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Civility at Work
Explore 2025 HR trends, from skills-based hiring and AI's role to people analytics and financial wellness. Discover how adaptability drives workforce success.
Political differences are fueling record-high rates of incivility, according to SHRM’s Q4 Civility Index.
The need for civility is as great as ever, now that Election Day is over. HR can encourage civil conversations.
Promoting workplace civility following the election is “HR’s opportunity to make a difference in America,” SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, said at SHRM INCLUSION 2024.
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AI in the Workplace
It’s likely that there are employees in your midst with the skills and potential to step into AI-related roles, if they are given the right training and coaching.
HR functions will need to take a proactive role in ensuring both internally developed AI tools and any AI used in vendor systems for employment decisions are regularly audited by qualified third-party auditors for bias.
Explore how HR leaders are pivotal in blending artificial intelligence and human intelligence to redefine the workplace, as discussed by Nichol Bradford in a recent SHRM webcast.
Compensation and Benefits
Natural disasters bring an all-too timely reminder of pay and benefits issues that HR managers should bear in mind.
The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on legislation to let private-sector employers offer workers, if they aren't exempt from mandatory overtime pay, the choice to receive paid time off in lieu of cash wages for overtime hours worked.
Learn how recent rollbacks of I&D programs, as well as President Donald Trump’s executive orders, could impact benefits including fertility coverage.
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Inclusion and Diversity
EO Impact Zone: A Guide for HR Leaders
Inclusion and diversity are essential for creating thriving workplaces and communities. These principles drive innovation, foster collaboration, and ensure every individual feels valued and empowered.
March 12 is Equal Pay Day in 2024, marking how far into the new year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Employers can help rectify gender-based pay inequities by conducting pay audits, and a new SHRM survey found that most employers do regularly audit for pay equity, especially as it relates to gender disparities.
Microaggressions can be both intentionally and unintentionally harmful, which makes these subtle slights difficult for HR to identify. Workplace experts offered 10 examples of microaggressions that can erode a company’s culture.
Talent Acquisition
U.S. employers added 151,000 new jobs in February, an increase from January but a little less than economists had expected, according to the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
States reported that 210,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Mar. 16, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised level.
Hiring assessments can be a slippery slope for employers, especially when they rule out protected employees and create disparate impact.
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