When the Equal Pay Act was enacted in 1963, women were paid 59 cents on the dollar compared to male counterparts, a 41% wage gap.

In September 2021, World at Work’s study Trends in DEI Practices and Policies reported that 83% of responding organizations were taking action on DEI (Diversity,

Creating a culture of continuous learning has become a top priority for most organizations. But despite $92 billion being spent on workforce training, it seems many programs are still falling short. Only 1 in 5 employees say they would recommend their company’s learning opportunities, while over 40% are dissatisfied with or indifferent about the programs their company offers.

By delivering consistent training to everyone and measuring individual and collective impact, eLearning tools can help change attitudes and behaviors, both essential ingredients to turning DEI strategies and policies into a reality.

Whether it’s an eLearning platform, employee engagement, workforce training – or frankly any type of new employee-facing technology – in order for it to succeed, employees must actually use it.

Paying attention to learning analytics can help you not only improve workforce training and employee development, it can also provide critical insight to create a better work culture.

Whether your workforce is on the road, working from home, in the office, or behind the counter, employees expect to be safe, and not just because we are in the midst of a pandemic.

Remote work has become the norm for many organizations and looks to remain so for the foreseeable future.

For small companies, investing in a Learning Management System (LMS) is a big decision, whether it’s a first-time purchase or replacing an existing solution.

Measuring training effectiveness is about more than just capturing learner logins, completions and assessment scores.

The pandemic changed everything. And while the future of the traditional “8-to-5 workplace schedule” is uncertain, there are both positives and negatives regarding the new approach to getting work done.

Conventional wisdom would have us believe that resilience is built through adversity; a series of setbacks that challenge our beliefs and help us build new skills to cope with difficulty.

The integration of HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems), eLearning platforms and training content can enhance the Learner Experience while streamlining the Administrator Experience.

While the move toward remote training and learning and development (L&D) functions isn’t new, the pandemic drastically accelerated the shift, with nearly 85% of L&D programs moving from in-person to virtual.

Keeping up with workplace safety training is critically important for protecting your employees from harm and your company from the financial and legal implications of accidents.

COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the workplace, including safety and compliance training protocols and systems.

On-demand workforce training and learning and development (L&D) platforms have been critical to advancing a rapid eLearning transformation as the country adapts to co-existence with COVID-19 restrictions.

As HR professionals, we need to understand what trust really means in the workplace, and how to best build trust between the HR team and employees in the organization.

Living a leadership role can be both rewarding and challenging. There was a time—even very recently—when challenges included new products, new policies, new executive leadership, organizational restructuring, and even mergers.

The crisis has not passed, but many employers are reaching out about returning employees to work. In some cases, it’s because employers have received PPP funds and want to make sure they are appropriately managing employee payroll, including headcount, to take advantage of loan forgiveness.

The Employee Handbook provides the basic employment information that every employee needs to know. When done right, the Employee Handbook is also part of your brand story, and has the power to reinforce the employee’s decision to work with your company.

Did you know that the number of remote workers has grown by 140% since 2005? That’s what data from Global Workplace Analytics indicate.

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, my company, Delphi Group, conducted a broad survey of nearly 3,000 professionals that was intended to identify the impact of uncertainty and ways that businesses could mitigate its negative effects on workers.

The groundwork is laid but ongoing efforts are required for widespread acceptance.

Today’s workforce is incredibly unique and diverse. The competition for talent is forcing organizations to aggressively compete for talent, and to work just as hard at keeping talent engaged and on board.

Over the past few years, the news has been full with stories about gun violence, pay equity, diversity and conversations surrounding #MeToo.

Social media has increasingly coalesced communication around topics that, in the workplace, fall into the realm of HR. The “organizer” isn’t a person, but a symbol – the hashtag, the ubiquitous #.

Organizations don’t build business, people do. Investing in your people is an investment in your most valuable asset.