Dive Brief: More than 6 million Black women, or 57% of Black women in the workforce, live in “pre-emption states,” according to a March report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, A Better Balance and the 75 Million. ...

What is your business doing to show employees how much they’re valued?  A catered lunch is nice. A foosball table might be fun. But neither meaningfully improves someone’s ability to do their job well.  Today’s employees want something deeper: tools, flexibility, ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor launched a free artificial intelligence literacy course Tuesday, designed to help U.S. workers learn AI basics, according to a news release. The text message-based program, titled “Make America AI-Ready,” is available by texting ...

Dive Brief: The uncontrolled gender pay gap grew slightly in 2026, with women now earning $0.82 per dollar earned by men, down from $0.83 last year, according to a Tuesday report by compensation vendor Payscale. Over a 40-year career, that ...

For some in the hospitality industry, the annual gender pay gap is nearly $20,000, while CHROs are more frequently showing up on lists of the highest-paid workers at companies.  Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the ...

Dive Brief: President Donald Trump has directed executive departments and agencies to insert a clause in federal contracts and subcontracts requiring these partners to agree they will “not engage in any racially discriminatory DEI activities” or risk the cancellation of ...

Dive Brief: Only 30% of U.S. employees say their senior leaders are “exceptional,” meaning they keep up with what today’s workforce truly needs, according to new research from The Grossman Group with The Harris Poll. Meanwhile, 16% of employees called their ...

Dive Brief: Thirty-seven percent of respondents in an Aerotek survey said they left their shortest-tenured job due to “poor culture or management,” making this the leading cause of early departure found by the company. The Q1 Job Seeker Survey polled ...

Over a 40-year career, women miss out on $1 million in average earnings compared to men, and employees report a growing seriousness in their workplaces. Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in ...

Dive Brief: The White House on Friday proposed a national framework for regulating artificial intelligence, calling on Congress to preempt conflicting state laws that “impose undue burdens” on companies. The plan focuses on priorities such as streamlining federal permitting for ...