Dive Brief: A former consultant for The Permanente Medical Group may proceed with her lawsuit alleging that the organization unlawfully denied her request for a religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held ...

Dive Brief: Gap Inc. is enlisting employees to join its creator program to promote Old Navy, Gap, Athleta and Banana Republic, the apparel company said in a press release Wednesday.  The program is now open to applications from Gap Inc.’s ...

Healthcare benefits are one of the most significant investments employers make in their people. As costs keep climbing and employee needs become more complex, many organizations are still treating wellbeing as a collection of disconnected programs rather than a core workforce strategy. That’s ...

The National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority when it issued the “successor bar” rule, which requires acquiring companies to bargain with incumbent unions representing the employees of acquired firms regardless of whether those unions have majority employee support, the ...

Dive Brief: Choosing to integrate artificial intelligence into the world of work is no longer the core AI issue, a new study from ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions suggests. Workforce readiness and overall AI leadership are, according to a July 22 report. ...

Most-clicked story of the week The federal government’s HR office, known as the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, lost 35% of its staff in just over a year, or over 1,000 workers, according to an analysis released by the Government ...

Every conversation I have about artificial intelligence in HR eventually arrives at the same place.  Not prompts. Not policies. Not which platform to buy.  Confidence.  For all the excitement around AI, many HR professionals are still unsure where it fits. Some ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a joint resolution agreement along with the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday, dropping agency efforts to enforce a subpoena seeking identification and personal contact information of Penn’s employee population, per a ...

Dive Brief: A former HR manager for Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry may proceed with her sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit alleging that she was fired for surfacing employees’ harassment and bias complaints in addition to her own related experiences, the 7th ...

Dive Brief: Despite economic anxieties, 55% of U.S. employees reported having a sense of positive financial well-being in Bank of America’s 2026 Workplace Benefits Report, representing an 11-point increase from 2023. However, 71% of employers said they believed their workers’ ...