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Smooth and Striated Data Visualization
Or: The Chart and Revolution But when the McNamara discipline is applied too literally, the first step is to measure whatever can be easily measured. The second step is to disregard that which can’t easily be measured or given a quantitative value. The third step is to presume that what can’t be measured easily really isn’t important. The fourth step is to say that what can’t be easily measured really doesn’t exist. This is suicide.
[2501.14903] The Many Tendrils of the Octopus Map
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Exploratory Data Analysis is Mostly Just Vibes, Man
This blog post accompanies a paper to be presented at CHI 2024, “Odds and Insights: Decision Quality in Visual Analytics” written by Abhraneel Sarma, Xiaoying Pu, Yuan Cui, Eli T. Brown, Michael Correll, and Matthew Kay. For more details, read the paper. There is a visualization paper that has never been far from my mind for almost exactly six years at this point.
Toward a Scalable Census of Dashboard Designs in the Wild: A Case Study with Tableau Public
Dashboards remain ubiquitous artifacts for presenting or reasoning with data across different domains. Yet, there has been little work that provides a quantifiable, systematic, and descriptive overview of dashboard designs at scale. We propose a schematic representation of dashboard designs as node-link graphs to better understand their spatial and interactive structures.
Teru Teru Bōzu: Defensive Raincloud Plots
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An Inconvenient Graph
Or: How to Manipulate a Time Series if You Don’t Like What it Shows In recent decades, the world has been getting warmer. This change in climate has and will continue to disrupt how we live our lives, occasionally catastrophically. There is broad scientific consensus that this change is linked to human activity, specifically the release of greenhouse gases, dwarfing the contribution of other factors like solar cycles, volcanic activity, or orbital perturbations.
Bad Ideas In Visualization
It’s been a while since I’ve really been able to troll to my heart’s content, so here are some things in information visualization that I suspect are either a) bad, b) useless, or, at the very least, c) not nearly as useful as people tout them to be. I will be limiting myself to two sentences of justification per bad idea, but additional sentences can be generated upon demand.
Labor Law Under The Biden Administration: A Preview Of The PRO Act
United States: Labor Law Under The Biden Administration: A Preview Of The PRO Act 09 March 2021 by Amy I. Harwath and Michael Correll Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. At a union event on Labor Day in 2020, President Biden vowed to be "the strongest labor president you have ever had." Although he has only been in office a short time, his administration is already taking steps to honor that pledge.
Labor law under the Biden administration: A preview of the PRO Act
At a union event on Labor Day in 2020, President Biden vowed to be “the strongest labor president you have ever had.” Although he has only been in office a short time, his administration is already taking steps to honor that pledge. Specifically, on February 4, 2021, House and Senate Democrats introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act previously passed the House in February 2020 and President Biden has committed to sign it into law if passed in this Congress.
Employers Face Challenges As States Lift COVID-19 Safety Measures
United States: Employers Face Challenges As States Lift COVID-19 Safety Measures 08 March 2021 by Michael Correll , Joseph J. Mammone Jr. and Eduardo Vargas Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The recent decline in COVID-19 infections has led numerous states to begin contemplating a roll-back of mask mandates and related COVID-19 restrictions.
Employers face challenges as states lift COVID-19 safety measures
The recent decline in COVID-19 infections has led numerous states to begin contemplating a roll‑back of mask mandates and related COVID-19 restrictions. Most recently, on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Governor Greg Abbott and Governor Tate Reeves announced the imminent elimination of mask mandates in Texas and Mississippi, respectively. Both Governors also removed all capacity limits for the businesses within their states. However, these changes pose a serious challenge to employers.
DOL Stops Enforcing Executive Order 13950 On Diversity Training - Government, Public Sector - United States
United States: DOL Stops Enforcing Executive Order 13950 On Diversity Training 10 February 2021 by Michael Correll and Joseph J. Mammone Jr. Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Biden administration issued new guidance immediately following his Jan. 20 inauguration abrogating former U.S. President Trump's Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the Order).
Managing the risks of incentivizing COVID-19 vaccines for employees
The release of the COVID-19 vaccine came as welcome news for employers. With it, however, employers will now confront myriad new questions about how the vaccine will affect workplace terms and conditions. The foremost question across all sectors has been simple: Can and should employers mandate that their employees get vaccinated?
Visualizing Uncertainty for Non-Expert End Users: The Challenge of the Deterministic Construal Error
Susan Joslyn1* and Sonia Savelli2 1Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States 2Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States There is a growing body of evidence that numerical uncertainty expressions can be used by non-experts to improve decision quality. Moreover, there is some evidence that similar advantages extend to graphic expressions of uncertainty.
