article thumbnail

Safety First—OSHA-Dollar General $12 Million Settlement Reached

HR Digest

In order to meet these standards, the OSHA Act covers most private-sector employers and their workers along with some public-sector groups in the 50 states and certain territories under federal authority. In January 2023, OSHA stated that since 2017, it had issued more than $15 million in fines and cited Dolgencorp and Dollar General Corp.

article thumbnail

Skills-based hiring: Punching through the paper ceiling

Business Management Daily

As of 2024, the talent shortage in the US stands at 70% , meaning that a whopping 7 out of 10 employers aren’t able to find qualified candidates for their open positions. Younger candidates are also demanding remote work and hybrid schedules due to the better work-life balance they provide, which has been a challenge for some employers.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Diversity recruiting: Two heads are better than one

Business Management Daily

In 2017, a team of economic scientists decided to ask that question by submitting resumes with traditionally Black and white names to 108 different U.S. Minority populations are not less qualified—they are considered for employment less often. Is there anything wrong with hiring practices in America? Their findings were troubling.

article thumbnail

Types of Leave in a Company Every HR Must Know

Qandle

Maternity Leave Under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017, women employees in India are entitled to 26 weeks of paid maternity leave for the birth of the first two children. Though not mandated by law, offering bereavement leave shows compassion and strengthens employee-employer trust.

article thumbnail

IBM Replaces HR with AI but The Relevance of HR Workers Hasn’t Faded

HR Digest

While we have done a huge amount of work inside IBM on leveraging AI and automation on certain enterprise workflows, our total employment has actually gone up, because what it does is it gives you more investment to put into other areas, the CEO told The Wall Street Journal.

article thumbnail

PA Commonwealth Court Says No Credit Allowed for Pension Benefits Provided by Employer to Injured Retiree

The Workcomp Writer

He then began receiving monthly pension payments of $1,668.23, funded entirely by the employers remaining contribution of approximately $219,000. The Board emphasized that Paskos part-time employment was essentially a new job, albeit with the same employer. When he suffered a work injury, his average weekly wage was $277.41.

article thumbnail

PA Court Says IRE Physicians Should Consider Conditions Beyond Accepted Injury Description

The Workcomp Writer

The WCJ found that the employer had failed to meet its burden of proof that claimant’s disability status should be modified because of the inadequate nature of the IRE physician’s opinion. 2017) and Sicilia v. Commonwealth Court’s Decision The court, relying on Duffey v. WCAB (Trola-Dyne, Inc. ), 638 Pa. 3d 984 (Pa. 3d 1213 (Pa.