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    美国劳工部发布职场人工智能使用原则,保护员工权益(附录原文) 今天5月16日,美国劳工部发布了一套针对人工智能(AI)在职场使用的原则,旨在为雇主提供指导,确保人工智能技术的开发和使用以员工为核心,提升所有员工的工作质量和生活质量。代理劳工部长朱莉·苏在声明中指出:“员工必须是我们国家AI技术发展和使用方法的核心。这些原则反映了拜登-哈里斯政府的信念,人工智能不仅要遵守现有法律,还要提升所有员工的工作和生活质量。” 根据劳工部发布的内容,这些AI原则包括: 以员工赋权为中心:员工及其代表,特别是来自弱势群体的代表,应被告知并有真正的发言权参与AI系统的设计、开发、测试、培训、使用和监督。这确保了AI技术在整个生命周期中考虑到员工的需求和反馈。 道德开发AI:AI系统应以保护员工为目标设计、开发和培训。这意味着在开发AI时,需要优先考虑员工的安全、健康和福祉,防止技术对员工造成不利影响。 建立AI治理和人工监督:组织应有明确的治理体系、程序、人工监督和评估流程,确保AI系统在职场中的使用符合伦理规范,并有适当的监督机制来防止误用。 确保AI使用的透明度:雇主应对员工和求职者透明地展示其使用的AI系统。这包括向员工说明AI系统的功能、目的以及其在工作中的具体应用,增强员工的信任感。 保护劳动和就业权利:AI系统不应违反或破坏员工的组织权、健康和安全权、工资和工时权以及反歧视和反报复保护。这确保了员工在AI技术的应用下,其基本劳动权益不受侵害。 使用AI来支持员工:AI系统应协助、补充和支持员工,并改善工作质量。这意味着AI应被用来提升员工的工作效率和舒适度,而不是取代员工或增加其工作负担。 支持受AI影响的员工:雇主应在与AI相关的工作转换期间支持或提升员工的技能。这包括提供培训和职业发展机会,帮助员工适应新的工作环境和技术要求。 确保负责任地使用员工数据:AI系统收集、使用或创建的员工数据应限于合法商业目的,并被负责地保护和处理。这确保了员工数据的隐私和安全,防止数据滥用。 这些原则是根据拜登总统发布的《安全、可靠和可信赖的人工智能开发和使用行政命令》制定的,旨在为开发者和雇主提供路线图,确保员工在AI技术带来的新机遇中受益,同时避免潜在的危害。 拜登政府强调,这些原则不仅适用于特定行业,而是应在各个领域广泛应用。原则不是详尽的列表,而是一个指导框架,供企业根据自身情况进行定制,并在员工参与下实施最佳实践。通过这种方式,拜登政府希望能在确保AI技术推动创新和机会的同时,保护员工的权益,避免技术可能带来的负面影响。 这套原则发布后,您认为它会对贵公司的AI技术使用和员工权益保护产生怎样的影响? 英文如下: Department of Labor's Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles for Developers and Employers Since taking office, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have moved with urgency to harness AI's potential to spur innovation, advance opportunity, and transform the nature of many jobs and industries, while also protecting workers from the risk that they might not share in these gains. As part of this commitment, the AI Executive Order directed the Department of Labor to create Principles for Developers and Employers when using AI in the workplace. These Principles will create a roadmap for developers and employers on how to harness AI technologies for their businesses while ensuring workers benefit from new opportunities created by AI and are protected from its potential harms. The precise scope and nature of how AI will change the workplace remains uncertain. AI can positively augment work by replacing and automating repetitive tasks or assisting with routine decisions, which may reduce the burden on workers and allow them to better perform other responsibilities. Consequently, the introduction of AI-augmented work will create demand for workers to gain new skills and training to learn how to use AI in their day-to-day work. AI will also continue creating new jobs, including those focused on the development, deployment, and human oversight of AI. But AI-augmented work also poses risks if workers no longer have autonomy and direction over their work or their job quality declines. The risks of AI for workers are greater if it undermines workers' rights, embeds bias and discrimination in decision-making processes, or makes consequential workplace decisions without transparency, human oversight and review. There are also risks that workers will be displaced entirely from their jobs by AI. In recent years, unions and employers have come together to collectively bargain new agreements setting sensible, worker-protective guardrails around the use of AI and automated systems in the workplace. In order to provide AI developers and employers across the country with a shared set of guidelines, the Department of Labor developed "Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles for Developers and Employers" as directed by President Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, with input from workers, unions, researchers, academics, employers, and developers, among others, and through public listening sessions. APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES The following Principles apply to the development and deployment of AI systems in the workplace, and should be considered during the whole lifecycle of AI – from design to development, testing, training, deployment and use, oversight, and auditing. The Principles are applicable to all sectors and intended to be mutually reinforcing, though not all Principles will apply to the same extent in every industry or workplace. The Principles are not intended to be an exhaustive list but instead a guiding framework for businesses. AI developers and employers should review and customize the best practices based on their own context and with input from workers. The Department's AI Principles for Developers and Employers include: [North Star] Centering Worker Empowerment: Workers and their representatives, especially those from underserved communities, should be informed of and have genuine input in the design, development, testing, training, use, and oversight of AI systems for use in the workplace. Ethically Developing AI: AI systems should be designed, developed, and trained in a way that protects workers. Establishing AI Governance and Human Oversight: Organizations should have clear governance systems, procedures, human oversight, and evaluation processes for AI systems for use in the workplace. Ensuring Transparency in AI Use: Employers should be transparent with workers and job seekers about the AI systems that are being used in the workplace. Protecting Labor and Employment Rights: AI systems should not violate or undermine workers' right to organize, health and safety rights, wage and hour rights, and anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation protections. Using AI to Enable Workers: AI systems should assist, complement, and enable workers, and improve job quality. Supporting Workers Impacted by AI: Employers should support or upskill workers during job transitions related to AI. Ensuring Responsible Use of Worker Data: Workers' data collected, used, or created by AI systems should be limited in scope and location, used only to support legitimate business aims, and protected and handled responsibly.
