Dive Brief: Faculty members of Columbia University and Columbia-affiliated Barnard College received text messages from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asking them to complete a survey inquiring about whether they are Jewish or Israeli, multiple news outlets reported April ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal will open May 20 and close June 24, according to an agency filing with the Office of Budget and Management.  The agency has removed the ...

HR leaders can help their organization’s senior leaders to build employee trust amid today’s changing business landscape, according to an April 22 report from Gartner. A lack of trust can negatively influence engagement and productivity, but taking strategic action to ...

President Donald Trump directed the secretaries of Labor, Education and Commerce to submit a plan within 120 days to “reach and surpass 1 million new active apprentices,” according to an executive order signed April 23. The fact sheet suggests that ...

Dive Brief: Sam’s Club and vendor Cleo Communications failed to take reasonable security measures to prevent a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access and disclosure of customers’ and employees’ sensitive personal data, a former Sam’s Club employee alleged ...

The amount Eagle Hill Consulting’s Employee Retention Index, which reflects how likely workers are to stay in their jobs during the next six months, climbed during the first quarter. Eagle Hill CEO Melissa Jezior said this reflected “a rising sense ...

Dive Brief: Congress should consider statutory approaches to ease independent contractors’ access to employment benefits, Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, proposed in a white paper to the committee.  Cassidy, R.-La, recommended ...

Dive Brief: Three-quarters of graduating college students responding to a recent survey said they are ready to show up for work prepared and on time. Of the more than 2,800 college seniors responding, however, 56% expressed pessimism about starting their ...

As the Trump administration changes the federal approach to diversity, equity and inclusion policy and takes aim at employers’ use of certain inclusive programs, approaches to pay equity could hang in the balance.  “The executive orders have ruffled feathers and ...

Recent rollbacks to company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives appear to be affecting women, including their career plans and subsequent job behavior, according to a Women in the Workplace Survey from Fairygodboss. In a survey of more than 400 women, ...