Employee burnout; Student loans; AI in employment decisions; MA pay transparency; DEI

NEWSLETTER VOLUME 1.15

August 21, 2023

Salary.com Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review

 

Welcome to Salary.com's Compensation and Pay Equity Law Review.  

 

Our editor, employment lawyer Heather Bussing, is tracking legislation, cases, and analysis to give you the latest critical HR topics. 

 

This week we're answering the questions: 

 

  • Is employee burnout an ethics issue? 
  • How can employers help employees pay off student loans? 
  • Should humans be monitoring AI for bias? 
  • What does MA's pay transparency legislation cover? 
  • How is diversity good for business? 
August 15th, 2023
Employee burnout probably does not fall directly within the purview of an organization's ethics and compliance program. But this piece makes a good case for ethics and compliance professionals to work with HR and leadership toward a more supportive and empathetic approach to employee well-being.
August 16th, 2023
New changes to employer matching funds rules and financial wellness tools and tech can help your employees dealing with student loan payments.
August 17th, 2023
The reason AI systems are biased and may make harmful predictions and suggestions is because humans are biased and make harmful employment decisions—even unintentionally. So, requiring biased humans to oversee their biased AI systems that are based on biased human decisions may not be the best approach

August 18th, 2023
Massachusetts' new pay transparency legislation would require disclosure of pay ranges in job postings.
August 21th, 2023
We live and work in multiple competing realities. If you want proof, let your kids take pictures for a day. Then see what they see. First of all, the ceiling will be far more prominent because they are small and always looking up in a world built for adults. Next, they see novelty and wonder in things you may find mundane like bugs and grass and rocks and clouds.

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