employers’ attention on digital health tools. One way to discern the best-quality health and wellness apps is to take advantage of "digital formularies" overseen by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM).PBMs administer prescription drug plans for more than 270 million people in the U.S. who have health insurance from commercial health ….  Read More

As the country has settled into pandemic life, many companies are bringing employees back to the office, but the process is a slow one. Employees have mixed feelings about the transition, too. If remote or hybrid work schedules are reaping benefits, many employers are opting to leave things as they are, offering people a mix ….  Read More

​Conducting job analyses and making sure your organization’s formal and informal systems support values such as respect, responsibility, integrity and community are ways workplace leaders can create a more inclusive culture, according to two members of the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) Blue Ribbon Commission on Racial Equity.Eden King, Ph.D., professor of industrial-organizational psychology at ….  Read More

Leading-edge employers are supporting employees with cancer by partnering with cancer centers that provide care-navigation services and putting in place workplace accommodations to help patients return to work sooner.

​Earlier this month, countries around the globe observed World Mental Health Day—designed to raise awareness about the importance of good mental health in one’s personal and work lives. Yet a rash of surveys have painted a bleak picture of workers’ mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic.And in many of those surveys, a managerial trend is ….  Read More

Employers must keep many legal requirements—state as well as federal—in mind when hiring, which can make staying compliant a challenge. Here are 19 hiring traps deserving HR’s attention.

More than ever, the pandemic has brought learning and development as an engine for employee engagement and business success into focus. Columnist Dave Millner shares advice for creating a culture of l…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently updated its guidelines for returning employees to work in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Here’s what you need to know.