Dive Brief: The gender wage gap persists in healthcare despite women making up the majority share of workers in that industry, according to data analysis by Premier Law Group, which represents plaintiffs in healthcare lawsuits. For example, women registered nurses ...

Dive Brief: Organizations saw about 50 more applicants per role in 2025 than in 2024, according to the inaugural Hiring Benchmarks report from recruiting software firm Employ. There were an average of 257.6 applications per job last year, up from ...

Online applications remain the main way job seekers secure interviews and job offers, but recruiter sourcing has risen sharply since 2023, according to data released Jan. 12 by Glassdoor. Even in an era of artificial intelligence, online applications led to ...

Dive Brief: Walmart will pay $60,000 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations that it revoked a worker’s disability accommodations and then fired her for insubordination, according to a Monday news release from EEOC. The worker, a stocker, had ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday signaled it may weigh in on a dispute between shipbuilders and a class of employees over an allegedly unlawful no-poach agreement by inviting U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer to file a ...

When it comes to performance reviews, it may be time to scrap the numbers, new research finds. Cornell University researchers discovered that narrative-only feedback is considered the fairest by employees and gives a clearer understanding of how to improve performance, ...

The end of 2025 painted a dour picture of the job market, especially entry-level roles. Entry-level jobs are disappearing, says one survey. Companies plan to replace those positions with artificial intelligence tool use, says another. The tech may even be ...

NEW YORK CITY — Sprouts Farmers Market prides itself on its in-store experience, and that includes having a staff that can offer insights and answer questions on the grocer’s unique product assortment.  To ensure that staffers meet these expectations, Sprouts ...

Dive Brief: For front-line workers around the world, the most pressing issues are flexibility, financial wellness and having a say when it comes to their work-life balance, according to a recently released 10-country survey of more than 8,000 workers from ...

By: Carolyn Crist • Published Dec. 22, 2025 Almost half of U.S. workers now report using artificial intelligence tools at work at least a few times per year, which steadily increased throughout 2025, according to a Dec. 14 report from ...