DeAnna Thomas is vice president of human resources at Associated Builders and Contractors. Opinions are the author’s own. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor issued guidance to help employers better respond to opioid-related overdose emergencies in the workplace. With ...

Dive Brief: Seasonal U.S. retail hiring is expected to fall 2.5% year over year to about 450,000 new jobs added in Q4, down from 461,500 jobs added in the last quarter of 2025, according to new predictive data from Challenger, ...

Employee wellbeing continues to be a key business priority, and leading organizations are evolving their strategies to better support a healthy, engaged and productive workforce. The 2026 Enterprise Workforce Wellbeing Report examines how large U.S. employers are approaching wellbeing across ...

According to recent research from 3Sixty Insights, the businesses getting the most value from their HR technology aren’t necessarily relying solely on the technology. They’re taking a different approach. Rather than viewing HCM as a software purchase, they treat it ...

Key Takeaways Cross-border B2B payments cost companies 2.5% to 6% of transaction value in wire fees and embedded FX markups, with a $5,000 payment alone losing $150 to a 3% FX spread before any fixed fee is added. That cost ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday ramped up its investigation into an agency charge that Harvard University allegedly follows a “comprehensive plan to discriminate against white, Asian, male, non-black, non-Hispanic, non-Native American, and straight employees” in faculty-related positions ...

A New Jersey drug manufacturer agreed to pay $116,666 to resolve an American employee’s national origin and disability discrimination charge alleging that it permitted Indian national employees to work remotely from India for personal reasons but did not allow her ...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not shied away from aligning itself with President Donald Trump’s agenda since he took office in January 2025, with alleged majority-group discrimination based on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and national origin bias ...

“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. LinkedIn announced the latest advance in its artificial intelligence-powered recruitment tools with Hiring Assistant 2, now available in the ...

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 29,000 jobs in September while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.2%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, coming in below economist expectations as inflation persists. “Employers were likely responding to the tighter ...