Dive Brief: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, former Republican congresswoman from Oregon, was confirmed as labor secretary in a Senate vote Monday evening.  The 67-32 vote in support of Chavez-DeRemer included 17 Democrats. Three Republicans voted against her confirmation.   Given her favorable rapport ...

As business leaders voice concerns about talent shortages and uncertainty linked to the adoption of artificial intelligence tools, companies are increasingly turning to skills-based hiring, according to a March 5 report from Workday. About half (51%) of leaders said they’re ...

A perceived lack of generative AI’s relevance to their jobs may keep women from learning more about how to use the technology at work — which could worsen a growing gender divide in AI skills, according to separate reports from ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management will now be reclassifying federal HR roles. Instead of being held by “career” senior executives, HR roles will be extended to more “general” executives.  This would allow the position “to be filled ...

Dive Brief: A federal judge dismissed March 6 a lawsuit in which a White former professor of Penn State Abington alleged that the university maintained a racially hostile work environment through a series of incidents that involved discussions on race, ...

Against a backdrop of looming talent scarcity, AI inequities — particularly the gender gap between men and women in skills, training, job access and pay overall — stand to worsen labor shortages if left unchecked, according to global talent firm ...

Dive Brief: A jury may determine whether Texas A&M University-Texarkana discriminated against a White former student affairs employee when it forced him to resign and replaced him with a younger Black woman, a magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court ...

Despite ongoing efficiency concerns, organizations are not tapping into the ideas their employees are ready to offer to solve them, according to an Eagle Hill Consulting report released March 3. More than three-fourths of employees surveyed said they regularly speak ...

Overworked HR departments are struggling to take action on employee feedback and feel less confident that their listening programs can deliver measurable impact, according to a March 4 report from Perceptyx. In a survey of 750 HR leaders, 95% maintained ...

Employees are the backbone of any company, and providing the best benefits possible is one essential way that employers can do their part to keep workers happy, healthy, and productive. By paying attention to benefits trends from year to year, ...