Dive Brief: A 3-1 majority of the Federal Trade Commission agreed to dismiss the agency’s appeals in two separate legal challenges of its 2024 ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts, FTC confirmed in a press release Friday. In a ...

3M won summary judgment on a religious accommodation claim because “ample, undisputed evidence” showed it would suffer an undue hardship if it exempted a patient support employee from its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held Sept. ...

Hybrid work has stabilized in recent years, leveling out since the end of 2022, with about half of workplaces choosing to maintain hybrid models in the post-pandemic era, according to a Sept. 2 report from Gallup. For instance, hybrid work ...

Onofrio Pirrotta is a senior vice president and managing partner at Kyndryl, where he leads the technology company’s U.S. manufacturing and energy market. Opinions are the author’s own. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept for manufacturers; it is ...

Dive Brief: A transgender former director of information governance and strategy for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an EEO complaint with the agency that alleged discrimination and a hostile work environment at EEOC under Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, ...

Dive Brief: Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to develop a customized artificial intelligence certification program for U.S. frontline and office-based employees, according to a note from Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris on Thursday. The executive said the certification course will ...

Dive Brief: Washington state’s Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue did not violate Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act when it refused to exempt firefighters from its COVID-19 vaccine requirement allegedly in violation of their religious beliefs, the 9th ...

“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. LinkedIn is looking to take on scammers who falsely present themselves as recruiters or company representatives in the app, ...

The U.S. jobs market may be stalling — and could miss the long-promised “soft landing,” economists said. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by only 22,000 in August, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate increased ...

Although most organizations offer a manager development program, more than 90% say they lack time to participate, according to a Sept. 2 report from the Association for Talent Development. In addition, 63% said being a manager is more difficult than ...