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Report: Workplace Injury Costs on the Rise Although the frequency of workplace injuries overall has declined over the past decade, the costs associated with them are climbing, according to a new report by Travelers .

A mismatch in values is a factor that contributes to job hopping among Gen Z workers and may show that employers are not paying enough attention to — or placing enough emphasis on — workplace culture, said Kathleen Schulz, the global innovation leader for organizational well-being at Gallagher.

Other key findings include: ;86% of Gen Z employees completed workplace violence prevention training, compared to 78% of millennials, 77% of Baby Boomers and 74% in Gen X.; ;Gen Z respondents reported the lowest confidence rates for their abilities to de‑escalate potential workplace violence situations.; ;49% of Gen Z retail workers said they would only report a scenario where they feared for their own safety or a coworker’s safety if they could do so anonymously, compared to only 19% of Baby Boomers.; ;Almost all retail workers (94%) agreed that states should adopt policies similar to New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act , which will take effect in March 2025.; California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Law — the first of its kind — went into effect in July, requiring employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan and employee training.

Daniel McKee recently signed into law legislation requiring employers to provide workplace accommodations for applicants and employees experiencing menopause and related medical conditions, making the state the first in the nation to explicitly enact these workplace protections.

THE WHOLE-PERSON WORKPLACE The foundation of a Whole-Person Workplace approach is changing how we value employees.

The next equity frontier, therefore, is to expand the analysis beyond pay, to ensure equitable access to senior roles by building actionable evaluation of promotion decisions into the annual process.

Supreme Court case may serve to expand the scope of employment actions that can form the basis for a claim of workplace discrimination.

Key Takeaways New marijuana workplace protections in California.

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The health sector in New Zealand is largely the public sector or not-for-profit sector, both of which have reasonably good pay equity records and have recently had several pay equity claims settled to address gender pay inequities.