Employers in the U.S. announced more than 62,000 job cuts in July, marking a 29% increase from June and a 140% increase from the nearly 26,000 layoffs recorded in July 2024, according to a July 31 report from Challenger, Gray ...
Although some worker turnover can be expected, a large proportion can be anticipated and addressed before losing key talent, according to a July 30 report from McLean & Co. HR teams and managers can follow a customizable framework to identify ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a district court to grant summary judgment to the agency Friday in an enforcement manager’s gender, race and national-origin discrimination lawsuit. The manager filed a complaint against EEOC in 2024, alleging ...
Editor’s note: The Back to Basics column serves as an accessible way to understand employment law. If you’re new to HR (or just need a little refresher), follow along as the HR Dive team speaks with legal experts, peruses federal ...
Dive Brief: Since at least November 2021, male cooks at Boss Man Tacos in Highland, Indiana, subjected female employees, many of whom were servers in their teams, to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a July ...
Although a majority of employees say they feel empowered at work, 42% don’t act on it — revealing a disconnect that could detract from employee potential in the workplace, according to a July 25 report from Wiley Workplace Intelligence. These ...
Most workers with side hustles aren’t leaving their full-time jobs to become business owners — instead, they’re using their side gigs as insurance policies for financial stability, according to a July 29 report from Glassdoor. Although the percentage of workers ...
Dive Brief: A lab operator for the U.S. Department of Energy should prevail in a Christian employee resource group’s lawsuit alleging it discriminated against the ERG when it revoked sponsorship over a policy disagreement, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
Dive Brief: The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, illegally refused a security guard’s religious request to be exempted from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday (EEOC v. Mayo Clinic). The ...
The U.S. Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas, acting chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to a second term at the agency Thursday in a party-line vote. Lucas’ new term expires July 1, 2030. “I am honored to be confirmed ...