Looking ahead to 2025, company leaders voiced “cautious optimism” about corporate performance and executive pay, indicating a steadier approach than in recent years, according to a Nov. 19 report from Pearl Meyer, an executive compensation and leadership consultancy. About half ...

Dive Brief: Despite ongoing shifts in the workplace, close to 2 in 5 CEOs told Orgvue, an organizational design software platform, that they would rather quit than lead any large-scale workforce transformation. About 60% of CEOs said that they believe ...

Dive Brief: President-elect Donald Trump on Friday evening named Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., as his nominee for secretary of labor. Chavez-DeRemer, who served one term in Congress, lost her recent re-election bid to Democrat Janelle Bynum.  Trump said he looks forward ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a potentially pivotal employment reverse discrimination case, but regardless of its outcome, HR departments should be aware of the risk that they could face similar lawsuits in the future, attorneys at ...

WASHINGTON — Employer-side attorneys and consultants at SHRM’s Workplace Law Forum Nov. 20 were mostly in the dark about the incoming Trump administration’s specific policy goals, and few discussion topics evoked this sentiment quite like the president-elect’s immigration agenda. “People ...

Dive Brief: Many large companies have adopted or are piloting generative artificial intelligence in the workplace, signaling the technology’s importance headed into 2025, according to an ADP report published Monday. AI figured heavily into the company’s top workplace trends report ...

U.S. workers’ opinions on the role of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the workplace have become more negative since early 2023, according to a Nov. 19 report from Pew Research Center. In general, workers are somewhat more likely ...

When it comes to meeting workers’ demands, flexibility continues to be the name of the game. Workers said they were willing to either accept less pay or turn down a job completely if it didn’t offer unlimited paid time off.  ...

Dive Brief: Insurers are projecting medical costs will increase globally in 2025 — by about 10.4%, according to WTW’s 2025 Global Medical Trends Survey. Specifically in the U.S., insurers project a 10.2% increase in 2025, up from 9.3% this year. ...

Dive Brief: Despite only 16% of employees saying they have unlimited paid time off at their current companies, 1 in 5 workers said they would decline a job without the benefit, according to a survey by financial services company Empower. ...