A jury should decide whether a Pennsylvania home health company intentionally misclassified employees as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime, a judge decided Feb. 13 (Chavez-DeRemer v. Amazing Care Home Healthcare Services). Facts of the case Following an investigation, ...

Over the past year, a perhaps surprising demographic is making waves with complaints of discrimination, harassment and retaliation: men. Title VII applies to all workers, regardless of their sex, race or other protected characteristic. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Bradley Akubuiro is a partner at Bully Pulpit International, where he leads the firm’s corporate reputation and crisis management practices. Black History Month is back. I’ve spoken with HR teams that feel pressure to act, while others feel pressure to ...

Dive Brief: Three-quarters of CFOs globally expect their technology budgets to rise this year, with nearly half (48%) anticipating increases of 10% or more, according to survey results released by Gartner this month. The surge reflects technology’s role as a ...

In an effort to encourage employers to train workers in artificial intelligence usage, the U.S. Department of Labor released its AI literacy framework Feb. 13, outlining content areas and delivery principles for both education sectors and industry trainers. The framework ...

Bank of America agreed to pay CEO Brian Moynihan $41 million for 2025, the bank disclosed Friday. With that, a perhaps surprising trend has emerged among the six largest U.S.-based global systemically important banks: The longer a CEO has served, ...

Dive Brief: A cemetery and funeral management company discriminated against Black employees when it restricted their access to a restroom and break room otherwise accessible to White employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a Feb. 6 complaint. ...

Dive Brief: Black women in the U.S. suffered greater employment losses than other groups of women or Black men in 2025, and some of the largest losses were among college graduates and public-sector workers, according to new analysis from the ...

Dive Brief: Upskilling opportunities promoted throughout the year may be associated with higher employee engagement, Feb. 12 findings from SHRM indicate. Surveyed workers who said their organizations share such offerings were “significantly more likely” to feel engaged at work, compared ...

Most clicked story of the week HR’s problems with talent acquisition may be largely self-inflicted, a recent trends report from Isolved revealed. Outdated hiring practices and a self-described lack of agility have stifled the department’s attempts to source talent and ...