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Disney settles with actor fired for controversial social media posts

Disney agreed to settle wrongful termination and discrimination claims filed in February 2024 by Gina Carano, court documents filed Thursday show. “The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Gina Carano ...

7th Circuit revives Christian teacher’s religious accommodation claim

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a ruling in favor of an Indiana school district on a teacher’s failure-to-accommodate claim Aug. 5, saying the evidence raised questions over whether the teacher’s requested accommodation — an exemption from calling ...

Workers are stressed about finances — and they say it’s affecting their productivity

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. workers are stressed about their finances, and 56% say their financial health is negatively affecting their workplace productivity, according to an Aug. 5 report from The Hartford. As workers turn to their employers for support, benefits ...

Younger employees use AI at work but don’t want to tell their bosses, survey shows

Although many millennials and Generation Z workers use artificial intelligence tools at work, about half are hesitant to admit how much of their work is created by AI, according to an Aug. 5 report from Cox Business. Workers said they ...

AI jobs resistant to recent tech talent hiring slump

Dive Brief: AI-related job postings have weathered a broader contraction in tech talent demand, according to a recent Indeed analysis. The company reviewed tech role postings on its jobs board from 2020 to date for the report. Employer demand for ...

3 strategies for boosting employee engagement

Employee engagement has plummeted to its lowest level in over a decade, with many companies reporting that just 21% of employees are actively engaged. At the same time, worker burnout and exhaustion are soaring. Combined, these issues are costing organizations ...

Ex-Tesla HR pros allege they were ‘penalized and pushed out’ for reporting bias

Dive Brief: A group of former Tesla HR professionals alleged that they were either fired or effectively forced to resign after attempting to surface other employees’ race discrimination and retaliation complaints at the company’s Fremont, California, plant, in a complaint ...

Animal hospital to pay $20K for allegedly firing a worker who objected to religious training materials

Dive Brief: California-based Martinez Animal Hospital agreed to pay $20,000 to a former employee for alleged retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday.  The hospital allegedly fired a worker who objected to mandatory training that contained religious content ...

Nearly a third of workers would rather clean a toilet than ask a co-worker for help — but I wouldn’t.

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. Cleaning the public restroom: the most dreaded job among my co-workers and ...

ICE raids worsen construction’s labor shortage. Contractors must respond.

Chris Coleman is partner-in-charge of St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown’s Construction Services Group. Opinions are the author’s own. In an already tight construction labor market, raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at jobsites threaten to deepen workforce shortages, drive ...