DOL stops enforcing Executive Order 13950 on diversity training
The Biden administration issued new guidance immediately following his Jan. 20 inauguration abrogating former U.S. President Trump’s Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (the Order). Implementation of EO 13950 had previously been stayed by a preliminary nationwide injunction entered Dec. 22, 2020, in California federal court.
Employers Can Overcome Vaccine Pushback With AI Help
The newly-approved (under emergency use authorization) Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines represent an enormous opportunity for a gradual return to normal after nearly a year of business, social, and personal disruption. Employers will face a number of critical decisions as they approach their workforce with new mandates and, for a second time, attempt to restructure their workplaces around the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Employers Can Overcome Vaccine Pushback With AI Help
The newly-approved (under emergency use authorization) Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines represent an enormous opportunity for a gradual return to normal after nearly a year of business, social, and personal disruption. Employers will face a number of critical decisions as they approach their workforce with new mandates and, for a second time, attempt to restructure their workplaces around the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
EEOC Releases Updated And Expanded COVID-19 Guidance
United States: EEOC Releases Updated And Expanded COVID-19 Guidance 21 December 2020 by Michele H. Gehrke , Michael Correll and Corrie J. Buck Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.
EEOC releases updated and expanded COVID-19 guidance
On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated and expanded guidance addressing questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic that arise under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws. The publication, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,” includes new guidance on the implications of the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines on a number of federal laws.
CDC Updates Guidance To Allow For Reduced Quarantine Times
United States: CDC Updates Guidance To Allow For Reduced Quarantine Times 08 December 2020 by Michael Correll and Joseph J. Mammone Jr. Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On December 2, 2020, the CDC updated its guidance on COVID-19 quarantines. Previously, the CDC advised that asymptomatic individuals should quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure to someone who has COVID-19.
CDC updates guidance to allow for reduced quarantine times
On December 2, 2020, the CDC updated its guidance on COVID-19 quarantines. Previously, the CDC advised that asymptomatic individuals should quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure to someone who has COVID-19. The CDC’s prior guidance did not allow for the reduction of that 14-day period based on the receipt of a negative COVID-19 test. It also did not address quarantine periods following travel absent an exposure event.
New CDC Close Contact Definition Announced For Contact Tracing And Worker Exclusion
United States: New CDC Close Contact Definition Announced For Contact Tracing And Worker Exclusion 25 November 2020 by Michael Correll and Joseph J. Mammone Jr. Reed Smith Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its definition for close contact in its COVID-19 guidelines.
From Prototype to Product: Software Engineering in Tableau’s Early Days
At the premier visualization research conference this year, two of Tableau’s founders received a special recognition of their foundational research that “has stood the test of time” and was also the basis for Tableau. This is the story of how we turned the original research into a product and a successful company. The IEEE VIS conference is the largest forum for academic and applied research in visualization.
New CDC close contact definition announced for contact tracing and worker exclusion
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its definition for close contact in its COVID-19 guidelines. As a result, employers should immediately reevaluate both their social distancing protocols and their contact tracing protocols to ensure full compliance with CDC standards. The updated definition clarifies that it is contact within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period.
The Spectacular Dashboard
This post was collaboratively written by Heather Froehlich and Michael Correll as part of our “Provocation” submission to the Visualization for the Digital Humanities workshop at IEEEVIS 2020, “Making Sense of a Sea of Dashboards.” Tl;dr: Dashboards in the visualization community are often conceived of as decision-support tools that sharpen the mind, triage otherwise ungraspable amounts of information, and bring into focus a single accurate and actionable picture of a subset of the world (as...
Executive Order 13950 On Diversity Training: Hidden Traps For Employers
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Executive Order 13950 on diversity training: Hidden traps for employers
Beginning November 20, 2020, President Trump’s Executive Order 13950 On Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (“EO 13950” or “The Order”) will fundamentally reshape the way government contractors conduct diversity training.
DOL Doubles-down On FFCRA Rules (but Amends Others) In Response To Federal Court Decision - Employment and HR - United States
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new administrative rule concerning the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), a federal law that provides two forms of COVID-19-related paid time off to employees of businesses with fewer than 500 employees.
DOL Issues New Final Rule And Updated Guidance For Employers Who Use The Fluctuating Workweek Method To Calculate Overtime
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DOL issues new final rule and updated guidance for employers who use the fluctuating workweek method to calculate overtime
On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule explaining that bonuses and other incentive payments—paid in addition to an employee’s weekly salary—are compatible with the fluctuating workweek (FWW) method of calculating overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule went into effect on August 7, 2020.
DOL doubles-down on FFCRA rules (but amends others) in response to federal court decision
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new administrative rule concerning the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), a federal law that provides two forms of COVID-19-related paid time off to employees of businesses with fewer than 500 employees. The rule comes just over a month after a New York federal court rejected substantial portions of the agency’s prior FFCRA guidance in State of New York v.
