Dive Brief: U.S. organizations expect to maintain steady pay strategies in 2026 despite economic concerns, according to the results of an October survey published by Mercer on Tuesday. The firm’s data showed expected average merit base salary increases of 3.2% ...
Dive Brief: Texas’ statewide teachers union sued the Texas Education Agency on Tuesday over state investigations into more than 350 public school teachers and staff who posted comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The state education agency ...
Dive Brief: In an open letter published Tuesday, conservative group America First Legal requested the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission open an investigation into alleged “unlawful hiring and promotion practices” at publisher Penguin Random House. America First Legal pointed to ...
Employers added jobs in November, but only in certain sectors, according to Tuesday’s jobs report. Healthcare and construction, for example, added 46,000 jobs and 28,000 jobs, respectively. Transportation and warehousing shed nearly 18,000 roles. The most recent data release included ...
Dive Brief: Workers take learning and development seriously, a recent report found. Seventy-three percent of employees surveyed by TalentLMS said that training would make them stay at their job longer. In the firm’s 2026 Annual L&D Benchmark Report published Dec. ...
Typically, there are 52 weeks in a calendar year. That means employers that pay their workforces on a biweekly basis will have a total of 26 pay days in a given year — except, of course, for years in which ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday against United Pride Dairy, a dairy farm in Phillips, Wisconsin, alleging discrimination against three employees of Mexican origin and sexual harassment of a female employee, according to a ...
Looking ahead to 2026, corporate boards are placing an emphasis on CEO succession planning, workforce agility, strategic execution and technology transformation, according to a Dec. 11 report from the National Association of Corporate Directors. Economic volatility remains a top concern ...
Dive Brief: Employers are facing an “autonomy crisis,” with 1 in 5 workers (21%) saying they believe they are losing control over their professional future, according to a white paper published Dec. 2 by the University of Phoenix College of ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor recovered more than $596,000 and debarred a subcontractor from federal contracts for three years for denying workers their full wages and fringe benefits as part of an alleged kickback scheme, the agency said ...