News Room

Former EEOC employee files charge alleging transgender bias at the agency

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, ...

Walmart taps OpenAI for employee training

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 ...

Firefighters’ vaccine exemption lawsuit fails SCOTUS’ updated religious test, court says

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: LinkedIn expands company page and recruiter verification

“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, ...

‘Anemic’ job creation confirms workers’ anxieties, economists say

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 ...

Most managers can’t participate in training because they don’t have time, study shows

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 ...

DOL says it’s thinking about overtime as it provides timelines for regulations

The U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday it intends to revisit its overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act but did not disclose a deadline by which to issue an update on the subject, according to a press release. ...

Judge expands pregnancy law exceptions for Catholic bishop group

Dive Brief: A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “in a way that would require them to make accommodations for abortions, ...

Employers say their employees are prepared for retirement, but workers aren’t so sure

Dive Brief: More than 3 in 4 employers said they believe their workers are prepared for retirement, yet less than half of workers think so, according to PNC Bank’s third annual Financial Wellness in the Workplace Report, released Aug. 27. ...

Nestlé scandal sticks corporate affairs in the spotlight — again

Nestlé immediately dismissed its CEO, Laurent Freixe, for not disclosing a romantic relationship with a subordinate, the company announced Sept. 1. This news comes barely a month after tech company Astronomer’s CEO was caught on the big screen at a ...