Dive Brief: Sam’s Club and vendor Cleo Communications failed to take reasonable security measures to prevent a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access and disclosure of customers’ and employees’ sensitive personal data, a former Sam’s Club employee alleged ...

The amount Eagle Hill Consulting’s Employee Retention Index, which reflects how likely workers are to stay in their jobs during the next six months, climbed during the first quarter. Eagle Hill CEO Melissa Jezior said this reflected “a rising sense ...

Dive Brief: Congress should consider statutory approaches to ease independent contractors’ access to employment benefits, Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, proposed in a white paper to the committee.  Cassidy, R.-La, recommended ...

Dive Brief: Three-quarters of graduating college students responding to a recent survey said they are ready to show up for work prepared and on time. Of the more than 2,800 college seniors responding, however, 56% expressed pessimism about starting their ...

As the Trump administration changes the federal approach to diversity, equity and inclusion policy and takes aim at employers’ use of certain inclusive programs, approaches to pay equity could hang in the balance.  “The executive orders have ruffled feathers and ...

Recent rollbacks to company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives appear to be affecting women, including their career plans and subsequent job behavior, according to a Women in the Workplace Survey from Fairygodboss. In a survey of more than 400 women, ...

Dive Brief: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Acting Chair Andrea Lucas has selected Shannon Royce, former president of the Christian Employers Alliance, to serve as her chief of staff, Lucas said in a LinkedIn post Tuesday.  Royce left CEA in ...

Few phrases have fallen out of favor in public discourse quite so much as the three-letter shorthand for diversity, equity and inclusion. But despite the uncertainty that pervades DEI, employers do not have to back down from its individual components, ...

As manufacturers look to adopt the latest artificial intelligence and automated technologies to drive efficiency on the shop floor and remain competitive, one of the biggest challenges is convincing their workers that the changes are a good idea. Today’s U.S. ...

The global percentage of engaged employees fell to 21% in 2024, only the second time the metric has fallen in the past 12 years — and managers may be at the heart of the problem, according to a Gallup report ...