Why companies are listening to this 19-year-old | Labor Dept. proposes disability hiring reward program | CEO wants ideas from employees before his board meetings
Several organizations, including Intuit and the National Football League, have hired 19-year-old Jonah Stillman to help them better recruit, reach and connect with members of Generation Z. Intuit is overhauling its recruiting tactics and the NFL's Minnesota Vikings team is revamping its marketing and digital media strategies based on advice from Stillman. CNBC (10/28)
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Recruiting & Retention
Labor Dept. proposes disability hiring reward program The US Labor Department wants to encourage businesses that contract with the federal government to hire people with disabilities with its new Excellence in Disability Inclusion award program. Companies that create a plan to increase disability hiring would be eligible for a two-year exemption from federal compliance evaluations. Disability Scoop (10/29)
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Benefits & Compensation
Paid family leave may help increase breastfeeding rates A study in the American Journal of Public Health associated paid family leave policies with a 1.3 percentage point increase in women who exclusively breastfed their children at age 6 months, and women with middle- and high-income status in states that enacted paid family leaves had higher rates of ever breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding at 3 months, as well as prolonged breastfeeding duration. However, such policies may be inadequate to support low-income mothers, researchers said. Healio (free registration)/Infectious Diseases in Children (10/25)
The HR Leader
New CEOs aren't diversifying their teams, report says Research finds CEOs promoted from within introduce more diversity into leadership than those hired externally, but the C-suite's cultural makeup overall isn't changing much -- and is even regressing at the companies with the most diverse leadership. "The evidence suggests that once companies reach a minimum standard of diversity, the perceptions of their leaders -- and, as a result, their priorities -- change," according to this McKinsey analysis. McKinsey (10/2018)
