News & Resources

Super Bowl Squares and March Madness Brackets – What Employers Need to Know

This Sunday is the Super Bowl, and while it will not be as great without the Lions there, there is a good chance your employees are betting on it.

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February 2, 2024

1 in 4 Employees Have Witnessed Workplace Violence

Traliant, an innovator in online compliance training and ASE partner, announced its new workplace report, Fear Factors: A 2024 Employee Survey Report on Workplace Violence, Harassment, and Mental Health.

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February 1, 2024

I-9 Audits: the Audit Process and How to Review Form I-9’s Internally

HR Managers face a wide range of complicated compliance and legal processes. Form I-9 and verifying an employee’s right to work as well as keeping all of this on file is among them.

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January 31, 2024

The Return to Office War is Finally Ending as CEOs See the Value of Hybrid and Remote Work

Return to office efforts are starting to wane. Just 6 out of 158 CEOs in the United States have indicated their intent to prioritize the return of employees to full-time office work in 2024, according …

January 30, 2024

New Year! New Goals!

Happy New Year! First quarter, new year, new you! The pressure is on to set resolutions, reset, and renew. So, where do you begin?

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January 29, 2024

Changes to Marijuana Testing Laws

As more states and cities make marijuana legal in some format, we can expect drug testing laws to change, and they are.

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January 28, 2024

The Election Year is Upon Us

While it seems like elections and politics have been on-going rather than every two or four years, we are now entering the actual election year, and employers should prepare themselves to address possible employee dissent, …

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January 27, 2024

Charm School for Employees?

As more and more organizations bring employees back to the office, charm school is emerging as the newest workplace trend.

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January 22, 2024

Are You Using Job Codes to Steer Employees?

In November 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Amazon based on equal pay in which women are paid less than men performing the same or comparable work.

January 19, 2024

Working Mothers Look for Support from Employers

According to McKinsey’s 2023 Women in the Workplace report, nearly 40% of mothers with young children say that if they lose their flexible schedules, they’ll have to quit their jobs.

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January 19, 2024

Interviewing? Tell Your Gen Z Candidates to Leave Mom or Dad at Home

A recent survey conducted by Intelligent, an online magazine focusing on student life, revealed that 20% of recent college graduates brought a parent to an interview!

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January 17, 2024

The Benefits of Internships & Co-op Programs

In today's competitive business world, companies with internships or co-op programs are reaping significant benefits.

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January 15, 2024

2024 HR Trends – Recruiting Takes the Number One Spot

ASE partner, McLean & Company, a renowned HR research and advisory firm, has released its annual HR Trends Report 2024.

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January 13, 2024

How to Build a Culture of Wellness

For most businesses, this entails setting priorities, fortifying values, crystallizing goals, and fostering the retention of their workforce.

January 8, 2024

Expect Union Organizing to be Speedy in 2024

On December 26, 2023, representation case procedures changed under a rule published in August 2023 by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). Essentially, the rule is reimplementing the 2014 Obama era “Quickie Election” rules.

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January 5, 2024

New Year Means Focus on Training

Depending on how your 2023 turned out, it’s probable you have goals for your teams for 2024. Make sure one of those goals is training.