PSHRA24: Battling Workforce Burnout with Jennifer Moss
Jennifer Moss knows a little bit about burnout. The award-winning author, workplace culture strategist and globally recognized well-being expert has written two books that dive deep into the subject,...
View ArticlePSHRA24: What it Takes to Keep Retirement-Age Talent Engaged
Stuart Sutley is passionate about the public sector. By his count, Sutley—practice leader of Bolton Innovation Group—has 27 family members who work in the public sector across the country, including…
View ArticleNew Legislation Seeks to Remove Degree Requirements for Some Federal Jobs
This past April, PSHRA® CEO Cara Woodson Welch moderated a National Governors Association-hosted panel of experts discussing the ongoing shift to more skills-based hiring in government. “It’s clear...
View ArticleReport: Increasing Number of Employers Offering Family-Forming Benefits
Generous benefits packages are a key part of public sector employers’ value proposition. New data from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) suggest that fertility and family...
View ArticleGenerating Gen Z Interest in the Public Sector
Since when do college graduates care about retirement benefits? Valerie Capers-Workman, chief legal officer at Handshake, asked this rhetorical question to a packed room of PSHRA24 attendees as she...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds DOL’s Salary Basis Test to Set Overtime Pay Eligibility
On Sept. 11, a unanimous three-judge panel upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) use of a salary basis test to determine overtime pay eligibility. With the decision, the New Orleans-based 5th...
View ArticleCareer-Centered Conversations: An Alternative to Exit Interviews
Gary Butterworth is a proponent of the stay interview. But he’s not crazy about the term itself. “I don’t like the sound of ‘stay interview,’” Butterworth recently told the 40 HR leaders in attendance...
View ArticleOPM Issues Reminder on Administrative Leave for Voting Employees
An especially wild presidential election cycle is (finally) winding down, and Nov. 5 now looms less than eight weeks away. With election day in mind, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)...
View ArticlePennsylvania Expands Pathways to Careers with the Commonwealth
You can count Pennsylvania as one of the states leading the charge toward more skills-based hiring in the public sector. In early 2023, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order—on his...
View ArticleCutting Off Communication: Australian Law Protects Employees’ Right to...
Burnout is a persistent workplace problem, with recent data finding burnout is even more pervasive throughout the public sector workforce.) Part of the issue is employees’ hesitance to pry themselves...
View ArticleTruth Equals Trust: The Advantages of Honesty in the Workplace
As public sector employers search for an edge in the battle for top talent, one tool that could be useful for any agency’s hiring team is one of the simplest to put into action. A new survey finds that...
View ArticleDOL Introduces Framework to Support Inclusive AI Use in Hiring
In an effort to help employers promote inclusive hiring as the use of AI-powered recruitment tools increases, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has introduced the AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework....
View ArticleEEOC Files Two Lawsuits Alleging Violations of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
In April of this year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), in hopes of providing “important clarity” for...
View ArticleSurvey: Public Pension Funds Begin to Rebound Along with Public Sector Wages
New data finds that public pension funds are starting to see relief in the form of recent increase in public sector wages that researchers say represent “a much-needed correction after lagging behind...
View ArticleMeet the Member: Betsy McCafferty Has Always Found Purpose in the Public Sector
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View ArticleIs the Recruitment Tide Turning? Unpacking the 2024 State and Local...
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View ArticleDestressing Degrees: Taking the Next Steps in Skills-Based Hiring
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View ArticleComparing the Candidates: Tale of the Presidential Tape
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View ArticleElection Anxiety: Most Employees Still Don’t Want to Talk Politics at Work
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View ArticleEPM in the Public Sector: Past, Present and Future Considerations
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