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The departure rate for underrepresented minority workers at Intel has declined 9.7% since last year, while hiring has increased to 12.6%, according to a midyear report from the company. The report notes underrepresentation of African-Americans, making up 60% of the remaining goal for diversity hiring. HR Dive (8/16)
Do-it-yourself vs. Doing it right A highly-engaged workforce drives results and employee engagement programs are key to success. But most companies still lack on-the-ground programs for employee engagement and alignment. Learn how to leverage time and resources with a social recognition program in the whitepaper "Do-it-yourself vs. Doing it right".
Raising the minimum wage could encourage companies to rely on technology to handle tasks that were once performed by humans. A new report distributed by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that "groups often ignored in the minimum wage literature are in fact quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation following a minimum wage increase." MarketWatch (8/17)
Technology
Tech threatens to replace classic HR systems Cloud computing, machine learning and other technologies are upending how HR works, in some cases making obsolete HR information systems, writes Erin Vaughan. "HR teams will be able to pick and choose management software that best fits their needs, then 'train' programs to read data from various sources, a possibility that argues against the usefulness of legacy suites," she writes. ERE Media (8/14)
The HR Leader
Experts: Google took a legal risk in firing engineer Google's firing of James Damore could cause legal problems for the company under the National Labor Relations Act, which is a reminder to companies to have and demonstrate clear policies, writes Carol Patton. "My No. 1 rule for HR is that if there's an opportunity that presents itself to assert your [equal employment opportunity] and zero-tolerance [policies], then assert them," says attorney Timm Schowalter. Human Resource Executive (8/16)
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.