Dive Brief: Workplace dependence on artificial intelligence has become increasingly widespread, with half of employees saying they depended too heavily on the technology, and just under a third saying they couldn’t function without it, according to a new survey from ...
Dive Brief: Google discriminated against a male employee who took leave to bond with his second child, treating him less favorably than it did female employees who took the same leave, according to a lawsuit filed May 14 in the ...
An Amazon worker who allegedly endured homophobic slurs and other harassment at a fulfillment center in Hazel Park, Michigan, has been cleared to take her retaliation claim to trial after a district court found the company’s reason for terminating her ...
A combination of decreased immigration and fertility rates as well as retiring workers may soon prompt steep U.S. labor force losses — with some steep drops as early as 2032, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
Dive Brief: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., re-introduced the Restoring Overtime Pay Act this week, aiming to “expand or strengthen overtime protections” for workers, per a May 18 press release. Sanders and Takano’s proposal would increase the ...
Dive Brief: Eight in 10 companies in the U.S. say their organization is committed to diversity, fairness and inclusion, despite daunting legal and cultural constraints, a May 12 report from global nonprofit Catalyst, Inc., and New York University School of ...
Rising costs — at the pump, in insurance premiums and at the grocery store — and an unstable job market are leaving workers frazzled and insecure, recent studies show. Some workers are treating overemployment — having more than one full-time ...
Dive Brief: Burnout rates are up 65% year-over-year, while employee confidence reached a new record low last month, according to recent research from Glassdoor. Workers mentioned burnout 2.5 times more in Glassdoor reviews in the first quarter of 2026 than ...
A Pennsylvania home healthcare company has agreed to pay $3 million to resolve claims that the company intentionally misclassified employees as independent contractors to avoid paying them overtime, according to court documents filed Monday by the U.S. Department of Labor. ...
Dive Brief: Women’s representation on Russell 3000 company boards is slipping, a recent analysis by Equilar and 50/50 Women on Boards showed. In Q1 2026, women held 29.9% of Russell 3000 board spots. Last year, their share was above 30% ...