The National Labor Relations Board has clarified joint-employer status, replacing the expansive definition created by the 2015 Browning-Ferris decision. The NLRB will consider a company a joint employer only if it has "substantial direct and immediate control over one or more essential terms and conditions of employment of another employer's employees," according to the final rule.

Some corporate cultures emphasize directness when giving feedback, and others avoid addressing issues in order to not hurt employees' feelings. Here are some tips on how to combine directness and compassion to create a culture in which employees thrive.

A survey from Truist found that 86% of millennials have financial goals that they want to accomplish within five years. The top three goals, according to the survey, are debt repayment, travel and increasing the amount they save for retirement.

HR technology such as access-control solutions and sensors on clothing can help employers measure time spent with upper management by gender, writes Ashley Davis of Kisi. "Data analytics within a company can be used to identify potential bottlenecks in productivity, missed opportunities between departments, gaps in gender parity (in terms of salary, promotions, bonuses, etc...), and a million other variables," Davis writes.

In a competitive job market, some companies are relying on traditional marketing techniques to bolster employee engagement and to promote corporate values.