A key part of President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan, released in July 2025, is removing “red tape.” As an initial step, Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden’s executive order on the “safe, secure, and trustworthy development” of artificial intelligence. ...
The U.S. Department of Labor will provide $30 million in funding to the Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund grant program to help address critical workforce shortages nationwide, according to a Monday press release. The department’s Employment and Training Administration will use ...
Amid rapid adoption of artificial intelligence tools at work, 45% of workers say they’ve used banned AI tools on the job, according to an Aug. 5 report from Anagram, a security training company. In addition, 40% said they’d knowingly violate ...
Ikea has agreed to settle five lawsuits alleging age bias at the company, according to court documents filed Aug. 6. Among the resolved cases was a 2019 lawsuit (Paine v. IKEA Holding US, Inc. et al.) claiming the retailer maintained ...
A former sales representative for cleaning products manufacturer Zep, Inc., cannot proceed on her Title VII harassment claim related to the behavior of a client because she could not show the company intended for it to occur, the 6th U.S. ...
Young professionals are driving most of the momentum in learning related to artificial intelligence tools, with 66% of AI students falling between the ages of 20 and 30, according to an Aug. 5 report from Superprof, a tutoring network. The ...
Many U.S. office occupiers are achieving their attendance goals, but they’re also still trying to find ways to strike the right balance with hybrid work, according to CBRE. Just over half, or 51% of organizations surveyed by CBRE, are expecting ...
As young workers face competition with artificial intelligence tools for entry-level work, 52% of Generation Z job seekers say they’re prioritizing “growth mindset” roles that offer personal development opportunities, according to an August report from Flexa. In particular, Gen Z ...
The prevalence of workplace violence appears to be increasing, with 30% of workers reporting they saw workplace violence happen to another employee, up from 25% in 2024, according to an Aug. 6 report from Traliant, an online compliance training company. ...
Dive Brief: Regulatory requirements are combining with a cultural shift to push most U.S. companies in a recent WTW survey to adopt pay transparency practices, the consulting firm said in a press release Monday. WTW’s poll of 388 U.S.-based respondents ...