Dive Brief: A manufacturer will pay $100,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it demoted an employee with hearing loss in response to her request for reasonable accommodation, EEOC announced Friday. In its August 2024 ...

Employers, lawmakers, patient advocates, price transparency groups and more urged the U.S. Department of Labor to quickly finalize a rule that would force pharmacy benefit managers, shadowy middlemen in the drug supply chain, to share more pricing and compensation information. ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security received a partial victory on April 14 in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a White employee who claimed she was passed over for three separate promotion opportunities because of her race. ...

Most clicked story of the week HR skills, such as employee engagement and employee management, are among the most sought-after skill sets, according to a report from Indeed Hiring Lab, as they tend to be valuable across an organization. Among ...

Dive Brief: CEO plans for expansion are cooling, likely because of artificial intelligence and uncertainty brought by the Iran war, according to Q1 2026 data collected by CEO coaching organization Vistage. Just over half of CEOs said they plan to ...

Today’s HR leaders face a critical challenge: balancing the ever-rising costs of health insurance coverage with employees’ desires for comprehensive, meaningful benefits plans. With the total health benefit cost per employee expected to rise an average of 6.5% in 2026, ...

Dive Brief: PepsiCo Beverage Sales has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to reasonably accommodate a blind customer care employee, EEOC announced Wednesday. Per ...

Dive Brief: The Carlstar Group, a maker of specialty tires and wheels based in Franklin, Tennessee, will pay $300,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges that it discriminated against workers with disabilities (EEOC v. The Carlstar Group). According ...

Dive Brief: The CHRO of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority allegedly admitted the existence of a hostile work environment at the organization that protected harassers from consequences, according to a lawsuit filed April 10 by a group of current ...

Employers may lack the structure to help employees make sense of their pay — and it can color how workers view the fairness of their compensation, according to a report released Tuesday by Salary.com. While nearly 75% of HR professionals ...