Walmart CEO Doug McMillon urged Congress to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn't risen since 2009. In recent years, Walmart has raised its minimum wage to $11 per hour.
The Future of HR Starts Now To weather technological, cultural and functional change, businesses will call upon their HR functions to lead the way forward. In this paper, explore 6 key areas that should be at the forefront of the HR agenda.
More people in blue-collar fields use their mobile devices to search for jobs than people in white-collar jobs, according to a Glassdoor study. The report also showed that young people are more likely to rely on their phones for job searches, while older job seekers prefer their tablets.
Bringing More Women to Workplace Leadership For decades, the call for more women in leadership roles has been a constant cry in America's workforce — still, not enough women are invited "to the table" in their organizations. Download this SmartFocus on bringing more women into leadership roles.
Manage a key driver of health costs and employee addiction Chronic back and other musculoskeletal pain can be a source of excess health spending, but it also puts employees at risk of opioid abuse. Health benefits that prioritize optimal care can address both issues, getting employees back on their feet faster, with minimal worry about addiction. Read more about reducing these costs.
Only 21% of American workers have ever taken parental leave and while lack of paid leave is the cause for some, fear of career implications also is a major factor, Maurie Backman writes. A study by the Boston College Center for Work & Family discovered that 76% of fathers who welcome a new child take one week or less off work.
Improve the employee experience with software platforms that provide self-service functions, enable collaboration, gather feedback and make it easy to get answers to HR questions, writes Luke Marson. HR information systems are useful for some of these purposes, although older systems might not cut it.
Teams are built on trust when people seek advice from and confide in each other, believe their teammates to be competent and spend time with one another professionally and casually, writes Alaina Love. "Demonstrating trust and developing high-quality team networks begins at the top, so as leader you must model the behaviors you want to see replicated," Love writes.
