Summer hiring season is often viewed as a period of growth for small businesses. Restaurants extend hours, retailers add staff and hospitality businesses prepare for increased travel demand. Seasonal employers move quickly to capitalize on a busy few months, but ...
Dive Brief: A California state court judge struck the entire $83 million in punitive damages a jury awarded a former Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. employee last December after the jury found she was harassed and discriminated against because of her ...
The eyes of the globe are glued to North America for the 2026 World Cup. Though the U.S., Canada and Mexico will share host duties for the soccer tournament, the bulk of the event will take place in U.S. cities ...
CHROs remain confident in Q2 regarding hiring, but recruiting has also become much more specific, concentrated and challenging, according to survey results released June 10 by The Conference Board. Overall hiring confidence actually dipped slightly, per the findings, but it ...
Dive Brief: Meta has launched America’s Workforce Academy, a $115 million workforce development initiative designed to provide free skilled-trades training and guaranteed job opportunities on data center construction projects, the company announced Monday. The program, which Meta called the largest ...
Dive Brief: Participation of learning and development leaders in business strategy discussions has steadily declined over the last three of RedThread Research’s biennial reports, according to the company’s study published June 3. Despite this trend, L&D isn’t becoming irrelevant, RedThread ...
Dive Brief: Twenty attorneys general filed a lawsuit (Maryland, et al. v. Hegseth et al.) challenging the March 26 executive order regarding diversity, equity and inclusion programs among federal contractors. The lawsuit alleges that President Donald Trump’s executive order impedes ...
In an era where some companies are cutting back on employee benefits, others are still leaning into the worker experience. FlexJobs, a job board for remote and flexible jobs, identified in a recent blog post 15 companies that offer travel ...
Dive Brief: Digital credentials and learning and employment records aren’t being regularly used and haven’t been widely implemented in a way that works for employers, according to new research from 1EdTech, an organization that promotes technology in education. Even though ...
Dive Brief: Although three-quarters of knowledge workers say artificial intelligence makes them more productive, only 13% report that the technology has significantly improved their company’s performance, a survey from Glean’s Work AI Institute found. Glean surveyed 6,000 digital workers and ...