Dive Brief: Academy Mortgage Corp. entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve sexual harassment and retaliation charges, the agency announced Tuesday. A former supervisor at the Albuquerque-based mortgage lender allegedly sexually harassed ...
About 9% of U.S. workers in their early 30s use alcohol, marijuana or hard drugs while at work, according to a July 8 report from researchers at The Ohio State University. The risk for substance use was highest among workers ...
Workplace trust issues can wreck retention, with 47% of workers saying they’ve thought about quitting over ethical inconsistencies, according to a recent report from Resume Now. Workers expressed concerns about their employer’s actions not aligning with its established values. At ...
Dive Brief: A former laboratory technician for Exxon Mobil failed to show that the employer fired her on the basis of her sex in part because she lacked evidence to counter the company’s claim that its decision hinged upon her ...
Dive Brief: Starbucks will require corporate employees to come into the office four days a week starting in October, the beginning of the brand’s next fiscal year, the chain said in a Monday letter from CEO Brian Niccol. The chain ...
A senior human resources executive at Wells Fargo has been visiting unionized branches to “interrogate” workers and coercing them to decertify their union, Wells Fargo employees allege. Stan Sherrill, Wells Fargo’s head of labor relations, has told workers that Wells ...
Dive Brief: As artificial intelligence and automation redefine work, today’s high-wage skills — including data analysis and process monitoring where AI has demonstrated strong capabilities — may diminish in demand and dip in salary, according to research by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered ...
America may be more polarized than ever and HR professionals say this attitude continues to bleed into the workplace. More than a decade ago, Pew Research Center found that Republicans and Democrats were more ideologically divided than the 20 years ...
In a global survey, only 19% of organizations said they’re ready for mandated pay transparency, with another 58% saying they’re “getting ready” for new laws, according to a July 10 report from Aon plc. Across North America, 25% said they’re ...
Dive Brief: A former HR manager for Clorox agreed to end her lawsuit alleging that the company terminated her in retaliation for raising complaints about discriminatory practices at an Atlanta facility, according to a July 10 court filing. Per the ...