While workplace gossip can easily turn toxic, sometimes the act of gossiping can serve as a bonding activity, especially for subordinates chatting about a boss, according to research recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics. Researchers from Rutgers University, ...

Dive Brief: A federal jury ruled for Haribo of America on Feb. 26 in a discrimination and retaliation case, agreeing with the company that the plaintiff’s dismissal was a mutually agreed-upon separation rather than a retaliatory act taken in response ...

Dive Brief: CEOs for the first time see artificial intelligence as the biggest risk, exceeding the potential harm to their industries from geopolitical turmoil, cyber intrusions, and financial and economic instability, The Conference Board said Thursday. In the face of ...

Dive Brief: Mid-Michigan Home Health & Hospice allegedly refused to assign a Black certified nursing assistant to certain home visits because it believed the clients didn’t want to be assigned Black employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in ...

There has been a flurry of changes at the federal level recently as the Trump administration acts on its priorities.  In the past week alone, big news dropped from the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board and ...

Skills related to artificial intelligence have, for the first time, been designated the most difficult for employers to find globally — surpassing traditional IT and engineering, which historically led, according to a report released Feb. 26 by ManpowerGroup. “This historic ...

Most clicked story of the week The majority of employees surveyed by MetLife said they are staying in their jobs out of necessity rather than genuine commitment. Workers cited the uncertain state of the job market as their reason for ...

Zach Friedman is senior principal, research, and Hanne Nieberg is senior director, analyst, in the Gartner HR Practice. Gartner predicts by 2030 that 50% of current HR activities will be artificial intelligence-automated or performed by AI agents. As AI reshapes how ...

Automation is emerging as one of the most powerful remedies for the inefficiencies that quietly hold organizations back. While teams across HR, Finance and IT work hard to support employees and keep operations running, manual processes and disconnected tools often ...

Dive Brief: Federal agencies may require transgender employees to use bathrooms and similar “intimate spaces” that correspond to their sex at birth, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held in a 2-1 appellate decision Thursday. EEOC said such policies do ...