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New Report Charts Path Forward for FAA’s Cybersecurity Workforce

Looking Ahead at the Cybersecurity Workforce at the Federal Aviation Administration, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, charts a path forward for creating and maintaining a cybersecurity workforce at FAA that can meet the challenges of a highly competitive cybersecurity labor market and a wave of future retirements.




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Direct Financial Support, Access to Male-Dominated Jobs, and Investing in Child Care Can Increase Women’s Participation in Post-COVID Workforce, Says New Expert Consultation

Since the start of the pandemic, 2.5 million women have departed from the job market. A new rapid expert consultation says direct financial support, greater access to male-dominated jobs, and investing in child care can encourage women to return to the post-COVID workforce.




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Realizing the Promise of Biological Physics Requires a Multipronged Approach to Education, Funding, and Workforce, Says New Report

The emergence of biological physics as a field has had an impact on artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, the global response to COVID-19, and more. A new report outlines research directions and recommends ways federal agencies and universities can help strengthen the field’s future.




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India likely to add 33.9 mn jobs to its workforce by 2028 in AI era

With AI-driven transformation, India is projected to increase its workforce from 423.73 million in 2023 to 457.62 million by 2028, a net gain of 33.89 million workers, according to a report on Wednesday.




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Bakery workforce innovations

Rarely does a week go by without the topic of workforce development crossing my desk. It's a problematic situation that’s central to industry performance as we deal with present challenges—and look toward the future.




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Bakery workforce development strategies

The snack and bakery industry continues to face a difficult road when it comes to staffing. Challenges related to filling open positions for skilled and unskilled production personnel have persisted for years. But the past several months have proven particularly trying as employers seek to fill available jobs with individuals from an increasingly wary, pandemic-weary America.




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PM Profile: Johnson Controls invests in workforce development

Johnson Controls celebrated National Skilled Trades Day by confirming a second cohort of schools receiving funding as part of its Community College Partnership Program. Last year, Johnson Controls agreed to fund $15 million over the span of five years to help support the community college’s HVAC, fire, security and digital academic programs.




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Nicole Krawcke: Recruiting the next skilled trades workforce

As I write this month’s column, I’m attending Plumbing Manufacturer’s International annual Manufacturing Success conference in Louisville, Kentucky. PMI has done a great job with its programming content this year, especially with keynote presenter Andrew Winston, a corporate environmental strategist and author, who discussed how today’s companies are now expected to take a stand against the world’s social and environmental problems — and in doing so, earn a profit.




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Quest Diagnostics report shows alarming increase in workforce drug test cheating

The analysis of nearly 10 million drug tests reveals a surge in cheating, particularly related to marijuana.




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Safeguarding the invisible workforce

Advanced gas detection and safety monitoring solutions emerge as indispensable tools in safeguarding lone workers.




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Stop safety dissidents: Authority figures often ignore workforce issues

Since health and safety initiatives and overall health and safety commentary seem to be focused towards frontline workers, Positional Leaders appear to be getting a free pass on the safety train that already left the station a long, long time ago.




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KPA announces Vera Suite™ for all-in-one EHS and workforce compliance management

KPA, a leading software, consulting services, and training provider for Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Workforce Compliance solutions, announced today the upcoming release of the Vera SuiteTM software platform for managing EHS, workforce compliance, online training, and regulatory management in a single integrated cloud system.




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Intertek Alchemy launches lean training library for all levels of the manufacturing workforce

The new Intertek Alchemy frontline worker lean training courses close that gap by training both frontline workers and their managers to understand the “why” behind the “what” of lean manufacturing, encouraging them to adopt and accelerate lean principles.




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BWC awards $5 million in grants for workforce safety innovation projects

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the second round of Workforce Safety Innovation Grants awarded to advance worker safety in Ohio.




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Employee well-being training creates a more engaged, productive workforce

It’s vital to help alleviate these outside stressors so your employees become more engaged and productive in all phases of life.





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Changeovers, shrinking workforce influence case packers and wrappers

Beverage operations are juggling SKU proliferation, varying pack sizes and a changing workforce. Packing machinery is helping these manufacturers minimize disruptions to those operations.




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Ingredient suppliers announce new innovations, workforce and facility investments

Ingredient companies continue to advance operations with new product launches, facility expansions, as well as a diversified workforces. 




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PNI•HCM Partners with ZayZoon to Provide Earned Wage Access for Today's Workforce

Nearly 56% of Americans can't cover a $1,000 emergency expense with savings. ZayZoon offers financial services to provide employees with immediate access to their hard-earned wages when they need it the most.




