Dive Brief: Rapper 50 Cent allegedly subjected a former employee to harassment, retaliation and intimidation over a period of several years because she refused to participate in illegal conduct at the artist’s request, according to a lawsuit filed April 29 ...

A legendary soft drink company and a Southern convenience store chain are among the businesses that appointed new HR leaders in the month of April.  Comcast Comcast has promoted Vicki Williams to chief human resources officer, a newly created role, ...

In 2012, a West Virginia coal miner’s religious objection to his employer’s use of a biometric hand scanner led to his firing and, after a lengthy legal dispute, an award of more than half a million dollars in damages. Legal ...

Dive Brief: Advancement of Latino employees often stalls at an organization’s highest levels, according to an April 28 analysis from the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement. A lack of representation near the top doesn’t stem from a talent pipeline problem, ...

Most clicked story of the week As workers seek to stay put in their jobs amid uncertainty, recruiters may need to alter their approach — focusing more on seduction than attraction, a speaker said April 20 during the SHRM Talent ...

Apprenticeships are considered the “gold standard” worldwide for training manufacturing workers. Yet efforts to expand this opportunity have long stagnated in the United States. In an effort to promote manufacturing apprenticeships, the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued updated guidance ...

Most organizations treat payroll as an operational task. A system runs, employees get paid, and the cycle repeats. In practice, payroll reaches far beyond operations and directly into the lives of employees, who feel the impact immediately. When payroll works, ...

Today’s HR professionals stand at a pivotal moment, with a unique opportunity to shape the workplace of tomorrow. While the industry knows SHRM as the gold standard for resources, SHRM26 is the intersection where the industry’s biggest challenges meet its ...

Dive Brief: Texas-based utility Oncor Electric Delivery Co. did not violate the National Labor Relations Act when it fired a field technician for giving disparaging testimony about its new smart meters during a state senate committee hearing, the District of ...

Dive Brief: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued demands to 30 businesses as part of a broad probe of alleged H-1B visa program fraud, according to a statement Thursday. Paxton’s office claimed that several of the employers operated “ghost offices” ...