Dive Brief: International education shapes leadership in the workplace and supports career development, according to a new report from the American Institute For Foreign Study and the Institute of International Education. Of the 44 leaders surveyed across more than 20 ...
Dive Brief: Former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vice chair Jocelyn Samuels voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit against President Donald Trump, a court document filed Monday revealed. The action followed last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which ...
Harley-Davidson Motor Co. allegedly retaliated against an African American supplier diversity manager by stripping her of her role and duties after she objected to the company’s rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion practices, according to a lawsuit filed June ...
Federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Homeland Security provided a series of updates on new and existing regulatory efforts to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday. The ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor issued a final rule on Thursday to eliminate disparate impact liability theory from its antidiscrimination regulations with respect to federal grants and funding opportunities under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. ...
Most-clicked story of the week The federal government’s workplace bias watchdog rescinded its affirmative action guidelines, dropping a longstanding interpretation of the law. The move aligns with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s strategy, outlined in a new enforcement plan. ...
Dive Brief: When a workplace is toxic, 79% of U.S. employees blame bad leadership, with respondents citing unethical, unaccountable and unsupportive behavior, according to employment platform iHire’s 2026 Toxic Workplace Trends Report. The second most cited issue was poor communication ...
For many small businesses, employee classification feels like an administrative task that gets handled during onboarding and rarely revisited. One employee is salaried, another is hourly, payroll runs and business moves forward. But as labor laws continue to evolve and ...
Dive Brief: HR is still adapting to artificial intelligence rather than taking the lead on redesigning the workflow around AI, according to a report released by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) Tuesday. After surveying more than 1,300 business and ...
Employer use of third-party administrators to handle reasonable accommodations can be “inherently problematic,” a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attorney cautioned Monday. The warning came as the agency announced a settlement agreement with retailer JCPenney. EEOC had alleged in a ...