HR Roundup: Four-Day Workweek Lessons

• ManufacturingDive reports on lessons learned by a mid-sized manufacturer that implemented a four-day workweek, only to return to its previous system two months later.
• Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in April — the lowest level since 1976 — while labor force participation was 61.8%. Manufacturing added 700 jobs as the sector approaches its employment level of early 2020, before COVID-19.
• LinkedIn’s recruiting platform will soon allow HR professionals to use generative AI to send personalized messages to prospective applicants.
• In its analysis of DE&I initiatives, OMA Connections Partner BSI has suggested these steps that employers can take to boost employee well-being.
• A recent SHRM study showed that 30% of U.S. workers say they have felt unfairly treated due to their age.

Meanwhile, to help employers re-evaluate their hiring standards and practices, OMA Connections Partner Fisher Phillips has published this list of five ways to rethink job requirements. 5/24/2023