Dive Brief: Beginning in 2025, Liberty Mutual will provide up to five days of paid leave for spouses of military personnel to support a move, the company announced Nov. 1 in an update sent to HR Dive. The benefit applies ...
The last decade has reshaped American life and culture, with a global pandemic, shifting identity concerns and changing work arrangements all lending a new appearance to work and life. With President-elect Donald Trump headed back to the White House and ...
Generation Z candidates highly prioritize job stability and work-life balance as non-negotiables when considering full-time roles, according to an Oct. 30 report from Symplicity. In a survey of more than 2,700 students, 94% pointed to job stability while 90% identified ...
Dive Brief: Vice President Kamala Harris pledged on Friday to sign an executive order nixing degree requirements for certain federal positions on Day 1 of her presidency if she wins Tuesday’s election. Harris has previously said she would loosen college ...
Nearly a million engineering roles were advertised across the country in August, according to RS, a product and service provider for industrial customers, placing engineering among the top ten most in-demand professions. But the profession has a dearth of new, ...
Robert Quackenboss is a partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Tyler Laughinghouse is an associate at the firm. On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a wage and hour case, E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, to clarify a ...
Dive Brief: Amazon allegedly failed to accommodate a deaf employee and fired him based on false accusations he assaulted a co-worker, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 28 in a California federal district court (Colburn v. Amazon.com Services LLC). The ...
Dive Brief: The IRS announced Friday an increase to the annual individual contribution limit for 401(k) plans to $23,500 for 2025. That mark is up $500 from 2024’s cap of $23,000, the same size increase as that put into place ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor has designed a new contact form for its Wage and Hour Division intended to help streamline the department’s response to potential child labor issues and complaints, according to a notice published Friday in ...
Dive Brief: Workers’ concerns about mental well-being fell in 2024, with employees scoring their level of concern a 5.5 out of 10, compared to 5.8 out of 10 the year before, according to the 2024 Workplace Wellness Survey published Friday ...