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11 Dec EEOC Launches Data Tool to Track Employment Trends

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently launched EEOC Explore, a new interactive data query and mapping tool that gives users access to the most current, granular and privacy protected aggregate data covering employment trends that is publicly available.

Employer Information Report EEO-1 (EEO-1) data is collected by the EEOC from private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees. EEOC Explore allows users to analyze employment trends and search this aggregate data by sex, race, ethnicity, location and industry sector.

11 Dec The DOL Issues Piece-Rate, Agriculture Overtime Opinion Letters

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On Nov. 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued two opinion letters to help employers understand how to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime wage payment requirements for piece-rate and agricultural employees.

Opinion letters provide the DOL’s official position on how labor and employment standards apply in specific situations.

02 Dec Important Employee Skills for the Post-pandemic Workplace

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As the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed workplaces, workers’ skills have changed as well.

Job skills were evolving before the pandemic, but it has prompted more change in a much quicker manner. In fact, the number of skills required for a single job is increasing by 10% per year, according to Gartner data. In response, organizations should embrace a dynamic approach to reskilling talent in order to shift vital employee skills and help develop skills as they become relevant and necessary.

20 Nov How a Biden Administration Might Impact HR and the Workplace

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Each presidential transition brings changes to the HR landscape.

When President Donald Trump took office in 2016, he overturned or revised many of his predecessor’s federal regulations, a common trend between administrations of opposing parties. It is also something likely to continue under President-elect Joe Biden.

13 Nov New DOL Opinion Letters Address Pay for Employee Travel and Training

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On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published two new opinion letters providing the DOL’s official position on how the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to employee pay when there is work-related travel or employee training.

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The FLSA requires employers to compensate their employees for all hours of work. While the FLSA does not define what qualifies as “work,” the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that employees should be compensated for any time that “is spent predominantly for the employer’s benefit.”

06 Nov Combating Eye Strain from Remote Work

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The Vision Council reported that more than 70% of Americans don’t know—or don’t believe—that they could suffer from eye strain.

The reality is that most adults are on digital media for about four to six hours each day. If your job involves working on a computer and you’ve been logging on from home, you may be racking up even more hours than normal in front of a brightly lit screen.