Dive Brief: Vail Resorts expanded its mental health benefits to provide employees and their dependents and roommates with 12 free therapy sessions each per year, up from six, according to a recent company news release. The coverage applies to all ...

Dive Brief: Incivility in the workplace rose 27% from the spring to summer months, Society for Human Resource Management researchers found in a survey of 1,620 U.S. workers conducted from late August through early September.  Nearly half of workers attributed ...

Dive Brief: The New York State Unified Court System (NYSUCS) did not violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it denied a senior office clerk’s request for one month’s leave to attend a religious spiritual retreat ...

More than a quarter of workers surveyed by United Culture who work flexibility — defined as people who work remotely at least some of the time — said they feel they missed out on a promotion or work opportunity due ...

Workers see a need for balance between technical skills and human skills, both on the job and in their learning and development opportunities, according to an. Oct. 21 report from advisory firm Deloitte. For instance, 3 in 5 workers believe ...

Dive Brief: Candidates and employees are asking about diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to 1 in 5 hiring managers surveyed earlier this year. Hiring managers, in turn, want employers to take a stand on that and other issues, the ...

Dive Brief: The National Labor Relations Board’s order requiring Tesla CEO Elon Musk to delete a tweet that implied employees would lose their stock options if they joined a union violated the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, a divided ...

Allegations of colorism. Sham investigations. Bogus background checks.  The world of compliance can be fraught with peril for those in HR. In October alone, we’ve reported on dozens of lawsuits against companies for alleged discrimination and violations of labor law.  ...

Dive Brief: Lago Mar Beach Resort & Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it failed to accommodate and fired an employee after she asked for leave following ...

Since company culture reflects the character of people within an organization, assessing workers’ character attributes can help with hiring and promoting, Mary Crossan, professor of strategic leadership at Western University and author of an Oct. 22 report on character-based hiring ...