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    2024年05月16日
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    Indeed宣布裁员1000人,占美国员工8%,CEO说要简化组织结构 Indeed,这家招聘网站宣布裁员约 1000 人,约占其美国员工总数的 8%。这一决定是通过首席执行官克里斯-海姆斯(Chris Hyams)的一封信传达的,主要影响到研发团队和市场团队。与去年因节约成本而裁员 15%不同,此次裁员旨在简化组织结构,以更好地进行决策和实现收入增长。海因斯强调,公司与人力资源部和 DEIB+ 团队合作,确保决策的公平性和客观性,并指出裁员不会对女性、代表性不足的性别或少数民族造成过大的影响。受影响的员工将获得更好的离职待遇,这体现了公司在过渡期间为员工提供支持的努力。 美国知名招聘网站Indeed宣布将大规模裁员,解雇约1,000名员工,占其美国员工总数的约8%。这一决定通过CEO Chris Hyams于周一发给员工的一封信传达,信中详细说明了裁员的战略原因及公司未来的发展方向。 受影响的职位主要集中在研发(R&D)和市场推广团队。此次行动是继去年裁减15%员工后的又一大动作,去年裁员是由于疫情后招聘岗位减少所致。然而,Hyams强调此次裁员并非出于节约成本的考虑,而是为了简化公司的组织结构。 “我们需要简化组织,以便更轻松和快速地做出决策,并更有效地增加收入和招聘,”Hyams在信中解释道。他承认这些决定对员工生活有重大影响,并对公司目前的状况负有责任。 Indeed一直与人力资源、法律和多样性、公平、包容和归属(DEIB+)团队密切合作,确保裁员过程的公平和客观。Hyams保证决策过程没有对女性、代表性不足的性别或少数群体产生不成比例的影响。公司还改进了受影响员工的离职补偿包,体现了公司在这一过渡期对他们的支持承诺。 此次重组努力是Indeed更广泛战略的一部分,旨在提高运营效率,并为可持续增长做好准备。Hyams指出:“尽管过去一年全球经济在若干领域有所改善,但我们尚未为可持续增长做好准备。尽管我们迄今为止付出了努力,但我们的组织仍然过于复杂,存在大量重复劳动和过多的组织层级,这些都拖慢了决策过程。” Hyams最后表示,相信这些变化是Indeed成功应对未来挑战和机遇所必需的。公司希望通过这些变化,创建一个更加精简和灵活的组织,能够更快地做出决策和更有效地增加收入。 Indeed的决定反映了科技公司在快速变化的经济环境中努力平衡效率和增长的更广泛趋势。在公司度过这一过渡期的过程中,业内将密切关注这些变化对其业绩和员工士气的影响。 关于Indeed: Indeed是领先的招聘网站,帮助人们找到工作并帮助公司招聘人才。公司在全球运营,连接了数百万求职者与各行业的就业机会。凭借对创新和用户体验的关注,Indeed继续在就业市场中占据重要地位。  
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    2024年05月14日
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    突发:Meta(Facebook)宣布关闭其企业协作平台Workplace! Meta公司(前身为Facebook)将关闭其企业内部协作平台Workplace。这一决定标志着该产品十年运行的结束。Workplace最初由Facebook内部团队使用的闭环版本发展而来,目的是为商业用户提供沟通和生产力工具。尽管取得了一些成功,但与Slack和Microsoft Teams等竞争对手相比,Workplace的表现不尽如人意。随着新冠疫情的影响消退,Workplace的增长也随之放缓。Meta在2025年9月前将保持Workplace的正常运作,然后直到2026年5月为止只提供只读访问,之后将完全关闭。Meta建议用户转移到Zoom旗下的Workvivo平台。公司在备忘录中表示,这一决定虽然艰难,但符合Meta目前专注于人工智能和精简非核心项目的战略。Meta的这一举措不仅反映了企业通讯市场的激烈竞争,也显示出其在战略调整中的果断行动。 Meta(前身为Facebook)正在关闭其企业内部协作平台Workplace,标志着其进入企业生产力市场的十年努力的结束。该公司将在2025年9月之前保持服务,然后进入只读阶段直到2026年5月,之后Workplace将完全退役。 此举与Meta向人工智能的广泛战略转变以及简化其运营以专注于核心项目的努力相一致。Meta建议当前的Workplace用户迁移到Zoom在2023年收购的Workvivo平台。 过渡详情和时间表 Meta向Workplace客户发布的备忘录概述了分阶段关闭的计划: 2025年8月31日之前: Workplace将照常运作。 2025年9月1日至2026年5月31日: 该平台将免费但仅限于只读访问以下载数据。 2026年5月31日后: 服务将完全退役。 为了协助过渡,Meta将从2024年9月1日开始对Workplace服务提供50%的折扣,并将与Zoom密切合作,促进向Workvivo的无缝迁移。 Workplace的兴衰 最初以Facebook @ Work推出的Workplace旨在利用Facebook的内部沟通工具提供面向商业的解决方案。在谷歌地图的联合创始人Lars Rasmussen的领导下,Workplace旨在提供一个强大的团队沟通和生产力平台。 尽管获得了重要客户并集成了第三方应用程序以增强生产力,但Workplace在与Slack和Microsoft Teams等新兴明星的竞争中表现不佳。