Responding To Employee Advocacy And Workplace Walkouts During Times Of Protest
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Several labor organizations, along with racial and social justice organizations, conducted a mass walkout on July 20, 2020 to protest racial inequality and working conditions in the United States. Thousands of workers in more than 200 cities walked off the job on a full-day strike while others who were unable to strike for a full day walked out about for eight minutes.
Responding to employee advocacy and workplace walkouts during times of protest
Several labor organizations, along with racial and social justice organizations, conducted a mass walkout on July 20, 2020 to protest racial inequality and working conditions in the United States. Thousands of workers in more than 200 cities walked off the job on a full-day strike while others who were unable to strike for a full day walked out about for eight minutes.
Are your sales employees exempt? DOL provides guidance in three new opinion letters
The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division recently issued three new opinion letters addressing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) sales exemptions. Two letters address the outside sales exemption, and the third addresses the retail or service establishment exemption. FLSA2020-6: Do salespeople who travel to different locations to sell their employers’ products using their employers’ mobile assets qualify for the outside sales exemption?
Pursuit Of Pre-litigation Liquidated Damages No Longer The DOL's Default Policy - Employment and HR - United States
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Pursuit of pre-litigation liquidated damages no longer the DOL’s default policy
The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently announced it will no longer automatically pursue pre-litigation liquidated damages from employers. WHD now takes the position that recovering pre-litigation liquidated damages should only occur in a limited number of cases and it will more selectively pursue such additional recoveries. WHD issued this new guidance in response to Executive Order 13294.
Face Covering Requirements Reappear Overnight For Many Businesses Operating In Texas
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Face covering requirements reappear overnight for many businesses operating in Texas
With the spike in reported COVID-19 cases in Texas, counties have started to reimpose previous safety measures. As a result, many of the requirements of the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” orders from earlier this year have come back into effect for a second time – highlighting the continuing challenge of COVID-19 workplace compliance.
PPP Flexibility Act - Stretching Forgiveness Requirements To Benefit Employers - Employment and HR - United States
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PPP Flexibility Act – Stretching forgiveness requirements to benefit employers | LexBlog
Last week, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (PPPFA) was signed into law, becoming effective immediately. The PPPFA reforms the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was passed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and is intended to improve the terms of PPP loans obtained by small businesses to help cover payroll and other costs during the COVID-19 crisis.
Truncating the Y-Axis: Threat or Menace?
This post is meant to accompany our honorable mention paper for CHI 2020, “Truncating the Y-Axis: Threat or Menace.” For more information, read the paper or consult our osf repository. This post was written collaboratively by Michael Correll, Enrico Bertini, and Steve Franconeri. If you’re not immersed in information visualization culture, this is one of those papers that looks so obvious as to be trivial.
Employees Refusing To Return To Work? The SBA Offers Some Protection Of PPP Forgiveness
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Wage And Hour Considerations In The Post-COVID-19 Era
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Does Workers' Compensation Protect Employers From Liability Arising From Workplace Transmission Of COVID-19?
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Texas Employers Who Do Not Participate In Workers' Compensation Face Heightened Workplace Liability Risks As Employees Return From COVID-19 Quarantine - Employment and HR - United States
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Employees refusing to return to work? The SBA offers some protection of PPP forgiveness
The SBA’s latest round of frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) gives employers an important new tool to address one of the biggest challenges of trying to maximize PPP forgiveness: How to respond to employees who refuse to return to work by June 30, 2020. Loan forgiveness is the cornerstone of the PPP, which was established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act).
Wage and hour considerations in the post-COVID-19 era
As businesses reopen and employees begin returning to work, employers will have to navigate complex wage and hour issues they may have never considered before. Employers will need to adapt to a “new normal” of major workplace changes, including increased teleworking, social distancing, and new health and safety measures.
Does workers’ compensation protect employers from liability arising from workplace transmission of COVID-19?
As employees begin returning to work over the coming weeks, employers will face unique challenges created by the risk of workplace exposure to the coronavirus. These risks take on an added urgency in a number of states where workers’ compensation coverage may not create an absolute bar to lawsuits related to workplace exposure to COVID-19. In fact, such lawsuits have already commenced with the April 6, 2020 filing of Toney Evans v. Walmart, Inc., et al., No. 2020-L-003938 in Cook County, Illinois.
Texas employers who do not participate in workers’ compensation face heightened workplace liability risks as employees return from COVID-19 quarantine | LexBlog
Texas employers who have opted out of workers’ compensation coverage may face significantly increased workplace risks in the weeks and months ahead. All employers will face unique challenges due to the risk of workplace exposure to COVID-19. But, the potential liability from COVID-19 workplace illnesses is particularly problematic for Texas employers who have opted out of the workers’ compensation system.
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