HR Roundup: Unemployment by County

• While Ohio’s statewide unemployment sits at 3.6% (based on May figures), unemployment rates vary widely throughout the 88 counties as shown on this map.
• A new study by the National Association of Manufacturers shows more than half of U.S. manufacturers surveyed listed health care and other benefits costs as one of the top sources of inflation. The study suggest steps Congress can take to help offset these costs.
• This Federal Reserve graph shows monthly wage growth in the U.S. over the last two years.
• OMA Connections Partner Fisher Phillips has published this list of reasons your business might rescind a job offer, including failed drug tests, and the best ways to ease the impact.
• Fisher Phillips has published guidance for manufacturers regarding the federal law mandating that employers accommodate pregnant employees.
• EHS Today has published these tips on “disagreeing respectfully” with workers who are inclined to express their opinions at work.

Finally, the EEOC has changed the timeline for opening this year’s EEO-1 reporting portal to sometime in fall 2023, according to this update from Fisher Phillips. This impacts companies with 100 or more employees and federal contractors with 50 or more employees. 7/13/2023