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Google has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment during the past two years, including 13 senior managers, CEO Sundar Pichai says. Pichai says none of the employees received an exit package, but The New York Times reports Android creator Andy Rubin received $90 million when he departed, despite allegations of sexual misconduct with a female employee. U.S. News & World Report/Reuters (10/25),TIME online/Bloomberg (10/25),The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/25)
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Recruiting & Retention
How to improve employee onboarding Encouraging hires to learn as they go isn't a good substitute for comprehensive onboarding. A more thoughtful approach is needed, and this article discusses which practices organizations should reconsider. ERE Media (10/23)
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Benefits & Compensation
ACA premiums to climb 6% next year, analysis finds A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis estimates that health insurance premiums in Affordable Care Act markets will increase by 6% next year due to the repeal of the ACA's individual mandate penalty and the administration's decision to halt cost-sharing reduction payments and expand availability of short-term health plans and association health plans. The administration's actions will cause premiums for silver plans, the most popular plan type, to go up by an average of 16%, the report said. The Examiner (Washington, D.C.) (10/26)
The HR Leader
How to increase inclusivity for people with disabilities Meera Jagannathan provides nine ways to provide inclusiveness for those with disabilities as activists push to increase the labor-force participation rate for this group beyond 21.4%. Her suggestions include getting creative about reasonable accommodations, promoting people with disabilities and making job postings more inviting by being aware of appropriate terms and language. Moneyish (10/22)
Workplace Chatter
Prisoner caught in bid to escape by judge Two prisoners who were being transported from a Washington state courtroom tried to make a getaway attempt by running from guards, but Judge R.W. Buzzard chased after them, even catching one. Kodey Howard was grabbed by Buzzard, who quickly discarded his judicial robes in the chase, just before he could leave the courthouse, and Tanner Jacobson was caught by police not far from the building. The Associated Press (10/24)
