Hunter Adams

HR Dive | September 02, 2020

Employers must pay employees who work remotely or who telework for all hours worked of which employers either know or have reason to believe were performed, even if they have a rule against doing such work, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division said in a Field Assistance Bulletin published Aug. 24. The agency noted that an employer's obligation to pay employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act is based on both "actual knowledge" or "constructive kno...

HR Dive | January 17, 2020

Global skill mismatches are "imposing a 6% annual tax on the global economy in the form of lost labor productivity," according to a Jan. 15 report from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Part of the problem is that skills are becoming obsolete at an increasingly fast rate, BCG said. This increases demand for reskilling and upskilling, but "[t]he system for building human capital needs to be updated," said Leila Hoteit, a BCG senior partner and co-author of the report, in a statem...

ManpowerGroup | February 07, 2020

Talent shortages in the U.S. have more than tripled in a decade with 69% of employers struggling to fill positions up from just 14% in 2010, according to a ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) survey. When employers cannot find the talent they need, they need to act differently and consider what workers want, concludes the leading global workforce solutions company. Closing the Skills Gap: What Workers Want asks 2,000 U.S. employers and over 1,500 workers what attracts them to an organization and what make...

AdminaHealth | May 28, 2020

Automated integration speeds re-establishing insurance coverages for employees. As the rate of new COVID-19 cases thankfully slows and states lift stay-at-home restrictions, employers are looking to rehire.