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The economy is shutting young adults out of career-entry jobs, analysis finds

The economy is shutting young adults out of career-entry jobs, analysis finds

Dive Brief: The decline in overall job openings, exacerbated by a rising demand for artificial intelligence-related skills, is causing employment opportunities for young adults aged 18 to 24 to deteriorate, according to researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. ...

AI skills now listed in 73% of tech job postings

AI skills now listed in 73% of tech job postings

Dive Brief: Demand for artificial intelligence talent is fast outpacing hiring in other tech positions, according to a report published Wednesday by Dice, a tech career site. The company analyzed 7 million tech job postings in the U.S. for its ...

DC Water to pay roughly 7,000 to settle claim it replaced HR worker with younger employee

DC Water to pay roughly $217,000 to settle claim it replaced HR worker with younger employee

Dive Brief: The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, or DC Water, must pay nearly $217,000 to settle claims of alleged age discrimination filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former HR professional, the ...

Men outearn women by more than K annually, data shows

Men outearn women by more than $12K annually, data shows

Dive Brief: The gender pay gap is alive and well, a recent analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by resume builder MyPerfectResume found; women earned about $0.82 per dollar earned by men in 2025.  Even though women’s median ...

WorkSmart settles EEOC claim it failed to hire, refer women per a client request

WorkSmart settles EEOC claim it failed to hire, refer women per a client request

Dive Brief: Staffing agency WorkSmart has agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex discrimination lawsuit, according to a Monday news release from EEOC. The Greenville, South Carolina-based company was charged ...

On its 60th birthday, SHRM’s nonprofit arm pushes for better caregiver support

On its 60th birthday, SHRM’s nonprofit arm pushes for better caregiver support

The SHRM Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the world’s largest HR association, wants practitioners to make a business case for initiatives that broaden access to job opportunities — especially for caregivers, President Wendi Safstrom said in a recent interview with ...

Nearly 7 in 10 workers say they didn’t get a raise in the past 6 months

Nearly 7 in 10 workers say they didn’t get a raise in the past 6 months

Dive Brief: Nearly 70% of employees said they didn’t receive a salary bump in the last six months, an increase from the 65% who said the same a year earlier, according to a new report from global recruitment company Morgan ...

PIP’s proximity to plaintiff’s EEOC charge can’t save bias complaint, 3rd Circuit says

PIP’s proximity to plaintiff’s EEOC charge can’t save bias complaint, 3rd Circuit says

Dive Brief: A Black former portfolio manager for BNY failed to show that racial discrimination, rather than lack of qualifications and poor performance, led to his alleged demotion and termination, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday. BNY ...

Edward Jones pushes back on lawsuit challenging diversity program

Edward Jones pushes back on lawsuit challenging diversity program

Financial services firm Edward Jones is pushing back on a plaintiff’s request to pursue an employment lawsuit as a class. The plaintiff in Winter v. Edward D. Jones & Co., a White man, alleged an Edward Jones diversity program was discriminatory ...

US labor market continues to be ‘low hire, low fire’

US labor market continues to be ‘low hire, low fire’

Dive Brief: The U.S. continues to face a “low hire, low fire” employment market, according to The Conference Board’s latest Employment Trends Index, a composite index for payroll employment. The index fell for the second straight month, a pattern that ...