Dive Brief: Honeywell International, Inc., allegedly violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act when it illegally subjected a U.S. citizen working in Shanghai to China’s mandatory retirement age and fired her solely because she turned 55, the employee claims in a ...

Most Americans view the skilled trades as essential yet undervalued, with 91% agreeing that blue-collar jobs are as important as white-collar jobs, and 86% saying trade careers are overlooked in schools today, according to a July 31 report from The ...

Dive Brief: Nine in 10 workers over the age of 50 said they have experienced ageism in the workplace, according to a Resume Now survey of 878 workers conducted in May. The survey revealed “a major disconnect between older and ...

The former general counsel of baby products manufacturer Munchkin, Inc., has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging a toxic work culture, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination at both Munchkin and its parent company, Why Brands, Inc. The complaint in ...

Dive Brief: BP expects to eliminate 6,200 corporate positions, or about 15% of its office-based workforce, by the end of the year as part of its ongoing cost-reduction strategy, Chief Financial Officer Kate Thompson said during the company’s second quarter ...

Only half of employees believe their employers’ policies around artificial intelligence usage are “very clear” and 57% said they may use AI in ways that violate company policies, per a report from Resume Now. “Without clear policies, employees may unintentionally ...

Employee referral programs can be a benefit to hiring managers. Not only do employees identify potential candidates and eliminate the need for extensive searches and/or shuffling through mountains of resumes, but employees are also rewarded for their role in the ...

In the first half of the year, one word continued to appear in headlines surrounding broad economic and political change: “uncertainty.” Construction Dive’s Uncertainty Series delves into how this lack of clarity is affecting contractors and what the future holds. ...

Dive Brief: A dental company will pay $61,000 to settle a charge that it refused to accommodate and then fired an employee who asked to wear a scrub skirt instead of scrub pants due to her religious beliefs, the U.S. ...

Artificial intelligence at work appears firmly in its wild west era: Workers say they’re pretending to understand the technology and funding their own use of it. Meanwhile, a significant share of employers say they’ve declined to prioritize learning and development ...