Since December 2024, Stephen DeClercq has been going to work at Georgia-Pacific’s corrugated plant in Milan, Michigan. That might seem unusual considering the plant closed in 2024, and DeClercq retired in December following 41 years with G-P. But the company ...
More than 8 million: That’s the number of U.S. military veterans who participated in the civilian labor force in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, representing at least 5% of the total labor force. Veterans represent a ...
Like many HR industry professionals, Katie Carlson didn’t begin her career envisioning she’d be working in human resources. The senior vice president and CHRO at Brooks Running graduated college with an engineering degree. She then spent her early working years ...
A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee who alleged the agency discriminated against her based on her race, sex and national origin has received the green light to take her case to trial, court documents show (Kandan v. Lucas and ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security proposed to update the process by which it selects H-1B visa petitions in an attempted revival of policy changes introduced during the first Trump administration. Under the proposed rule, DHS would weight registrations for ...
Dive Brief: Just over 4 in 5 hiring managers — 84% — say most high school students are not prepared to enter the workforce, according to a report released by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and College Board. And 80% ...
Many current cybersecurity training programs aren’t truly effective and don’t necessarily reduce the risk of employees falling for phishing scams, according to a Sept. 17 report from University of California at San Diego researchers. Certain training appears to be ineffective ...
Workers in Illinois, California and Colorado filed legal claims against Starbucks on Sept. 17, alleging the company violated state law when it refused to reimburse them for clothing purchased following a dress code change. Starbucks issued a new dress code ...
Dive Brief: President Donald Trump announced Friday that the administration would require an added $100,000 payment with petitions for H-1B visas, according to a presidential proclamation. The proclamation “took an important, initial, and incremental step to reform the H-1B visa ...
Dive Brief: A group of former Google employees may proceed with claims that the company unlawfully retaliated against them following their participation in a protest against the company’s work with the Israeli government, a federal judge held Thursday. The employees ...