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HR Dive | January 24, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming many parts of work, including talent acquisition. But AI skills are unevenly distributed among industries and nations, and without intervention, this problem may further widen today's digital divide, according to an INSEAD report released Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. To truly realize the tech's potential — perhaps an ability to address poverty, endemic diseases, climate change and terrorism — employers...

HR Dive | April 17, 2020

The total cost to U.S. employee benefit plans caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could exceed $23 billion, according to a report published earlier this month by the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), a research nonprofit. That figure assumes a "high range" outcome in which the pandemic results in over 15 million U.S. cases, IBI said, and it includes estimates of costs due to short-term disability claims, potential sick leave wages and other benefits for workers absent due to COVID-19. T...

TALENT ACQUISITION

U.S. Department of Labor | January 14, 2021

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) declared Jan. 12 — for the subsequent time — a final rule with respect to required wages for certain settler workers, most remarkably those on H-1B visas. The rule will start to phase in July 1, 2021. DOL adjusted the wage level framework subsequent to getting remarks from employers worried that the pay bands illustrated in an October between time last standard were "arbitrary and unsustainable," as per the latest guideline....

ENGAGE | March 24, 2020

It’s understandable that the latest threat to our working and personal lives is under ever-increasing scrutiny. Coronavirus is not only placing our daily routines into question for the sake of our health, but it’s also posing a growing challenge to the way we conduct business on a global scale. One of the most pressing challenges that organisations are facing is how to quickly and seamlessly enable a remote, home-based workforce. As more companies encourage their teams to stay...