Employers should still be careful about which workers they classify as independent contractors, despite recent legal and regulatory moves, writes attorney Christopher Ward. "[W]hile recent developments may suggest the independent contractor risk spectrum has narrowed, it by no means has made any gray area independent contractor classification 'safe' or 'safer,' " he writes.
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General Motors is helping 33 workers, 31 of whom are female, who have been underemployed or entirely out of the workforce for at least two years, return to employment through its Take 2 program. In addition to promoting diversity, the program, which is now in its sixth round and also seeks minorities, helps GM simultaneously find the engineers it needs while bridging the skills gap.
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Starbucks has teamed with child care provider Care.com to offer subsidized backup care for children of all employees, the company said. The chain will defray the cost of up to 10 days of child care, either in home or at a day care center, for days when regular care plans fall through.
Augmented reality helps employees learn by interacting with digital images, making it easier for them to understand the training material, writes Danielle Wallace, a learning director at Beyond the Sky. "AR is an affordable solution compared to other modern technologies that come with a hefty price tag," she writes.
Protect your staff from identity theft by teaching employees how to recognize unsafe emails, storing categories of data in separate locations and shredding unneeded paper documents, writes Paige Schaffer of Generali Global Assistance. "When investing in new technology, there are two types of solutions businesses must consider: cybersecurity platforms and identity protection services," Schaffer writes.
