Organizations are prioritizing workplace experience as a driver of real estate value, making employee satisfaction and operational efficiency a strategic asset that can support long-term business goals, CBRE, a commercial real estate services firm, said in a report released Thursday.  ...

When employers adopt artificial intelligence in the workplace, they’re more likely to train workers on the technology than replace them with it, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York concluded in an analysis released Sept. 4. Businesses responding to a ...

Dive Brief: A federal district court judge granted summary judgment for Thornton, Colorado-based Appliance Factory on Wednesday, dismissing a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that accused the store of discriminating against a worker with long COVID (EEOC ...

Dive Brief: A 3-1 majority of the Federal Trade Commission agreed to dismiss the agency’s appeals in two separate legal challenges of its 2024 ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts, FTC confirmed in a press release Friday. In a ...

3M won summary judgment on a religious accommodation claim because “ample, undisputed evidence” showed it would suffer an undue hardship if it exempted a patient support employee from its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, a federal district court in Pennsylvania held Sept. ...

Hybrid work has stabilized in recent years, leveling out since the end of 2022, with about half of workplaces choosing to maintain hybrid models in the post-pandemic era, according to a Sept. 2 report from Gallup. For instance, hybrid work ...

Onofrio Pirrotta is a senior vice president and managing partner at Kyndryl, where he leads the technology company’s U.S. manufacturing and energy market. Opinions are the author’s own. Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept for manufacturers; it is ...

Dive Brief: A transgender former director of information governance and strategy for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an EEO complaint with the agency that alleged discrimination and a hostile work environment at EEOC under Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, ...

Dive Brief: Walmart has partnered with OpenAI to develop a customized artificial intelligence certification program for U.S. frontline and office-based employees, according to a note from Walmart’s Chief People Officer Donna Morris on Thursday. The executive said the certification course will ...

Dive Brief: Washington state’s Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue did not violate Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act when it refused to exempt firefighters from its COVID-19 vaccine requirement allegedly in violation of their religious beliefs, the 9th ...