HR has faced plenty of challenges over the past two years, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the Great Resignation to trying to bring employees back to the office.
But the greatest challenge has been compliance, according to Loren Rosario Maldonado, chief people officer at Claro Enterprise Solutions, a technology service provider in Miramar, FL.
“These never-ending changes in labor laws have given HR whiplash,” Maldonado told HRD.
The vaccine mandate saga has been a roller coaster for HR professionals. In September, President Joe Biden announced vaccination rules for federal workers, large employers and health care staff. The private employer mandate was most concerning, as it would have impacted more than 80 million workers. Biden’s mandate required that workers at businesses with 100 or more employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly coronavirus tests to confirm they don’t have the virus. It also required unvaccinated workers to wear masks indoors at work.
In November, The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said it was delaying the federal vaccine requirement because of potential "grave statutory and constitutional issues" raised by the plaintiffs: Republican attorneys general in Texas, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi and Utah, along with some private companies. One month later, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati lifted the Fifth Circuit’s injunction, sending the case to the Supreme Court....
An Indian national faces multiple charges in the US for falsely claiming citizenship to vote in the 2024 elections, risking a decade in prison. Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, an Indian national, ...