NASHVILLE, Tenn. — From civil unrest to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past few years have taken a toll on workers, said Kristin Tugman, a consultant on health and productivity. “We are in crisis fatigue, all of us,” Tugman said during ...

Dive Brief: Employee confidence reached its lowest-ever point in Glassdoor’s Employee Confidence Index last month, the company said Monday, reflecting growing concerns about job security and cost increases. Glassdoor found that 43.5% of employees reported a positive six-month business outlook ...

Dive Brief: A statistical science director at Thermo Fisher Scientific alleged the company violated his sincerely held religious beliefs by failing to accommodate his request for a 401(k) plan option that doesn’t invest in fossil fuels (Hartley v. Thermo Fisher ...

Dive Brief: The Colorado jury that awarded a former SHRM employee $11.5 million in a race discrimination and retaliation trial was given improper instruction and “inflamed by prejudice,” human resources association SHRM argued in the opening brief of its appeal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The No. 1 question Julie Hocker, assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy, says she gets asked is, ‘‘Is [artificial intelligence] competing for jobs with people with disabilities?’ Her answer is a resounding “no.” “AI is ...

Dive Brief: At the C-suite level, 28% of overall executives strongly agree that their companies’ job designs are ready for artificial intelligence, but only 13% of CHROs echo that sentiment, according to the latest Protiviti AI Pulse Survey. “As AI ...

The skills that artificial intelligence can’t replace may also be key to managing the technology as it evolves, according to a recent Resume Now analysis of O*NET data. Resume Now took O*NET importance ratings for 21 cognitive abilities and showcased ...

Dive Brief: How an individual was raised affects their negotiation skills, a new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management suggests. People from lower-income backgrounds tend to negotiate less successfully than folks from higher-income backgrounds, across ...

Dive Brief: A barber and hairstyling college in Texas agreed to settle claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging it rejected an applicant because of her pregnancy, EEOC said Thursday. EEOC brought its lawsuit against Dallas Barber ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For return-to-work programs to be successful for employers and employees, they need to be “early, coordinated and sustained,” according to Julie Hocker, assistant secretary of labor for disability employment policy. “The hard truth is this: The longer ...