疫情进一步影响了增长,关键人员的离职削弱了部门的势头。 战略重估 Meta关闭Workplace的决定是其项目组合更广泛评估的一部分。随着对人工智能的关注重新燃起,Meta正在消除非核心项目以简化运营并集中资源于更具战略重要性的领域。 公司内部人士评论说:“疫情后增长放缓,随着Meta重新定义其身份和优先事项,果断关闭非核心项目是有道理的。” Workplace的关闭标志着Meta的战略转变和企业协作工具不断发展的格局。随着Meta继续创新并专注于人工智能驱动的项目,Workplace用户被鼓励过渡到Workvivo,以确保其企业通信需求的连续性。 Meta的举措反映了企业通信市场的竞争性,强调了公司根据战略目标调整产品提供的承诺。 Workvivo by Zoom 是一个员工体验平台,通过让员工能够表达自己的意见并帮助每个人感到被包容(无论他们在哪里工作),从而简化沟通并提高参与度。 Workvivo 于 2023 年被 Zoom 收购,扩展了 Zoom Workplace 平台,为客户提供新的方式,让员工保持知情、参与和联系。 Workvivo 正在与一些世界上最知名的品牌合作,帮助他们提高员工敬业度,并以数字方式将他们的文化带入生活,其中包括 Dollar General、维珍集团、Bupa、Ryanair、Lululemon 和亚马逊。 关于 Zoom Workvivo Workvivo 是一个员工体验平台,通过让员工能够表达自己的意见并帮助每个人感到被包容(无论他们在哪里工作),从而简化沟通并提高参与度。该平台将员工沟通、参与、内联网和衡量功能统一到一个现代员工应用程序中,该应用程序可以捕捉组织的心跳并将其文化带入生活。 Workvivo 成立于 2017 年,取得了巨大的增长,并于 2023 年被 Zoom 收购。Workvivo 为世界各地各行业的公司提供员工体验,包括 Amazon、Motherson、White Castle、Bupa 和 Ryanair。 Workvivo 经常位居软件评论网站(包括 Gartner Digital)的榜首,在 G2 内部通信、内联网和互动工具类别中排名第一。欲了解更多信息,请访问www.workvivo.com。
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    2024年05月14日
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    2024年组织中人力资源部门的21个关键角色-来自AIHR 组织中人力资源部门的21个关键角色,分为“关键角色”、“合规角色”和“新兴角色”三个部分,如下所示: 关键角色 吸引候选人:开发和执行策略以吸引合适的候选人。 选择候选人:从众多申请者中挑选出最适合的候选人。 内部和外部招聘:内部晋升和外部招聘的管理。 绩效评估:对员工的工作表现进行评估。 薪酬:设计和实施薪酬策略。 员工福利管理:设计和管理员工福利计划。 学习与发展:确保员工技能与组织需求保持一致。 合规角色 晋升:晋升机制的设计与实施。 问题解决小组:创建和管理解决问题的小组。 全面质量管理(TQM):实施全面质量管理以提高服务或产品质量。 信息共享:确保重要信息能够及时传达给所有员工。 组织发展:通过战略性的人力资源管理提升组织效能。 调查管理:管理各种员工调查,收集反馈以改进工作环境。 合规管理:确保公司遵守所有相关法律和规章制度。 商业合作伙伴:HR作为管理层的战略合作伙伴,提供人力资源解决方案。 新兴角色 数据与分析管理:使用数据分析来支持决策过程。 人力资源技术管理:管理和优化HR相关的技术和系统。 变更管理:领导和管理组织变更。 员工体验:设计和改进员工的整体工作体验。 多元化、公平、包容和归属感(DEIB):推广和实施多元化和包容性策略。 公关:管理公司的公共形象和应对公关危机。 原文来自:https://www.aihr.com/blog/human-resources-roles/   Attracting candidates, Selecting candidates, Hiring from within and from outside, Performance appraisals, Compensation, Employee benefit management, Learning & development, Promotions, Problem-solving groups, Total quality management (TQM), Information sharing, Organizational development, Survey management, Compliance management, Business partnering, Data & analytics management, HR technology management, Change management, Employee experience, DEIB, PR 吸引候选人、选择候选人、内部和外部招聘、绩效评估、薪酬、员工福利管理、学习与发展、晋升、问题解决小组、全面质量管理 (TQM)、信息共享、组织发展、调查管理、合规管理、业务合作、数据与分析管理、人力资源技术管理、变革管理、员工体验、DEIB、公共关系  
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    2024年05月12日
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    Happy Mother's Day!
