The age of mostly assigned desks in office environments has waned, with the percentage of companies opting for assigned seating declining from 83% to 55% in 2024, according to CBRE workplace project benchmarking data.  In contrast, hybrid and desk-sharing models ...

A National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge on Wednesday ordered California-based dialysis provider Satellite Healthcare to cease from punishing workers for their choice to unionize, to repay unionized employees for withheld merit raises and to rehire a registered nurse ...

Dive Brief: American Express is urging shareholders to vote down two shareholder proposals, one involving diversity incentives and another involving advertising, saying both are unnecessary, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14. ...

Paid time off policies reduce turnover for all workers, regardless of how satisfied workers are with their jobs or whether they have access to flexible schedules, according to a joint Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University study published in ...

Despite the accelerated shift from human-only to AI-augmented work, nearly three-quarters of technology developers say finding a job remains difficult — and it’s not for lack of demand, according to a survey by developer skills platform HackerRank. Almost all (97%) ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act may allow an employee without a disability to recover back pay for certain violations of the law, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Tuesday. The appeals court reached that conclusion in response to ...

Dive Brief: A nonprofit medical center in California agreed to pay $195,000 to settle allegations that it paid a female physician assistant less than her male counterpart for performing a similar job, despite the male physician assistant not having prior ...

The face of diversity, equity and inclusion continues to change with a recent victory by Chicago Women in Trades. A judge granted CWIT a temporary restraining order on March 27 in its case against President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders. ...

Northwestern University on Monday touted an 88% year-over-year decline in complaints of antisemitic discrimination or harassment as of November 2024.  Over the past year, the Illinois university said it has intensified its efforts to crack down on antisemitism. Officials now ...

Workers who identify as LGBTQ+ experience ongoing challenges such as discrimination and lack of representation in the workplace, according to a March 31 report from Coqual. Globally, anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination strongly influences where employees work, the report found. In a survey, ...