Mai Lan Nguyen is the SVP of human resources for Schneider Electric, North America. When Erin Flaherty left the Army after more than a decade in uniform, she expected the hardest part would be saying goodbye to her unit. Instead, ...

Dive Brief: Healthcare cost increases are projected to rise 9.6% in the U.S. in 2026, only a hair less than the 9.7% experienced this year, according to WTW’s 2026 Global Medical Trends report, released Tuesday. However, the increase remains “significantly ...

Dive Brief: In an Atlassian survey of 7,000 working caregivers across seven countries, the majority of respondents (76%) said they feel like a “whole new workday starts” when they finish work and get into caregiving mode. Similarly, 78% of said ...

Employees from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds report the lowest sense of belonging compared to their peers and face barriers to inclusion at work, according to a Nov. 6 report from Boston Consulting Group. Those from financially disadvantaged backgrounds reported workplace inclusion ...

A former freight handler for FedEx can move forward on his interference claim under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday, reversing a district court’s decision in the case. The worker’s job ...

Dive Brief: Women who are hired in jurisdictions that ban employers from asking about pay history earn “significantly more” than those hired elsewhere, a sign that pay history bans are effective at reducing the gender pay gap, researchers at the ...

Dive Brief: For successful artificial intelligence tool implementation, learning and development leaders need to be given the authority to lead strategy around AI learning, Go1 survey results released Nov. 4 said. Only 23% of L&D professionals surveyed said accountability for ...

Dive Brief: Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require major companies and federal agencies to report artificial intelligence-related layoffs to the U.S. Department of Labor, Hawley announced in a press release. The AI-Related ...

If a “leadership vacuum” persists at work and leaders do not communicate about new tools, employees may feel more anxiety about artificial intelligence and other new technologies in the workplace, according to a Nov. 5 report from Mercer. Notably, fewer ...

Editor’s Note: ‘Happy Hour’ is an HR Dive column from Editor Ginger Christ. Follow along as she dives into some of the offbeat news in the HR space. Driven in part by what ResumeBuilder.com’s Chief Career Advisor Stacie Haller calls ...