Total nonfarm payroll rose by 50,000 jobs in December, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.4%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Employment Situation report released Jan. 9. Economists said the numbers pointed to a cooling, ...

Dive Brief: Workers expect the economic environment to become more challenging in 2026, and 73% cited increased salary as their important priorities for the coming year, according to Monster’s 2026 WorkWatch Report. While 58% of workers said their salaries aren’t ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. government recovered $259 million in back wages for almost 177,000 employees during fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced on Thursday.  This is the most recovered since 2019, the agency ...

The push for higher minimum wages continues to be primarily driven by state and local governments with the $7.25 per hour federal minimum wage stagnant since 2009. That figure has stood for nearly two decades despite advocates and even some ...

Dive Brief: Recruiters are increasingly using artificial intelligence against a background of heightened pressure to find suitable candidates for the limited number of available roles, according to research from LinkedIn released Jan. 7. Among TA professionals surveyed, 93% said they ...

Dive Brief: Across eight countries, including the U.S., UK and Canada, more than 8 in 10 employed workers who use AI report saving at least one hour per day with AI tools, research by Indeed’s Hiring Lab found. Workers most ...

GameStop CEO and board chair Ryan Cohen may soon be compensated solely with performance-based stock options if the retailer’s shareholders approve a payment plan developed by the board. Cohen wasn’t involved in developing the plan but has agreed to it.  ...

Was the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission soliciting White men for workplace discrimination charges on the bingo card for 2025? Maybe. For many HR professionals and both management-side and employee-side attorneys, “reverse discrimination” has long been on the radar. As ...

Dive Brief: EEO Leaders, a group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Labor officials, questioned EEOC’s proposed rescission of anti-harassment guidance in a letter released Tuesday. The group said EEOC’s Dec. 29 request to the White ...

Dive Brief: Starbucks is facing a lawsuit from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who alleged that the coffee company used diversity, equity and inclusion “as an excuse” to “implement illegal race-based policies for hiring and advancement” in a Wednesday post on ...