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Civility at Work
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
ServiceNow executives share their insights on the challenges of AI implementation, HR use cases for the evolving technology, and the latest buzz around AI agents.
Artificial intelligence is driving internal mobility and career pathing through more precise matching of employee skills and roles.
Are unrealistic expectations around AI causing stress and harming productivity? Find out how AI can increase productivity and efficiency without increasing employee burnout.
Compensation and Benefits
Driven by new requirements and regulations—as well as growing calls from employees—most North American organizations have put pay transparency strategies in place, according to WTW.
Roughly 5% of U.S. employers offer menopause-specific benefits in 2024, up just slightly from the 4% that offered them last year, according to new data from NFP.
Although the inflation data was in line with most economists’ expectations, it’s still significant that it ticked up in October, especially as many employees are still feeling the sting of higher costs.
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Inclusion and Diversity
Although there has been movement in the workplace to support working parents, there is ample room for improvement, one HR leader said at SHRM INCLUSION 2024.
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.
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.
Talent Acquisition
The U.S. Department of Labor published a resource guide designed to educate employers about the benefits of using skills-first hiring practices.
Legal developments in California limiting criminal history searches are causing significant hiring delays and unworkable burdens in the employment screening process.
Presenters at SHRM INCLUSION 2024 drove home the message that everyone carries implicit biases, which impact recruiting and hiring.
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