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    2024年05月12日
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    LinkedIn推出三款新职场小游戏,旨在增强职业网络互动 为了增加用户参与度并提供创新的网络解决方案,LinkedIn正式推出了三款新的职场小游戏:Queens、Crossclimb和Pinpoint。这些游戏自今日起在全球范围内提供,旨在通过逻辑、知识竞赛和词语联想测试来增强职业网络体验。 Queens游戏灵感来源于数独,挑战玩家在不重叠的情况下策略性地放置皇冠,促进逻辑思维和策略规划。Crossclimb是一款基于知识的填字游戏,玩家需要根据给定的线索通过更改一个字母来形成新词,测试他们的词汇灵活性和常识。最后,Pinpoint游戏类似于《纽约时报》的Connections游戏,要求玩家发现给定词语之间的联系,增强他们的联想思维和词汇能力。 Pinpoint是我们的词语联想游戏。网格中有五个词,你的目标是猜测(或者敢说是精准定位!)这些词的共同类别。但有一个转折:这五个词是隐藏的,一次只揭示一个。你希望尽可能少的揭示就猜到类别。 Queens是我们的逻辑游戏。这里的目标是在网格中填满皇后(?),使得每一行、每一列和每一区域中只有一位——且皇后之间不相接触。总有一个正确答案,而且总是可以不用猜测就能解决。当然,这也是一场与时间的赛跑! Crossclimb是我们的知识问答游戏。可以将其看作是填字游戏和词梯的结合:你需要利用你的知识问答和词汇知识来填写词梯中的单词。在你填写单词的同时,你会重新排列它们,使梯子中的每个词只有一个字母不同——这将解锁两个最终线索以赢得游戏。 我们设计每款游戏只需几分钟,完全可以融入你的工作日程——无论是在通勤时准备思维,还是在会议间隙进行快速的心理休息,或是在漫长的一天后放松。每天只有一版每个游戏,由世界顶级的谜题制作者精心制作:我们的每日Pinpoint和Crossclimb由今年的美国填字游戏锦标赛冠军、LinkedIn的游戏编辑Paolo Pasco创建。而我们的Queens网格将由一系列才华横溢的创作者制作,本月的网格由三届世界数独冠军Thomas Snyder制作。 LinkedIn新闻部的副总裁兼总编辑Dan Roth强调了这些游戏对职业互动的价值。“游戏是一种有趣轻松的方式,可以帮助我们的用户维护他们网络中的联系,”Roth解释说。他指出,虽然这些游戏设计为轻松互动,但也具有加强职业联系的更大目的。 这些游戏已整合到平台中,用户可以通过直接链接或通过负责开发这些游戏的LinkedIn新闻部门访问。尽管目前这些游戏独立于微软的游戏运营,LinkedIn内部团队在进一步开发这些互动功能方面看到了巨大的潜力。 LinkedIn北美执行编辑Laura Lorenzetti针对可能对工作场所分心的担忧进行了回应。“这些游戏故意设计得简短,并且每天限玩一次,以尽量减少干扰的同时最大化参与度,”她说。这种方式确保游戏既有趣又不会影响职业生产力。 随着LinkedIn继续扩展其内容和参与策略,这些游戏代表了一种新颖的方式,促进平台上用户的互动。通过将职业网络和互动游戏的世界结合起来,LinkedIn不仅增强了用户体验,还为职业环境中的互动内容树立了新的标准。
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    2024年05月01日
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    【嘉宾揭晓】2024NACSHR夏季论坛6月8日-9日在加州硅谷举办,欢迎参加与合作 2024NACSHR夏季论坛即将开启报名,欢迎参加与合作 从2016年起,北美华人人力资源协会(NACSHR)一直致力于构建一个专为HR专业人士及商业精英打造的交流平台。多年来,NACSHR年度论坛已经发展成为北美地区最有影响力的人力资源活动之一,吸引了众多行业领导者和专家的关注与参与。 2024年,我们非常高兴地再次邀请全球的华人人力资源专业人士以及从业者,加入我们6月份的NACSHR夏季论坛。继续我们的成功传统,即将到来的论坛将包含专业小组讨论、实用工作坊、招聘会、企业参观以及多种交流活动。这些会议不仅旨在提供最新的行业知识和趋势,而且为与会者提供了一个与行业顶尖专业人士进行近距离交流的宝贵机会,并且与同行建立或加深联系。 这个多元化的平台将探讨在北美职场中实现职业飞跃的策略,应对快速变化的工作环境,以及如何通过有效的人力资源管理促进企业与个人的共同发展。NACSHR2024年度论坛不仅是学习和交流的场所,它还是启示和灵感的源泉,为华人HR专家和从业者打开了通往职业新篇章的大门。 我们期待着全球的华人HR同事共聚一堂,共同探索和塑造未来人力资源的新趋势。加入我们的NACSHR2024年度论坛,共享思想的碰撞和心灵的触动。 会议形式:专业小组讨论+晚宴酒会+职业机会+企业参观+互动交流 2024北美华人人力资源夏季峰会将于6月7日至9日在硅谷举办!会议形式多样,嘉宾阵容强大,为华人HR专业人士聚集提供了不容错过的机会。超过30位来自北美的杰出华人HR领导者和专家将带来两天充实的专业内容。 Stay Together Stay Powerful 诚挚邀请全世界华人HR以及人力资源行业从业人员参加本次年度盛会。 2024北美华人人力资源协会夏季论坛 时间:2024年6月8日-9日 周六周日 (9:00-17:00 ) 周六8点半签到 地点:Sonesta Silicon Valley 1820 Barber Lane Milpitas, CA 95035 报名地址:https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/6DD83E38-2557-37A2-0855-F8A9412B2003 (6月1日前报名付费可享优惠票价) (Eventbrite频道  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-nacshr-tickets-857613855127,如需通过其报名亦可。) 门票价格:  注:不含会议午餐和参访期间交通  (付款方式及报名后的注意事项:https://www.nacshr.org/1800.html) 赞助合作: 联系人:Annie annie@nacshr.org 或者点击这里:https://www.nacshr.org/Survey/CDBE9324-6291-EB0E-3E50-91532A2A70BB 参与分享演讲:(仅限 inhouse HR) 联系人:Bijun or 冬瓜 nacshr818@gmail.com 嘉宾申请链接: https://www.nacshr.org/1732.html 2024NACSHR夏季论坛,欢迎参加与合作 往届回顾: https://www.nacshr.org/762.html        
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    2024年04月28日
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    美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)FTC 宣布全国范围内禁止竞业协议,详细请看 美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)于2024年4月23日发布最终规定,全国范围内禁止非竞争协议。此举旨在通过保护工人更换工作的自由来促进竞争,增加创新,并推动经济增长。根据FTC的预测,新业务的形成将每年增加2.7%,预计每年将新增超过8500家新企业。此外,预计工人的平均收入将增加524美元,未来十年内医疗费用预计将减少高达1940亿美元。同时,预计该规定还将在未来十年内每年新增17000至29000项专利。 详情以英文版为准: FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes FTC’s final rule will generate over 8,500 new businesses each year, raise worker wages, lower health care costs, and boost innovation Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation. “Noncompete clauses keep wages low, suppress new ideas, and rob the American economy of dynamism, including from the more than 8,500 new startups that would be created a year once noncompetes are banned,” said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan. “The FTC’s final rule to ban noncompetes will ensure Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.” The FTC estimates that the final rule banning noncompetes will lead to new business formation growing by 2.7% per year, resulting in more than 8,500 additional new businesses created each year. The final rule is expected to result in higher earnings for workers, with estimated earnings increasing for the average worker by an additional $524 per year, and it is expected to lower health care costs by up to $194 billion over the next decade. In addition, the final rule is expected to help drive innovation, leading to an estimated average increase of 17,000 to 29,000 more patents each year for the next 10 years