In January of this year, the trends emerging in HR & People Strategy were AI Tools for HR, Retaliation in the Workplace as a result of the #MeToo movement and Data Transparency. In the midst of COVID-19, however, HR Professionals and Business Leaders had to quickly shift gears for what was critical in the moment. Below are three areas of focus for HR in 2020: New Legislation A significant number of laws were passed regarding employee issues that needed to be studied, understo

Betsy Bulat Turner, Attorney More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, pay equity remains a hot topic. The national #MeToo movement not only triggered a nationwide discussion about sexual assault and harassment in the workplace, it also created a demand for more transparency in the workplace and pushed equal pay back in the spotlight. In January 2018, for example, the #TimesUp movement and legal defense fund were started by a group of women in Hollywood to ad