Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part HR Dive series about the effects of climate change on worker health. Part one covered analysts’ attempts to determine the cost of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change on ...

A large majority of U.S. adults say the cost of attaining a college degree is more expensive than it actually is — a perception that may cause some to forgo education beyond high school, according to a May report from ...

An Israeli researcher sued Stanford University July 10 for allegedly allowing colleagues, amid campus-wide antisemitism, to subject him to a hostile work environment and cause him to be fired because he is Jewish and Israeli. Per the complaint in Laps ...

Employers appear to be increasingly focused on comprehensive well-being programs to meet workforce needs, and nearly 1 in 3 U.S. organizations report plans to expand their voluntary benefit offerings by 2027, according to a July 9 report from Gallagher. For ...

Most U.S. employers are expected to maintain their salary budgets for 2026, with increases remaining flat at 3.5%, matching actual increases for 2025, according to a July 8 report from WTW, a global advisory firm. In a survey of more ...

Some jobs are inherently more challenging than others, due to higher stress levels, degree of physical and mental risk, and overall responsibility. Roles in industries like logging, fishing, construction, and mining top the list for risk of personal injury. Firefighters, ...

Freelancers make up nearly half of the global workforce — and that number’s only going up. Contingent workforces — assembled based on project needs, encompassing contractors, freelancers and other temporary workers — are on the rise as companies aim to ...

As an HR or business leader, you’ve likely noticed some not-so-awesome trends around the workplace—rising stress, burnout, fragile morale—even if you haven’t put a name to them yet. A shaky economy, sky-high grocery and gas prices, and the lingering impact ...

Dive Brief: Recruit Holdings, parent company of Indeed and Glassdoor, announced layoffs Thursday affecting 1,300 employees in its HR technology segment, or about 6% of that segment’s total workforce. The move is in part an effort to adapt to artificial ...

Set in sunny San Diego, SHRM25 established an optimistic tone at a time of turmoil for the industry. Beset by widespread AI adoption and uncertainty, federal antagonism toward DEI and plummeting employee confidence, HR professionals were invited to rise to ...