under the final rule. Noncompetes are a widespread and often exploitative practice imposing contractual conditions that prevent workers from taking a new job or starting a new business. Noncompetes often force workers to either stay in a job they want to leave or bear other significant harms and costs, such as being forced to switch to a lower-paying field, being forced to relocate, being forced to leave the workforce altogether, or being forced to defend against expensive litigation. An estimated 30 million workers—nearly one in five Americans—are subject to a noncompete. Under the FTC’s new rule, existing noncompetes for the vast majority of workers will no longer be enforceable after the rule’s effective date. Existing noncompetes for senior executives - who represent less than 0.75% of workers - can remain in force under the FTC’s final rule, but employers are banned from entering into or attempting to enforce any new noncompetes, even if they involve senior executives. Employers will be required to provide notice to workers other than senior executives who are bound by an existing noncompete that they will not be enforcing any noncompetes against them. In January 2023, the FTC issued a proposed rule which was subject to a 90-day public comment period. The FTC received more than 26,000 comments on the proposed rule, with over 25,000 comments in support of the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompetes. The comments informed the FTC’s final rulemaking process, with the FTC carefully reviewing each comment and making changes to the proposed rule in response to the public’s feedback. In the final rule, the Commission has determined that it is an unfair method of competition, and therefore a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, for employers to enter into noncompetes with workers and to enforce certain noncompetes. The Commission found that noncompetes tend to negatively affect competitive conditions in labor markets by inhibiting efficient matching between workers and employers. The Commission also found that noncompetes tend to negatively affect competitive conditions in product and service markets, inhibiting new business formation and innovation. There is also evidence that noncompetes lead to increased market concentration and higher prices for consumers. Alternatives to Noncompetes The Commission found that employers have several alternatives to noncompetes that still enable firms to protect their investments without having to enforce a noncompete. Trade secret laws and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) both provide employers with well-established means to protect proprietary and other sensitive information. Researchers estimate that over 95% of workers with a noncompete already have an NDA. The Commission also finds that instead of using noncompetes to lock in workers, employers that wish to retain employees can compete on the merits for the worker’s labor services by improving wages and working conditions. Changes from the NPRM Under the final rule, existing noncompetes for senior executives can remain in force. Employers, however, are prohibited from entering into or enforcing new noncompetes with senior executives. The final rule defines senior executives as workers earning more than $151,164 annually and who are in policy-making positions. Additionally, the Commission has eliminated a provision in the proposed rule that would have required employers to legally modify existing noncompetes by formally rescinding them. That change will help to streamline compliance. Instead, under the final rule, employers will simply have to provide notice to workers bound to an existing noncompete that the noncompete agreement will not be enforced against them in the future. To aid employers’ compliance with this requirement, the Commission has included model language in the final rule that employers can use to communicate to workers. The Commission vote to approve the issuance of the final rule was 3-2 with Commissioners Melissa Holyoak and Andrew N. Ferguson voting no. Commissioners’ written statements will follow at a later date. The final rule will become effective 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. Once the rule is effective, market participants can report information about a suspected violation of the rule to the Bureau of Competition by emailing noncompete@ftc.gov. The Federal Trade Commission develops policy initiatives on issues that affect competition, consumers, and the U.S. economy. The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. Follow the FTC on social media, read consumer alerts and the business blog, and sign up to get the latest FTC news and alerts.  
