Dive Brief: Although artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way companies do business, 53% of employers said their main challenge was finding graduates with the right AI skills, according to new research from Pearson and Amazon Web Services, released Monday. ...

Employers are frustrated with having to eat healthcare costs that continue to rise for no sensible reason, and more are considering switching insurance or pharmacy benefits providers as a result, according to a new survey of major U.S. purchasers. Changing ...

Dive Brief: A North Carolina-based Courtyard by Marriott hotel will have to face a lawsuit alleging that it retaliated against a former assistant general manager after she requested leave to obtain gender-affirming surgeries, a federal judge ruled Wednesday (Fendel v. ...

Increasing financial pressures on workers — rising healthcare costs, inflation and a higher cost of living — are forcing them to make tough choices. Some are delaying healthcare, others are taking on second jobs and some are even putting off ...

Deloitte Consulting LLP allegedly penalized exempt employees for taking protected pregnancy-related, parental or family leave by expecting them to achieve the same results as their peers who worked a full year, without factoring in their protected absences, according to a ...

Dive Brief: Employees say they’re tired of systems and processes that don’t work for them — what Isolved referred to as “Death by a Thousand Pings,” according to a report released Wednesday by the company. Just over 60% of employees ...

Dive Brief: Professions that will receive tax deductions on tipped wages include workers within the food and beverage service, entertainment and events, hospitality and guest services, home and personal services, personal appearance and wellness, recreation and instruction, and transportation and ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration said it will focus its efforts on criminal cases “to address the most significant harm” to the employee benefits system, according to a field assistance bulletin issued Tuesday.  The agency, which ...

As companies finish their annual compensation talks and send out emails cementing pay for the next year, Payscale CFO Philip Watson wants CFOs to think about ways they can keep the conversation going.  Watson, who joined the Boston-based compensation software ...

Dive Brief: A federal judge sided with Western & Southern Financial Group in a retirement benefits discrimination lawsuit on Monday, holding that the insurer did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act when it fired an employee days before ...