Calif. certifies minimum wage increase for 2024 | Recruiters now focus on applicant's skills when hiring | How CFOs can stamp out misconduct in the workplace
California has settled on a 3.5% inflation adjustment for all employees, meaning that the minimum wage will reach $16 per hour taking effect at the start of 2024. The minimum wage will apply to employers regardless of size, and it could also affect the compensation paid to some exempt employees. Full Story: The National Law Review (8/17)
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Recruiting & Retention
Recruiters now focus on applicant's skills when hiring Despite news of layoffs, tech employment actually remains high in the overall economy, which shifts the trend in recruiting practices towards skills-based hiring. "Since 2019, the share of recruiter searches on LinkedIn that include a skills filter has grown by 25% -- and today, recruiters are 50% more likely to search by skills than they are to search by years of experience," LinkedIn reports. Full Story: Tech.co (8/17)
Drinking, marijuana use among US adults hit record highs The rates of vaping, binge drinking, and use of hallucinogens and marijuana among US adults aged 35 to 50 increased to record levels last year, according to a study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The survey, which examined data from around 28,500 people, found around 44% of younger adults in the US, or those aged 19 to 30, have used marijuana in the past year compared with 28% from about 10 years ago, while 24% reported using nicotine vapes last year, up from 14% five years ago. Full Story: USA Today (8/17)
Benefits & Compensation
Child care price rise at nearly double the inflation rate Prices for daycare and preschool services rose 6% in July compared to a year ago, an increase that is nearly double the 3.2% inflation rate. Prices could rise even further as the pandemic-era federal aid program for this sector, the Child Care Stabilization Program, expires next month. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (8/17)
Women who respond to the "bro" culture at work by telling sexist jokes themselves can benefit in the short run with a boost in social status and career benefits, while men who did so didn't fare as well, according to research from Mandy O'Neill of George Mason University and Natalya Alonso of Simon Fraser University. But women who try to be one of the boys start to lose their career advantage after about eight years -- and often "burn out and disengage," O'Neill found in additional research, and sexist joking from anyone can "perpetuate gender inequality, including increasing leniency toward discrimination ... and self-objectification of women." Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (8/18)
I knew a gal who was a member of a riding club (different from a motorcycle club). The club included men and women, but she was the only female. She was a proficient rider, so the men were fine having her ride with them. But I noticed a curious change come over her as the months wore one. She began talking like the men in the club, going to far as to refer to them as “her bros” and participating in their jokes, many of which were off-color or sexist. They didn’t usually tell those jokes around other women, but they did around this gal. She laughed right along with them. That laughter didn’t last long. Being “one of the boys” grew tiresome, for her and the men in the club. She still rode with them on occasion, but less frequently than before. Today’s HR Leader story talks about women who align themselves with “bro culture” even to the point of telling and laughing at sexist jokes. A study of this behavior found that women like this -- called “bromistas” -- seem to be held in high esteem, at first, but the status boost doesn’t last. Eventually, these women grow weary of the practice and disengage. Interesting! And bizarre. Have you seen this phenomenon? Let me know! And if you enjoy this brief, tell others so they can benefit also.
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