US labor laws are ill-prepared to handle artificial-intelligence-driven workplace surveillance, training and performance analysis, labor law scholar Jeffrey Hirsch writes in this commentary. Employers should consider employee privacy and the ways algorithms may introduce or amplify bias as technologies are implemented, because the laws are lagging behind, Hirsch adds. Fast Company online (9/2)
The key to effective talent assessment Employers should use talent assessment in a consistent, strategic way for maximum benefit, writes Claude Werder of the Brandon Hall Group. Werder further states that effective assessments begin with a well-thought-out talent development plan that covers hiring, development and retention tactics. Training magazine (8/29)
Benefits & Compensation
New employee benefit: Short-term loans Some companies such as Walmart are offering short-term loans or payroll advances to help their employees cover unexpected expenses, aiming to keep financial worries from hurting productivity. Payments are deducted from future earnings with interest rates ranging from 6% to 36%. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/2)
The HR Leader
A list of the best and worst states to work The District of Columbia, California and Washington topped a list compiled by anti-poverty group Oxfam America group of the best and worst states, or locales, to work, writes Alexia Fernandez Campbell. Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama were at the bottom. Vox (8/30)
It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.
