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Going hybrid? Get a remote work policy, attorney says "If an employer doesn't have a remote work policy in the handbook already, or even as a stand-alone policy, they need to add that immediately." Published May 17, 2021 Sean Gallup via Getty Images Employers may shed many of the changes the pandemic pushed on them, but it's likely that remote work is not on the list of things to go, at least not entirely. Hybrid work — a working arrangement that combines remote and in-person work in one way or another — is gaining p...

Cities struggle to recruit and retain officers amid increasing crime Demonstrators and officers at the police headquarters in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Associated Press/Photo by Charlie Riedel (file) The majority of employees at the Brookline, Mass., police department have considered leaving in recent weeks, some after decades of service, according to an anonymous survey conducted between Feb. 22 and March 6. It found 86 percent of respondents described morale as “poor.” “My family members were proud to work for the town,” one respondent said. “Now, ...

Subscribe The number of Philadephia police officers filing for early retirement is already six times higher than all of last year. In New York, more than 5,300 NYPD uniformed officers retired or put in their papers to leave in 2020, a 75 percent jump from the year before. Amid the national debate over the deadly use of force and growing calls for police reform, police departments are struggling to attract and retain law enforcement members. That includes the Delaware Valley. Union leaders and police officials tell Delaware Valley Journal the state of recruiting across the region and the natio...

Mensah M. Dean, Julie Shaw and Vinny Vella Philadelphia Police officers cross a road on the east side of Philadelphia City Hall on April 15, heading to the Criminal Justice Center. Police in Philly and beyond are struggling with a shortage of police recruits and a surge in retirements. The Philadelphia Inquirer photo by Alejandro A. Alvarez via AP PHILADELPHIA — Amid growing calls for police reform and national debate over the deadly use of force, police departments in Philadelphia and beyond are struggling to retain and attract officers, law enforcement officials say. Across the region ...