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ElevateMeD Awards $150,000 in Medical School Scholarships to Increase Physician Workforce Diversity

The nonprofit announces its 2021-2022 Scholars Program Cohort




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PNI•HCM Launches TextHive.io to Improve Real-Time Workforce Scheduling

With TextHive's innovative SMS solution, employees will gain a deeper sense of clarity and understanding, creating a more harmonious and productive work environment between employees and their managers.




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Canada's Building Trades Unions and ARC Clean Technology collaborate for SMR workforce




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Leading Global Workforce and Education Solutions Provider Announces Cutting-Edge Short-Term Career Pathways for Rapid Skill Enhancement

Introducing LearnKey's Upskill Academy, enabling youths and adults to get upskilled and certified in ninety (90) days or less.




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Leading a Workforce Empowered by New AI Tools

New AI technology enables anyone to become a programmer — opening doors to faster analytics and automation but also presenting big challenges. Organizations need policies and strategies to manage the chaos created by what Tom Davenport calls “citizen developers.” Davenport is a professor of management and information technology at Babson College, and he’s been studying how employees are using new AI tools and how companies can both encourage and benefit from this work. He suggests practical ways for team and organizational leaders and IT departments to best oversee these efforts. Davenport is coauthor of the HBR article “We’re All Programmers Now” and the book All-in On AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence.




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Why Leaders Need to Value Their Retirement-Age Workforce

A growing number of workers are reaching retirement age around the globe. At the same time, many countries face a worker shortage, especially in critical areas like health care. Ken Dychtwald, cofounder and CEO of Age Wave, says it’s time for companies to stop overlooking this valuable labor pool, because AI alone won't alleviate the tight supply. He explains why many late-career people want to work longer. And he shares creative and often simple ways that companies can keep older workers engaged, including phased retirements, non-ageist recruiting, mentorship programs, and grandparental leave. Dychtwald is a coauthor of the HBR article "Redesigning Retirement."




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Littler and Prime Policy Group Release Joint Report on the Impact of AI and Automation on the American Workforce

Report Explores the Myriad Issues Related to Technology-Induced Displacement of Employees (TIDE)




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Digitization of the Workplace: The Impact of AI and Automation on the American Workforce

In this podcast, Aaron Crews, Littler’s Chief Data Analytics Officer, Natalie Pierce, co-chair of Littler’s Robotics, AI and Automation Practice Group and Diversity and Inclusion Council and Garry Mathiason, co-chair of Littler’s Robotics, AI and Automation Practice Group discuss what impact AI and automation will have on employers in the future.
 




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Navigating Change and Building a Workforce for Tomorrow

Natalie Pierce, co-chair of Littler's Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation practice group, and Debra Kadner, machine learning expert and cofounder of Eskalera, discuss the framework for helping employers build their workforces for the future.
 




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Minimum Salaries and the Evolving Workforce: Why the DOL’s New Automatic Salary Updates Clash With Legal Precedent and Economic Facts

Alexander MacDonald says overtime exemptions are about to get more expensive as the salary necessary to qualify for the FLSA’s “white collar” exemptions will rise in July and again in January 2025.

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Restructuring Your Workforce in APAC: War Stories from the Trenches




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Littler Survey: Economic Uncertainty Creates New Workforce Challenges for Employers

Survey of more than 450 employers reveals critical insights on layoffs, hiring practices and more

(March 8, 2023) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the results of its latest Employer Pulse Survey Report: 2023 Economic Outlook, based on responses from more than 450 in-house lawyers, C-suite executives and human resources professionals across the United States.




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As employers consider strategies for adapting the size of their workforces to meet changing business demands and technologies, what guidance should be top-of-mind?




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Transformation of the American Workforce: Challenges and Next Steps

Labor force participation is falling, the skills gap is widening, and certain industries are struggling to recover post-pandemic. In this podcast, Michael Lotito, co-chair of Littler Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) and Shannon Meade, executive director of WPI, discuss the historic transformation of the American workforce and what needs to be done on a national level to address the challenges employers and employees are facing.
 




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2023 Outlook of the Americas – Prepare Your Workforce for a Year of Challenges

In this How to Do Business in the Americas podcast series installment, Littler attorneys Lori Brown, Jorge Sales Boyoli and Juan Carlos Varela discuss relevant labor and employment issues employers will face in the Americas in 2023.

Topics include managing “wandering workers,” making staffing decisions in this period of economic uncertainty, and addressing the impact of labor law reform and union activism in multiple countries, among other issues multinational employers can anticipate at this post-pandemic stage.
 




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Conversations with Women: Impacts of the Pandemic on Women in the Workforce

Erin Webber and Zoe Argento discuss the effect the pandemic has had on working mothers and the impact on women in the workforce generally.
 