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    2024年04月23日
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    EEOC Issues Final Regulation on Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 美国平等就业机会委员会(EEOC)发布了《怀孕工作者公平法案》(PWFA)的最终规则,该规则自2023年6月27日生效,要求15名以上员工的雇主为怀孕、分娩或相关医疗条件的员工提供合理的工作调整,除非这种调整给雇主带来过大困难。此规则进一步加强了1964年民权法案和美国残疾人法案下的保护措施,提供了关于合理调整、雇主责任及孕期工作者权利的更清晰指导。 Aids Implementation of Civil Rights Law Expanding Protections and Accommodations for Pregnant Workers WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), providing important clarity that will allow pregnant workers the ability to work and maintain a healthy pregnancy and help employers understand their duties under the law. The PWFA requires most employers with 15 or more employees to provide “reasonable accommodations,” or changes at work, for a worker’s known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless the accommodation will cause the employer an undue hardship. The PWFA builds upon existing protections against pregnancy discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and access to reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC began accepting charges of discrimination on June 27, 2023, the day on which the PWFA became effective. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register on Apr. 19. The final rule was approved by majority vote of the Commission on Apr. 3, 2024, and becomes effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The final rule and its accompanying interpretative guidance reflect the EEOC’s deliberation and response to the approximately 100,000 public comments received on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. It provides clarity to employers and workers about who is covered, the types of limitations and medical conditions covered, how individuals can request reasonable accommodations, and numerous concrete examples. “The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a win for workers, families, and our economy. It gives pregnant workers clear access to reasonable accommodations that will allow them to keep doing their jobs safely and effectively, free from discrimination and retaliation,” said EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows. “At the EEOC, we have assisted women who have experienced serious health risks and unimaginable loss simply because they could not access a reasonable accommodation on the job. This final rule provides important information and guidance to help employers meet their responsibilities, and to jobseekers and employees about their rights. It encourages employers and employees to communicate early and often, allowing them to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner.” Highlights from the final regulation include: ·       Numerous examples of reasonable accommodations such as additional breaks to drink water, eat, or use the restroom; a stool to sit on while working; time off for health care appointments; temporary reassignment; temporary suspension of certain job duties; telework; or time off to recover from childbirth or a miscarriage, among others. ·       Guidance regarding limitations and medical conditions for which employees or applicants may seek reasonable accommodation, including miscarriage or still birth; migraines; lactation; and pregnancy-related conditions that are episodic, such as morning sickness. This guidance is based on Congress’s PWFA statutory language, the EEOC’s longstanding definition of “pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions” from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and court decisions interpreting the term “pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions from Title VII. ·       Guidance encouraging early and frequent communication between employers and workers to raise and resolve requests for reasonable accommodation in a timely manner. ·       Clarification that an employer is not required to seek supporting documentation when an employee asks for a reasonable accommodation and should only do so when it is reasonable under the circumstances. ·       Explanation of when an accommodation would impose an undue hardship on an employer and its business. ·       Information on how employers may assert defenses or exemptions, including those based on religion, as early as possible in charge processing. More information about the PWFA and the EEOC’s final rule, including resources for employers and workers, is available on the EEOC’s “What You Should Know about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act” webpage. For more information on pregnancy discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/pregnancy-discrimination. The EEOC prevents and remedies unlawful employment discrimination and advances equal opportunity for all. More information is available at www.eeoc.gov. Stay connected with the latest EEOC news by subscribing to our email updates.
