Dive Brief: Santa Monica Proper was accused of not paying its workers the minimum wage in Santa Monica, California, according to a class-action lawsuit filing in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, obtained by Hotel Dive. The lawsuit alleges ...

“It’s going to get worse before it gets better.” Fran Casey, chief people officer at Goodwin Living, said the staffing problems that have long plagued the long-term care industry are only being exacerbated by the Trump administration’s immigration-related policy changes.   ...

Only 23% of front-line workers believe senior leaders understand their day-to-day reality, highlighting a disconnect between top decision-makers and what’s really happening in the workplace, according to an Aug. 13 report based on ZipRecruiter’s Breakroom Workplace Index. The leadership awareness ...

Dive Brief: Walmart can’t shake a worker’s discrimination, retaliation and failure-to-accommodate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an Illinois district court judge ruled Aug. 13. The worker in Peterson v. Walmart Associates, Inc., allegedly developed a torn ligament in ...

Dive Brief: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a 2024 Texas district court decision in favor of the state that blocked enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, ruling the district was wrong in its interpretation of ...

Dive Brief: The CEOs of Carrier Global Corp. and Lowe’s are leading a Business Roundtable workforce initiative announced this summer to address worker shortages in the skilled trades. The program will focus on trades in four industries: industrial and manufacturing, ...

Certain deficits in human skills — such as creativity and critical thinking — could hinder the adoption of artificial intelligence tools in the workplace, according to an Aug. 6 report from Multiverse. Learning scientists identified 13 human skillsets that are ...

As more companies integrate artificial intelligence tools, workplace dynamics and culture appear to be shifting, according to an Aug. 12 report from CalypsoAI, an AI security provider. For instance, 45% of workers said they trust AI more than their co-workers, ...

“Benevolent leadership,” combined with best practices, can improve overall organizational well-being, researchers determined from a study of 350 respondents at knowledge-worker institutions. These findings were published on Aug. 13, in the journal Scientific Reports. For the purposes of the study, ...

Editor’s note: The Back to Basics column serves as an accessible way to understand employment law. If you’re new to HR (or just need a little refresher), follow along as the HR Dive team speaks with legal experts, peruses federal ...