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Connecting Data and Business: Advancing the Mission
As a member of your team, knowing the connection between data and business is essential to corporate success and finding opportunities for growth.
Data Analysis and Analytics: Getting Started
Get a quick overview of training on data analysis and analytics with Pryor Learning, including how to understand what data is and how to read it correctly.
Sizzling Summers: Staying Safe and Healthy
Heat is a major consideration during the summer months – but other concerns are important to keep in mind too. Let’s look at guidelines for enjoying and productively engaging in outdoor activities, while minimizing the risks associated with heat exposure and other summer hazards.
Mental Health in the Workplace: Building on Change
Mental health and employee well-being are important aspects of workplace safety and health, and more and more workplaces are elevating the topic to the same level as physical safety.
Why, When and How to Create Excel PivotTables
Quickly see that the haters (very reasonably) base their dislike on the difficulty of creating PivotTables, and on not finding them useful when they do. The PivotTable likers, by contrast, rave about how easily it analyzes otherwise difficult-to-manage data.
Building a Positive Work Environment: A DEI Perspective
Creating a positive work environment within the framework of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) or DEIB (Belonging) requires a broad approach that addresses different aspects of organizational culture, policies and practices. It starts with creating a sense of belonging.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): Starting with Recruiting
Perspectives and tools for building diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) continue to evolve in organizations, as more people are part of the conversations that truly encourage employee engagement, a positive work environment and a sense of belonging.
DOL Finalizes New Rule for Overtime Exemptions
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that significantly raises the salary threshold for overtime exemptions. This move marks the peak of efforts that began with a proposal in September, which faced resistance from certain Republican representatives and various business sectors.
FTC Implements Nationwide Ban on Noncompete Agreements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has enacted a definitive rule banning noncompete agreements across the United States. This rule, aiming to invigorate labor market competition, marks a transformative shift in the landscape of employment and talent retention for businesses.
Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Against Cyber Threats
Cyberattacks have caused widespread chaos targeting small and large organizations with devastating consequences. From ransomware attacks on a local government to the brazen thefts of customer data, even government agencies have found themselves vulnerable to through Denial-of-Service attacks rendering their website paralyzed.