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[US] 6 essential facts about virtual assistants [US] 6 essential facts about virtual assistants

According to Statista research, there will be 86.5 million freelancers in the US by 2027; equating to 50.9 per cent...
25 Jul 2022

[Canada] How new worker privacy legislation will impact your organisation [Canada] How new worker privacy legislation will impact your organisation

This Bill is intended to update Canada's federal privacy law, which also covers the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents...
21 Jul 2022

[US] EEOC removes blanket COVID test authorisation [US] EEOC removes blanket COVID test authorisation

Most significantly, this requires that any mandated test be “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”
20 Jul 2022

[US] Are mental health days right for your organisation? [US] Are mental health days right for your organisation?

Mental health days have entered the discussion on how businesses can support workers' overall well-being.
15 Jul 2022

[US] St. Louis woman admits $828,000 pandemic loan fraud [US] St. Louis woman admits $828,000 pandemic loan fraud

Dionneshae Forland (51) pleaded guilty to bank fraud, theft of government property and four counts of wire fraud.
14 Jul 2022

[US] Department of Labor recovers $166k back wages for misclassified workers [US] Department of Labor recovers $166k back wages for misclassified workers

Investigators also determined that the employer did not maintain accurate records as the Fair Labor Standards Act requires.
13 Jul 2022

[US] AI can predict salaries using text of online job ads [US] AI can predict salaries using text of online job ads

Ms Bana recently demonstrated that the words used in a dataset of more than one million online job postings explain 87 per...
11 Jul 2022