An Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) court case can be a costly nightmare for employers. An emerging problem that’s making it difficult to stay ADA-compliant is the algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) companies like yours use to efficiently make hiring decisions. In a technical assistance document released May 12 – “Guidance on Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence […]
Your staff members who have caregiver obligations to a family member, or someone with a disability, technically aren’t a protected class under federal law. However, a technical assistance document issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Caregiver Discrimination Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws,” indicates the agency will respond to […]
Hurricane season’s drawing near, and IRS is reminding businesses that they need to have natural disaster preparedness protocols in place for their key financial records and assets should the worst happen. Besides hurricanes, several other natural disasters impacted companies last year, including winds, flooding, tropical storms, wildfires and winter storms. With that in mind, if […]
Did you know your company could be losing 10% to 20% of its savings due to maverick spending? That’s according to a study by fintech software provider Basware and The Hackett Group. A report by B2B software developer Order says maverick spend can eat up as much as $322,000 of a mid-size (100-999 employees) business’s […]
Could the next step in the future of work be a four-day workweek instead of hybrid telework? Some employers have had positive results with the experiment. For example, social media company Buffer reported at the end of last year that 91% of its employees said they were happier and more productive working a four-day week. […]
Beyond your mission statement, are there any environment, social or corporate governance (ESG) values that leadership cares about? And what impact could making those values an active part of your policy and culture have on the bottom line? What it stands for Ways to show your firm cares about the “E” in ESG can include: […]
Whenever your people are working remotely, they still have to be vigilant about protecting sensitive financial data from different kinds of digital attacks. To ensure staffers doing remote work don’t unwittingly make your organization vulnerable to hackers, here are some strategies from tech experts. Remote work safeguards Prevent data leaks with these steps: Require employees […]
A new study says a lot of CFOs (83%) are feeling stressed out. And outdated systems may be to blame. According to DataRails, a financial planning and analysis platform for Excel users, 81% of CFOs say their daily workflows are more manually intensive than any of their fellow C-suite pros. Two hundred CFOs at companies […]
You wouldn’t want to remain loyal to suppliers that frequently raise their prices without warning or miss important delivery deadlines. So maybe it’s time to consider starting or updating a supplier performance management program. Among the organizations that may be reevaluating suppliers right now are Major League Baseball teams, such as the Texas Rangers and […]
