Dive Brief: FedEx will pay $280,000 to settle a disability discrimination complaint filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a consent decree filed Thursday (EEOC v. Federal Express Corp. d/b/a FedEx Express). According to EEOC’s January 2025 ...
Dive Brief: A California construction contractor must pay $468,505 in back wages and damages to 137 workers after a federal investigation found violations of minimum wage and overtime laws, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Newport Beach-based SCA General ...
Dive Brief: A coalition of five groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday, arguing President Donald Trump’s March 26 executive order targeting DEI activities among federal contractors violates plaintiffs’ free speech, free association and due process rights (National ...
C-suite executives are feeling the burn of the business climate: Eighty-one percent of execs told KPMG that boards and owners have voiced increased expectations for their organizations’ ability to adapt to disruption. As C-suite execs shoulder increased workplace stress, KPMG ...
Dive Brief: There’s a significant disconnect between the behaviors most frequently exhibited by executives and the characteristics employees say define effective leadership, according to research from Hogan Assessments, a personality assessment provider. In fact, there was no overlap at all ...
Dive Brief: Workers feel they prioritize training more than employers do, a perception gap that can harm retention in the long run, according to an April 14 analysis from Indeed Hiring Lab. In the U.S., 67% of employees surveyed said ...
Eighty-one percent of C-suite leaders say their companies are at least a year away from seeing “meaningful returns” from artificial intelligence investments beyond efficiency gains, PwC found in a recent survey. The findings, part of a broader look at executives’ ...
Dive Brief: A manufacturer will pay $100,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it demoted an employee with hearing loss in response to her request for reasonable accommodation, EEOC announced Friday. In its August 2024 ...
Employers, lawmakers, patient advocates, price transparency groups and more urged the U.S. Department of Labor to quickly finalize a rule that would force pharmacy benefit managers, shadowy middlemen in the drug supply chain, to share more pricing and compensation information. ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security received a partial victory on April 14 in an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a White employee who claimed she was passed over for three separate promotion opportunities because of her race. ...