Benjamin Shippen is a managing director at consulting firm BRG who focuses on economic modeling and statistical analysis in labor and employment.  Artificial intelligence is transforming how organizations recruit talent, but it is also drawing increased scrutiny from regulators and ...

Fifty-two percent of U.S. workers now fear job displacement due to artificial intelligence — nearly double last year’s level, according to survey results released Nov. 24 by KPMG. A report on the findings calls on business leaders to deepen their ...

Dive Brief: Campbell’s says an IT executive is no longer employed by the company after a lawsuit claimed he called the soup maker’s food highly processed and for “poor people,” along with other disparaging remarks against Indian workers. Former employee Robert ...

In November, HR leaders in tech, AI, accounting and academia — among other industries — shifted into new roles.  University of California, Los Angeles Christine Lovely, vice president and CHRO at Cornell University, will depart her role to become the ...

Dive Brief: A male theater manager’s repeated invitations to a female employee to dine with him did not constitute hostile-work-environment sexual harassment because they were sporadic and did not involve explicit pressure or sexual conduct, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court ...

Chief human resource officer roles are changing dramatically in today’s business landscape, particularly with respect to pain points around succession planning, leadership pipelines and talent strategy, according to a Nov. 24 report from DSG Global. For instance, 79% of HR ...

Lawsuits challenging employers’ regular-rate-of-pay calculations under the Fair Labor Standards Act are likely to trend higher in the coming years, Samantha Rollins Murphy, partner at Faegre Drinker, told attendees at a Nov. 19 National Employment Law Institute virtual event. In ...

Although 99% of U.S. hiring managers say they believe it’s important to recognize employees for their work, 45% say they don’t have the resources to manage recognition effectively, according to a Nov. 24 report from Express Employment Professionals. In addition, ...

Dive Brief: Young college graduates are now spending more time unemployed than job hunters with only a high school diploma, according to an analysis published Nov. 24. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland found that from June 2024 ...

For four years running, cancer has been the No. 1 cost driver in employer healthcare spending, according to a 2025 survey by the Business Group on Health. The total cost is expected to reach $246 billion by 2030. Another 2025 ...