At the company behind BarkBox, the HR department has found itself fielding applications for a new top dog role — “chairdog” — being added to the executive team. Bark this month began advertising for a Chairdog of its Dog Committee “to ...

Dive Brief: Employees are bracing for change as AI adds anxiety about job security and stability, according to a Gusto survey of 1,000 U.S. workers in June. The HR software company’s report was published earlier this month.  AI is becoming ...

Dive Brief: A Honda employee may proceed with his lawsuit alleging that the company’s U.S. division violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws when it failed to pay him overtime in the aftermath of the 2021 Kronos outage, ...

Although most hiring managers still feel confident about hiring in 2025, optimism appears to be wavering as employers reassess their growth plans for the rest of the year, according to a July 23 report from Express Employment Professionals. In a ...

Dive Brief: Professional services firm Aon allegedly fired an employee because she has attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, after she requested and received an accommodation to work in the office, according to a July 23 lawsuit. Per the complaint in Gomez v. ...

Since President Donald Trump was reelected last fall, 20% of companies have scrapped their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a July 23 Resume.org report. Another 16% said they’re likely to do so by the end of the year, ...

Dive Brief: Hospitality employers and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can mutually benefit when hotels employ these workers, according to new research from Penn State University’s School of Hospitality Management.  According to the research, individuals with intellectual and developmental ...

Workplace discourse often trickles into trending topics — think “quiet quitting” or the hybrid work wars — but it’s rare that an HR professional becomes the nightly news story. By now, many in the profession have likely heard of tech ...

Candidate ghosting is the hiring world’s version of a disappearing act—one minute they’re eager, the next, radio silence. And it’s happening more than ever. According to SHRM data, 46% of employers report a spike in no-shows and silent dropouts. In ...

The noise of work is hard to ignore. Between relentless notifications, always-on visibility, and meetings that rarely justify their own invites, we’re more and more disillusioned with what we want from our jobs, or how to find a happy medium. ...