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    2024年04月19日
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    The 10 golden rules for establishing a people analytics practice 十大黄金法则: 战略适配性:确保人力资源分析项目与组织的战略目标对齐,以实现最大的价值和影响。 持续的员工倾听:通过整合员工和业务的声音,优先处理正确的战略人力资源问题。 证据基础的HR服务整合:将所有基于证据的HR服务整合到一个功能中,提升人力资源分析的交付速度和质量。 清晰的人力资源分析操作模型:建立一个目标操作模型,明确客户、可交付服务、服务水平和交付时间。 数据隐私合规性:遵守数据隐私法规,同时考虑数据分析在文化和业务连续性方面的影响。 数据驱动决策的HR能力提升:通过提升HR社区的数据和洞察力使用,将业务机会转化为分析服务。 管理HR数据:建立集中的企业级数据基础设施,改善数据的组合、共享和分析能力。 产品设计和思维:确保人力资源分析服务的用户设计友好,易于导航,并激励用户在决策中使用数据。 实验与最小可行产品:通过实验和最小可行产品,逐步评估和改进解决方案,避免大规模实施失败。 利用人工智能的潜力:构建和实施基于机器学习的AI功能,确保模型的性能和有效性,同时控制数据偏见和合法性。 这些法则展示了通过系统方法创建并采纳人力资源分析实践的重要性,强调了以数据和证据为基础支持人力资源功能的必要性。 It is time for an update on my previous posts on the 10 golden rules of people analytics, simply because so much has happened since then. For example, continuous employee listening, artificial intelligence (AI in HR), agile HR, employee experience, strategic workforce management, and hybrid working are just a few emerging topics in recent years listed in Gartner's hype cycle for HR transformation (2023). In the last year, I have spoken to many people working in different organisations on establishing people analytics as an accepted practice. I have also joined some great conferences (HRcoreLAB, PAW London & Amsterdam) where I learned from excellent speakers. I also (re)engaged with some excellent people analytics and workforce management vendors, such as Crunchr, Visier, eQ8, AIHR, One Model, Mindthriven, and Agentnoon. Finally, I also enjoyed having multiple elevating discussions with some thought leaders who influenced my thinking (e.g., David Green, Rob Briner, Jonathan Ferrar, Dave Millner, Sjoerd van den Heuvel, Ian O'Keefe, Brydie Lear, Jaap Veldkamp, RJ Milnor, and Nick Kennedy). These encounters and my ongoing PhD research on adopting people analytics resulted in a treasure trove of new ideas and knowledge that confirmed my experience and beliefs that it is all about creating an embraced people analytics practice using a systemic approach in supporting HR in becoming more evidence-based. So, like I said, it's time for an update. I hope you enjoy and appreciate the post, and I invite you to engage and react in the comments or send me a direct message. Create a strong strategy FIT. It is obvious but not a common practice that your people analytics portfolio needs to align or fit with your strategic organisational goals. A strong strategic FIT ensures you execute people analytics projects with the most value and impact on your organisation. It is, therefore, important to integrate the decision-making on where to play in people analytics with your periodic HR prioritisation process. Strategic workforce management and continuous employee listening are pivotal in prioritising the right strategic workforce issues The bigger picture is that two people analytics-related HR interventions, strategic workforce management and continuous employee listening, are pivotal in prioritising the right strategic workforce issues. By blending the insights from these HR interventions, you ensure you are prioritising based on the voice of the business and the voice of the employee. See also my previous post on strategic workforce management. Because people analytics is at the core of these HR interventions and provides many additional strategic insights, I argue we need a new HR operating model where the people analytics practice is positioned at the centre of HR. I argue that we need a new HR operating model where the people analytics practice is positioned at the centre of HR Grow and integrate evidence-based HR services. Based on my experience and research, I strongly advise integrating all evidence-based HR services into one function. See also my previous post on establishing a people analytics practice. This integration will enhance the speed and quality of your people analytics delivery, make you a trusted analytical strategic advisor, and make you a more attractive employer for top people analytics talent. All other people analytics function setups seem like compromises. With evidence-based HR services, I refer to activities such as reporting, advanced analytics, survey management, continuous employee listening, organisational design and strategic workforce management. It is hardly ever that a strategic question is answered by only one of these services. In most cases, you will need to combine survey management (i.e., collecting new data), perform advanced analytics (i.e., build a predictive model), and share the outcomes in a dashboard (i.e., reporting) or build new system functionality based on the models (e.g., vacancy recommendation). You will need to combine various people analytics services to provide real strategic value Create a clear people analytics operating model. Because the people analytics practice is maturing, it deserves a clear target operating model. In a target operating model, you clarify to the organisation whom you consider your clients, what services or solutions you can deliver, what service levels your clients can expect, and when and how you will deliver the solution. Being transparent about your target operating model will build trust and legitimacy in your organisation. Inspired by the work of Insight222, a people analytics target operating model consists of a demand engine (understanding and prioritising demand), a solution engine (e.g., data management, building models, designing surveys), and a delivery engine (e.g., dashboards, advisory with story-telling, bringing models to production), ideally covering all the evidence-based HR services mentioned under rule 2 in this post. Additionally, more practices are applying agile principles to increase time-to-delivery and are using some form of release management to balance capacity. Built trust and legitimacy Compliance with data privacy regulations has been an important topic since the early days of people analytics ten years ago. Even before the GDPR era, organisations did well to understand when personal data could be collected, used, or shared. Legislation such as GDPR offers guidance and more structure to organisations on how to deal with data privacy issues. Being fully compliant is not where responsible data handling ends However, being fully compliant is not where responsible data handling ends. Simply because you can, according to data privacy regulations, doesn't mean you should. There are also contextual and ethical elements to take into account. For example, being able and regulatory-wise allowed to build an internal sourcing model matching internal employees with specific skills with internal vacancies doesn't mean you should. From a cultural or business continuity perspective, creating internal mobility may not be beneficial or desired in specific areas of your organisation. Assessing the implications of using data analytics in a broader context than just regulations will also enhance the needed trust and legitimacy. Upskill HR in data-driven decision-making Having a mature people analytics practice that delivers high-quality, evidence-based HR services is not enough to ensure value creation for your organisation. Suppose your organisation, including your HR community, struggles to translate business opportunities into analytical services or finds it hard to use data and insights on a daily basis in their decision-making. In that case, upskilling is a necessary intervention. HR upskilling in data-driven decision-making is a necessity in growing towards a truly evidence-based HR culture Creating awareness of the various analytical