Twenty-one percent of U.S. workers believe their professional future is out of their hands and that their sense of control has grown worse during the past five years, according to an April 8 report from the University of Phoenix Career ...

Sharing employee pay can unexpectedly influence workplace dynamics and feelings of entitlement among co-workers, according to a study published April 3 in the Journal of Business Ethics. When workers learn where their pay ranks against their peers, their feelings of ...

April 2025 data from digital platform WorkL indicates that while workplace happiness increased slightly for heterosexual workers in 2025, it decreased for LGBTQ+ workers — suggesting a change in the political climate also led to a change in climate for ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court stayed Wednesday a district court’s reinstatement of federal agency leaders dismissed by President Donald Trump before the expiration of their terms, including Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board Gwynne Wilcox. An order ...

An analysis published in January by New York-based 401(k) plan consulting firm Abernathy Daley claimed that some 84% of U.S.-based retirement plans had at least one “red flag” signaling a potential violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, but ...

Three-fifths of working Americans believe federal policy changes will have a direct impact on them during the next year, even more than the 40% who say the same about advancements in artificial intelligence, according to an April 2 report from ...

Employers are steadily building skills-powered organizations, a critical development given that half of HR leaders see skills shortages as a top threat to their businesses in 2025, according to a March report from global consulting firm Mercer. The positive news ...

Dive Brief: Former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration alleging that the president illegally terminated her, according to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ...

Dive Brief: The “people-first” HR approach, which has gained popularity over the past several years, may be on the decline, according to research from AI company Leapsome, in partnership with firm Opinium. About 3 in 4 leaders surveyed said their ...

President Donald Trump ensured 2025 started with a bang in the diversity, equity and inclusion sector — although many would argue the bang was a gunshot. The main orders in question, issued on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, sought to ...