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Recruitment and Staffing Agency Quandaries: Avoiding Claims of Reverse Discrimination in Hiring a Diverse Workforce

An effective way to increase diversity hiring is to require diverse candidate slates for interviewing. Such slates include at least two diverse or women candidates in the pool of finalists. Employers should take heed, however, because there are limits to which a recruiter or a staffing agency can go in building such a slate. Alyesha Dotson discusses the avenues to intentionally recruit for diversity in a fair and smart manner to avoid violating antidiscrimination laws.
  





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The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Publishes Additional Federal Contractor and Subcontractor Guidance

On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“Order”), which directed the executive agencies to begin amending federal contracts to require federal contractors to take specific actions to combat COVID-19 and to, in turn, require covered subcontractors to take the same actions (the federal contractor COVID-19 workplace




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How can employers address varying sensitivities to DEI issues in a multinational workforce?




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Workforce Reductions and Statistics: A Primer and Recommendations

Workforce reductions, whether in the form of hours reductions, furloughs, or layoffs, are often a last resort for employers experiencing financial pressures. Nevertheless, when these actions are necessary, time typically is of the essence, because when shedding payroll is the objective, the more drawn out the process, the smaller will be any financial savings. But quick decisions need not be careless decisions. The key is to thoroughly understand the risks before making decisions that later may result in potential liability.




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Unlocking New Benefits: Is the SECURE 2.0 Student Loan Match Right for Your Workforce?

  • The Qualified Student Loan Payment (QSLP) match program allows an employer to match an employee’s student loan repayments by making matching contributions to the employer’s defined contribution plan, such as a 401(k) plan.
  • IRS Notice 2024-63 provides guidance for plan sponsors that offer (or wish to offer) a QSLP match program.




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Rebuilding America: The Potential Impact of President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan on South Carolina’s Businesses and Workforce

William H. Foster and Katie E. Towery examine the impact President Biden’s “America’s Jobs Plan” might have on South Carolina’s growing businesses and workforce. 

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The National Association of State Chambers and Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute Form Coalition and Support Workforce Development Legislation

In a letter sent to Congress today, the Coalition expresses support for legislation that would modernize America’s workforce development and education system




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Crash Course in U.S. Employment Law: How a Multinational Based Outside the United States Can Avoid Big Mistakes Managing a U.S. Workforce

  • Multinationals based outside the United States that enter the U.S. market and employ U.S. staff tend to encounter hurdles, and to make mistakes, because the U.S system of labor/employment regulation is of a fundamentally different character from those of every other country in the world.  




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Don't Let Cultural Snafus Sink Your Global Remote Workforce

As businesses start to embrace global remote workforces, one of the challenges they must deal with is managing employees spread across different geographies. It's important to understand that this task involves much more than just being considerate of different time zones. For a global remote workforce to be truly successful, organizations must also take into account important differences in culture. The prevailing values, behavioral norms, and personal situations in different ...




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Top 5 Tips to Effectively Manage a Remote Workforce

Even before COVID-19 took the world by storm, giving everyone a "new normal," remote work was already on the rise. Prior to the global pandemic a study by Upwork from their Future Workplace Report found that 5x the number of hiring managers expect more of their team to work remotely in the next 10-years. Now, given the new state of the world, every company that can has been forced to rapidly adopt remote work as a means to continue business operations ...




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Remote Workforce Analytics: Top 5 Reasons Why More Visibility Helps Your Remote Teams

Having visibility into a team's processes and projects is important to every manager. However, when you're managing a remote team, visibility becomes even more critical. How can you guide your staff on priorities and deadlines when you aren't sure what's actually going on behind the scenes? With remote workforces, simply getting work done isn't enough. Inefficient processes become more problematic as employees are no longer in the same room and communication becomes more difficult or delayed. Managers also need to see ...




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Augmenting Your Workforce: Three Opportunities to Leverage Technology to Automate Repetitive Tasks

Manufacturers face complex challenges, including attracting and retaining labor and adapting to a volatile market. Skilled human labor remains crucial despite advancements in automation.




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Invest in Training for the Future Skilled Trades Workforce

Lasting learning in the skilled trades requires substantial time spent working on real equipment with real tools.




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Ohio Colleges to Receive State Funding for Workforce Development

Gov. John Kasich and the legislature targeted funding in the state capital budget to assist Ohio’s public universities, community colleges, and career technical centers in providing the most up-to-date education possible, part of an effort to provide a skilled workforce for in-demand jobs.




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Homegrown Training Academies Help HVAC Contractors Fill the Workforce Gap

Contractor-run training facilities allow company leaders to tailor the curriculum to meet their employment needs.