opportunities, developing critical thinking, creating an inquisitive mindset, identifying success metrics for HR interventions and policies, evaluating these metrics, and understanding the power of innovative data services, such as generative AI, is essential. When upskilling, be sure to recognise the different HR roles and their needs and preferences. For example, your HR business partners will likely want to develop their skills in identifying strategic workforce metrics and strategic workforce management. However, your COE lead (i.e., HR domain leads) wants to develop their ability to collect and understand internal clients' feedback and improve their HR services (e.g., recruitment, learning programs, leadership development). So, diversify your learning approach to make it more effective. Manage your HR data There is enormous value in integrating your HR and business data in a structured matter. Integrated enterprise-wide data allows you to combine, improve, share, and analyse data more efficiently. More organisations are using data warehouse and data lake principles to create this central enterprise-wide data infrastructure based on, for example, Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services technology. A mature people analytics team is best equipped to create an HR data strategy and manage the corresponding data pipeline. HR would do well to improve its capability to manage the data pipeline by hiring data engineers. It is an interesting discussion about where to position this data management capability and related skill set. The first thought is to position this capability close to the HR systems and infrastructure function. This setup might work perfectly. However, based on your HR context and maturity, I argue that the people analytics practice is a good and sometimes better alternative. Mature people analytics teams are likely more able to think about data management and creating data products and services built with machine learning models. Traditional HR systems and infrastructure teams may tend to focus too much on the efficiency of the HR infrastructure (e.g., straight-through processing, rationalising the HR tech landscape). Excel in product design and thinking Successful people analytics or evidence-based HR services excel in product design. Whether built with PowerBI or vendor-led BI platforms (e.g., Crunchr, Visier, One Model), dashboards must be user-friendly, easy to navigate, and motivate users to work with data in their decision-making. The same applies to functionality based on machine learning models, such as chatbots, learning assistants, or vacancy recommendations. The user design, the functionality provided, and the flawless and timely delivery all contribute to maximising the usage of these analytical services and, ultimately, decision-making. Strong product design and thinking requires product owners to have a marketing mindset As important as the product design is product thinking by the product owner. A product owner for, e.g., recruitment or leadership programs, should be constantly interested in hearing what internal clients think about their products. This behaviour requires product owners to have a marketing mindset. As part of a larger continuous listening program, an internal client feedback mechanism should provide the necessary information to improve your products and services continuously. A product owner should be curious about questions like: Are your internal clients satisfied? Should we tailor the products for different user types? What functionality can we improve or add? Allow yourself to experiment When a solution looks good and makes sense based on your analytics, management tends to go for an immediate big-bang implementation. However, don't be afraid to experiment and learn before rolling out your solution to all possible users. Starting with a minimum viable product (i.e., MVP) allows you to evaluate your product among a select group of users early in the development process. Based on feedback, you can enhance your product incrementally (i.e., agile) manner. It also enables you, when valuable, to compare treatment groups with non-treatment groups. These types of experiments (i.e., difference-in-difference comparisons) help you to evaluate the effect the new product intends to have. People analytics services can support this incremental approach, testing a minimal viable product (MVP) and obtaining feedback to provide additional insights that may avoid a big implementation failure of your new products. Embrace the potential of AI in HR Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is predominantly based on machine learning (ML). These AI-ML models provide powerful functionality such as vacancy and learning recommendations, chatbots, and virtual career or work schedule assistants. There is no need to fear these applications, but having a deeper understanding of them is necessary. However, implementing these types of functionality without checking and validating them is risky and, therefore, unwise. A mature people analytics practice allows you to build your own machine-learning-based AI functionality A mature people analytics practice allows you to create and build these AI functionalities internally. You can also buy AI functionality by implementing a vendor tool, but please ensure you do not end up with a new vendor for each AI functionality you desire. If you choose to buy AI functionality, the people analytics team should act as a gatekeeper. Internally built machine learning models are subject to checks and balances. And rightfully so. However, the same should apply to ML-based AI functionality from external providers. The people analytics team should check the performance and validity of the model and control for biases in the data and legal and ethical justification. The people analytics leader can make the difference If you are the people analytics leader within your organisation, it might be daunting or reassuring to hear that you can make the difference between failure and success. You bring the people analytics practice alive by reaching out to stakeholders, developing your team, understanding your clients, learning from external experts, and building a road map to analytical maturity. A successful people analytics practice starts with the right people analytics leader As a people analytics leader, you should excel in business acumen, influencing skills, strategic thinking, critical and analytical thinking, understanding the HR system landscape, understanding the possibilities of analytical services, project management, and, last but not least, people management (as all leaders should). The result of having all these capabilities is that a people analytics leader, together with the people analytics team, becomes a trusted advisor to senior management, understands the most pressing issues within an organisation, can effectively manage the HR data pipeline, and can build new analytical services to enhance decision-making and ultimately drive organisational performance and employee well-being. I hope you enjoyed my update on the 10 golden rules for establishing people analytics practice. If you enjoyed the post, please hit ? or feel invited to engage and react in the comments. Send me a direct message if you want to schedule a virtual meeting to exchange thoughts one-on-one. Thanks to Jaap Veldkamp for reviewing. 作者 :Patrick Coolen https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-golden-rules-establishing-people-analytics-practice-patrick-coolen-85use/
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