Total nonfarm payroll rose by 172,000 jobs in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, beating private employer estimates. Unemployment remained unchanged at 4.3%. The May report revised March and April’s numbers up a total of 93,000 jobs, ...
Dive Brief: Artificial intelligence was the leading reason cited for U.S. job cuts for the third consecutive month in May, accounting for a record 38,579 announced layoffs, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said in a report Thursday. The figure ...
Dive Brief: While 81% of leaders said employees have become more productive over the past 12 months, 85% of employees said they’re significantly stressed at work, according to a BambooHR survey released June 2. The company called this disparity between ...
Dive Brief: A federal workplace safety inspector sued the U.S. Department of Labor Wednesday, alleging her supervisor sexually harassed her and blocked a potential pay increase, among other claims (Sanders v. DOL). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector alleged ...
Menopause benefits may begin heating up in today’s workplace, experts tell HR Dive. Long a gap in coverage for women workers, demand is starting to push some employers to take action. Menopause is “a normal part of aging” and marks ...
Dive Brief: Despite investment in new platforms, 77% of large organizations using an HCM system continue to rely on previously implemented processes, including manual checks, parallel systems and legacy backups in order to handle daily HR operations, according to research ...
Dive Brief: Forrester predicts that AI will slash the number of customer service jobs in half by 2030. Organizations that receive a high volume of lower-complexity inquiries will see the greatest reduction in staff, according to a report from the ...
Dive Brief: One-third of front-line managers say continuous improvement programs stall because they’re driven by people who don’t understand how day-to-day work is done, according to a May 27 report from technology company SafetyCulture. A survey of 3,028 middle managers ...
A federal district court granted summary judgment Friday to Amazon.com Services in a case alleging negligence, negligent undertaking, vicarious liability and premises liability at a Louisiana warehouse after a contractor suffered a medical emergency on site, according to court documents. ...
Dive Brief: Remote work may explain up to 64% of the recent rise in unemployment among recent college graduates, according to an analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Researchers compared unemployment rates among younger and experienced workers ...