Dive Brief: Workers with long COVID say a number of symptoms affect their ability to work, such as brain fog, fatigue, weakness and headaches and migraines, according to research published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in October and ...

Baggage and cargo handlers at Southwest Airlines alleged they were paid only twice a month, whereas New York employment law mandates that manual workers are paid weekly, according to a recently filed lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the ...

Dive Brief: When an employer-sponsored benefit is not related to employee pay or services, it cannot be factored into wage garnishment, the U.S. Department of Labor stated in an opinion letter published Dec. 18. Administrator Jessica Looman was responding to ...

Dive Brief: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Walmart and financial technology platform Branch Messenger, alleging they forced delivery drivers on the Spark platform to use specific deposit accounts to get paid and misled the workers about how they ...

Dive Brief: Employers expect to increase their compensation budgets by 3.3% for merit increases and 3.7% for total salary increases for non-union workers in 2025, according to a Dec. 10 Mercer report. That mirrors the actual merit and total salary ...

Healthcare costs have been on an upward trajectory for years, with little end in sight. In fact, insurers project a 10.2% increase in the U.S. for 2025, up from 9.3% in 2024, according to WTW survey results from late last year. ...

Mary Alice Vuicic is chief people officer at Thomson Reuters. The conventional narrative on AI in the workplace has shifted rapidly in recent months as more professionals have begun using the technology in their day-to-day lives. Instead of concern that ...

As the HR role continues to change, focusing more on talent as a part of a company’s strategy, the concept of “people operations” has gained traction.  “People operations” is the glue that holds together company strategy and human capital, said Jake ...

As Generation Z employees take up a larger share of jobs and older workers retire at later ages, onboarding is a challenge for technology chiefs. Generational differences can result in varying levels of comfort with technology, with AI often acting ...

Joycelyn Stevenson is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson. As an investigator who works with corporate organizations of all sizes, boards and educational institutions, I am often asked why training on effective investigations is necessary. The short answer is that a ...