CHROs remain confident in Q2 regarding hiring, but recruiting has also become much more specific, concentrated and challenging, according to survey results released June 10 by The Conference Board. Overall hiring confidence actually dipped slightly, per the findings, but it ...
Dive Brief: Meta has launched America’s Workforce Academy, a $115 million workforce development initiative designed to provide free skilled-trades training and guaranteed job opportunities on data center construction projects, the company announced Monday. The program, which Meta called the largest ...
Dive Brief: Participation of learning and development leaders in business strategy discussions has steadily declined over the last three of RedThread Research’s biennial reports, according to the company’s study published June 3. Despite this trend, L&D isn’t becoming irrelevant, RedThread ...
Dive Brief: Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit (Maryland, et al. v. Hegseth et al.) challenging the March 26 executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion programs among federal contractors. The lawsuit alleges that President Donald Trump’s executive order impedes ...
In an era where some companies are cutting back on employee benefits, others are still leaning into the worker experience. FlexJobs, a job board for remote and flexible jobs, identified in a recent blog post 15 companies that offer travel ...
Dive Brief: Digital credentials and learning and employment records aren’t being regularly used and haven’t been widely implemented in a way that works for employers, according to new research from 1EdTech, an organization that promotes technology in education. Even though ...
Dive Brief: Although three-quarters of knowledge workers say artificial intelligence makes them more productive, only 13% report that the technology has significantly improved their company’s performance, a survey from Glean’s Work AI Institute found. Glean surveyed 6,000 digital workers and ...
Dive Brief: A bill passed June 2 by New York state lawmakers aims to crack down on “ghost jobs” — jobs that don’t exist or aren’t intended to be filled — by requiring employers with 100 or more employees and ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Justice issued an opinion Tuesday to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finding that its guidelines about disparate impact liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act are unconstitutional. The “guidelines are unconstitutional ...
Dive Brief: An Illinois district court erred when it dismissed federal claims raised by an African American firefighter who alleged his firing constituted unlawful race-based discrimination, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday. The plaintiff in Strickland v. ...