Dive Brief: The merit increases employers awarded this year were only slightly below previous projections, with a mean 3.1% merit increase, versus a 3.2% projection in October 2025, according to the latest Mercer QuickPulse Compensation Planning Survey. Average total increases ...

Dive Brief: Altering the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to remove protections for workers undergoing fertility treatments could cause employers to unlawfully deny accommodation requests, a group of Democratic senators wrote to ...

Dive Brief: The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry recovered $1.28 million in back wages and liquidated damages for construction workers following an investigation into multiple firms, according to an April 27 news release.   The case found Property Maintenance and ...

Dive Brief: While nearly 7 in 10 companies cover GLP-1s for weight management, that share is expected to fall next year, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday by the Business Group on Health, a healthcare policy advocate ...

Dive Brief: Three-quarters of corporate board members said they believe their knowledge of artificial intelligence technology is equal to or ahead of their peers, but almost 40% of CEOs said boards lacked “an informed view of how AI is reshaping ...

Dive Brief: Organizations are implementing AI faster than building the skills, structure and human support needed to sustain it in the long run, according to Aon’s 2026 Human Capital Trends Study, released April 28. A recent survey of more than ...

Dive Brief: The National Education Association is being accused of antisemitism by the Louis D. Brandeis Center Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism, according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on April 29. The Brandeis Center Coalition ...

Artificial intelligence is the most significant source of workplace policy and regulatory concern for U.S. employers in 2026, surpassing other recent hot-button topics like immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion, law firm Littler Mendelson found in survey results published Wednesday. ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday sued The New York Times Co. for alleged race and sex discrimination against a White male worker in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according ...

When Southern Home Services hired Matt Ellenberg to be its senior technical training manager in 2023, he had a mandate from the company: increase the number of training opportunities for employees. It was a challenging task for a company with ...