Dive Brief: Ninety percent of U.S. companies said they missed their hiring goals, with 1 in 3 reporting they missed those goals by a wide margin, according to the fifth annual Hiring Insights Report from recruiting software company GoodTime. The ...

The uncertainties of 2025 are top of mind as employers calibrate their 2026 talent plans. But there’s one potential positive: It’s an employer’s market these days. “The balance of power has shifted,” Robert Hosking, executive director of the administrative and ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission approved by a 2-1 vote Thursday a resolution to permit its members to “commence or intervene” in almost all litigation, a move that could hasten the agenda of its Republican majority. Per the ...

Dive Brief: Job applicants are not entitled to disparate impact protection under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act like employees are, Workday argued in a court document filed Wednesday. Arguing that age bias claims included in an early January amended ...

Target’s incoming chief executive officer Michael Fiddelke joined more than 60 CEOs in co-signing an open letter calling for “an immediate deescalation of tensions” in Minnesota. The letter, released on Sunday by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, also included Best ...

Employers knew the second Trump administration would disrupt immigration compliance efforts. Yet, as of 2026’s early weeks, even the attorneys to whom employers turn for guidance say they’re shocked by how quickly the White House’s plans have unfolded. “What we’ve ...

Most clicked story of the week The traditional career ladder may have fallen down, a Randstad study released Jan. 20 indicated. Less than half of the more than 27,000 employees polled said they wanted to follow a traditional career path, ...

Dive Brief: Augmenting jobs with artificial intelligence and upskilling employees, instead of replacing workers, could add between $4.8 trillion and $6.6 trillion to the U.S. economy by 2034, roughly 15% of current U.S. GDP at the lower range, according to ...

Today, job search is going through its own inflation. Applications are cheap to send and hard to value. People rarely hear back from employers, so they apply to more jobs. Auto-apply tools push the numbers even higher, and each click ...

Companies on the fence about offering an employee benefits plan that covers GLP-1s may find the following data helpful: A report from risk consultation firm Aon, released Jan. 13, suggests workers’ sustained GLP-1 use can reduce employers’ costs over time. ...