Workers who identify as LGBTQ+ experience ongoing challenges such as discrimination and lack of representation in the workplace, according to a March 31 report from Coqual. Globally, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination strongly influences where employees work, the report found. In a survey, ...

U.S. Steel Corp. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it terminated a utility technician for a “non-negative” drug test result following an altercation with a co-worker, a Pennsylvania district court judge determined March 28. After the test, ...

Dive Brief: IBM must face a former worker’s charge that it discriminated against him for being a White male, a Michigan district court judge determined Wednesday (Dill v. International Business Machines Corp.). The former employee in IBM’s consulting division alleged ...

The percentage of Americans using artificial intelligence tools at work has increased from 8% in 2023 to 35% by the end of 2024, according to a March 27 report from Jobs for the Future. However, only 31% of workers said ...

In Ohio and Kentucky, public colleges will be forced to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after each state passed new restrictions into law last week. Conservatives in both states have led multiyear efforts to stamp out DEI in public ...

Various reports indicate that hiring is slowing down moving further into 2025 — but there will always be roles that need filling. As such, more employers are considering hiring for skills or “promise” first, rather than explicitly for certain experience, ...

Dive Brief: A split U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday stayed a district court’s decision to reinstate Gwynne Wilcox as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, holding in a 2-1 decision that the ...

Dive Brief: One-third of U.S. court employees say they’ve experienced inappropriate behavior or actions at work, according to a workplace conduct report released Monday by the Federal Judicial Center for the Workplace Conduct Working Group, a group of judges and ...

Dive Brief: Even if employees with a disability don’t need a reasonable accommodation to perform their job’s essential functions, they may still be entitled to one under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held ...

As the future of work evolves, leaders are addressing complex tensions with talent, management and new technology, according to a March 24 update from Deloitte’s 2025 Global Human Capital Trends report. Employers are contending with a growing experience gap while ...