Dan Helman is CEO of Think Power Solutions. Utilities are standing on the edge of a workforce cliff. Veteran lineworkers are retiring in droves just as digital tools, from AI-driven inspections to GIS dashboards, become mission-critical. The skills gap ...

Dive Brief: The majority (77%) of employees surveyed by Voya Financial said they plan to spend more time re-assessing their benefit elections during open enrollment this year — up from 69% last year. Likewise, 63% of Americans surveyed told the ...

The human-machine era is here, and CHROs must develop an HR-focused AI strategy to stay ahead, Gartner said in a press release Oct. 2 — but those leaders are struggling to build a culture that will enable this. In other ...

Across industries, 87% of U.S. employees say reputation influenced their decision to take their current role, which was the highest of all countries surveyed, according to an Oct. 6 report from United Culture, a firm that specializes in company culture, ...

Dive Brief: Only 43% of workers surveyed say they know how to enroll in benefits through their employers, according to the results of surveys by New York Life Group Benefit Solutions on employees’ benefits preferences, released Tuesday.  At the same ...

A senior HR business partner for ComEd, an electric utility provider in Illinois, lacked sufficient evidence to bring her discrimination and retaliation charges to trial, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois determined Oct. 6. The plaintiff in ...

Dive Brief: A former delivery driver for a Michigan manufacturer failed to show he was fired because of his disability or his related workers’ compensation claims rather than the employer’s finding that he was responsible for painting graffiti on goods ...

Dive Brief: A former market manager at a Pennsylvania-area Walmart filed a lawsuit against the company Oct. 2, alleging he was punished and eventually terminated for complaining about the conduct of two African American senior leaders through a tip line ...

In the small city of Sheffield, Iowa, it was not uncommon for people to drive more than 30 miles for child care just a few years ago.  Emily Schmitt, chief administrative officer and general counsel at Iowa-based Sukup Manufacturing Co., recalled ...

Managers play a critical role in company culture, and if they’re happy, their teams tend to be happy as well, according to an Oct. 1 report from Glassdoor. In fact, manager satisfaction appears to be associated with higher worker ratings ...