NEW YORK CITY — Sprouts Farmers Market prides itself on its in-store experience, and that includes having a staff that can offer insights and answer questions on the grocer’s unique product assortment. To ensure that staffers meet these expectations, Sprouts ...
Dive Brief: For front-line workers around the world, the most pressing issues are flexibility, financial wellness and having a say when it comes to their work-life balance, according to a recently released 10-country survey of more than 8,000 workers from ...
By: Carolyn Crist • Published Dec. 22, 2025 Almost half of U.S. workers now report using artificial intelligence tools at work at least a few times per year, which steadily increased throughout 2025, according to a Dec. 14 report from ...
Dive Brief: California-based staffing agency Eastridge Workforce Solutions agreed to pay $185,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Wednesday. According to EEOC’s complaint, filed last September, the agency had ...
NEW YORK — AI is a topic on every retailer’s mind heading into 2026. But REI isn’t shifting focus away from one of its key assets: human employees. Mary Beth Laughton — who stepped into the CEO role nearly a ...
An American employee apologizes for missing an afternoon of work for surgery and promises to stay on Slack. Meanwhile in Europe, it’s August. The office is empty, and no one is sorry. It’s a well-worn joke, highlighting cultural attitudes towards ...
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a batch of four opinion letters on Jan. 5 cautioning employers on the role of certain performance-based bonuses and pre-shift “roll call” time in overtime calculations as well as overtime pay exemption for certain ...
Dive Brief: While 92% of companies say they plan to hire workers in 2026, 55% said they expect layoffs, according to a new report from Resume.org. Among the reasons cited for layoffs, companies cite AI (44%), reorganization/restructuring (42%) and budget ...
Dive Brief: Most talent development professionals are veterans in the field, if Jan. 8 data from the Association for Talent Development is any indication: More than half of L&D professionals surveyed have 10 or more years in the field and ...
The U.S. workplace is in the middle of a seismic shift—and small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are feeling the tremors first. According to TriNet’s State of the Workplace 2025 research, several forces are reshaping talent expectations at once: soaring AI ...