HR Roundup: New Guidance on Workplace Harassment

• Nationwide, there were 616,000 manufacturing job openings in August, up from 544,000 in July, according to federal data.
• For the first time since 1999, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is proposing an update to its enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace, according to this report from Dinsmore, an OMA Connections Partner.
• OMA Connections Partner Frantz Ward has summarized the EEOC’s work on its strategic enforcement plan.
• OMA Connections Partner Fisher Phillips has published this summary of recent NLRB activity. The guidance provides suggested steps for employers.
• Fisher Phillips has also published this guidance highlighting 10 items for your October labor law “to-do” list, including preparing EEO-1 data.
• OMA Connections Partner One Source Advisors has published this summary highlighting the Oct. 15 deadline for Medicare Part D notices and the increased penalties under the ACA’s employer mandate.

Meanwhile, the three-month moving average for U.S. median wage inflation dropped to 5.3% in August versus 6.7% in July 2022, according to this tracking tool. 10/5/2023