For HR executives, workplace safety is no longer just about slips, trips and falls. Today, one of the fastest-growing causes of death on the job is something many workplaces still don’t plan for: drug overdoses. According to the Centers for ...

Making the best decision on which technologies will help your organization make the best people decisions is a big task. But rest assured, you’re not alone. As AI-powered people analytics continues to evolve and generate interest, HR and talent leaders ...

Fewer than 1 in 5 women workers say they feel very confident about being able to fully retire with a comfortable lifestyle, according to a Nov. 19 report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies and the Transamerica Institute. As ...

Dive Brief: The MetroHealth System must face claims alleging it illegally rounded workers’ hours, a judge ruled Nov. 24 (Bowman v. MetroHealth). A medical practice assistant alleged in the proposed class-action lawsuit that the Cleveland-based health system failed to pay ...

After a year of mass layoffs and uncertainty, 2026 could stabilize hiring trends and bring equilibrium to the U.S. labor market, according to a Nov. 18 report from HireQuest. In particular, the job market appears to be stabilizing around skills-based ...

Even when DEI practitioners talk about race, the recently centered but oft-forgotten “I” of BIPOC may have fewer resources and little recognition at work.  National American Indian Heritage Month, as it is called by the Library of Congress, has its ...

A 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision lowering harm standards for plaintiffs pleading employment discrimination has broadened the array of litigation employers could face, an attorney told attendees at a Nov. 18 National Employment Law Institute virtual event. In Muldrow v. ...

Dive Brief: A former worker for API Group Life Safety USA can bring her case against the company because her disclosure of her status as a victim of sexual assault means the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual ...

Despite AI being everywhere right now, employees and business leaders alike feel trepidation about AI’s role at work. Data from Beamery, for example, shows that HR professionals feel like their AI opinions aren’t taken seriously; Likewise, survey results from talent ...

Involuntary separations have played a key role in workforce churn in 2025, yet employers aren’t necessarily replacing those positions, according to a Nov. 19 report from iHire. Voluntary quit rates also declined for the second consecutive year, as more employees ...