Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has opened the claims process for current and former Columbia University employees who believe they experienced harassment due to their Jewish faith or ancestry, Israeli national origin, or due to objecting to ...

Sid Lewis is a partner at Jones Walker and leader of the firm’s labor and employment practice group. As a labor and employment law attorney, misclassification is by far the most common mistake I see day in and day out. And ...

Within a year on the job, nearly half of Generation Z office workers report generational tensions, such as criticism from older co-workers due to stereotypes associated with their generation, according to a Dec. 4 report from Kahoot, an engagement platform. ...

Dive Brief: Workers take learning and development seriously, a recent report found. Seventy-three percent of employees surveyed by TalentLMS said that training would make them stay at their job longer. In the firm’s 2026 Annual L&D Benchmark Report published Dec. ...

As companies appoint new CEOs and institute sweeping workforce change efforts, CHRO appointments have also surged, according to Russell Reynolds Associates’ Q3 2025 CHRO Turnover Index. There were 127 CHROs appointed globally in Q1-Q3 2025, the report said, led by ...

Dive Brief: AT&T announced last week it was dropping all policies and programs dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, “not just in name but in substance,” in a bid to adjust to an evolving legal landscape. The announcement came ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed likely Monday to ditch the court’s long-standing precedent insulating leaders of independent regulatory commissions from at-will removal by the president in what would be a victory for President Donald Trump. Several members of the court’s ...

Dive Brief: A Colorado jury on Friday returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in SHRM’s race discrimination and retaliation trial, awarding the plaintiff compensatory damages of $1.5 million and punitive damages of $10 million. “We strongly disagree with ...

Most CEOs in a recent SHRM survey, 75%, expect to see further workforce reductions or layoffs in the broader economy next year, reflective of economic and technological uncertainties over the short term, the HR organization said Thursday. Artificial intelligence adoption ...

Hiring managers say both hard skills and soft skills will be desirable in hiring in 2026, with some skills outpacing others during the next year, according to a Dec. 3 report from ResumeTemplates.com. In particular, 62% said hard skills and ...