The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division on Wednesday proposed a new joint employer rule that would return, in part, to a rule issued in 2020 by the first Trump administration and set “more stringent criteria for when ...

Dive Brief: Organizations and employees are looking for more ways to build their artificial intelligence skills sets and demonstrate the value of those skills in the workplace, according to new research from AI skills management platform Skillsoft. The company’s platform ...

Over the next few years, Walmart is aiming to equip each of its 2.1 million employees — from its tech team to its signature in-store greeters — with some level of AI skills, EVP and Chief People Officer Donna Morris ...

Soft skills are still largely topping employers’ list of valued skills in workers new to their careers — but a solid grasp of artificial intelligence tools is also increasingly expected, according to a Robert Half report released April 16. “Foundational ...

Several large companies bought into return-to-office, or RTO, in 2025, a trend that Glassdoor researchers said signaled a labor market shift in favor of employers. But where many companies see the office’s comeback as necessary, others, like Mindr, see it ...

A franchised Coca-Coca bottler moved to dismiss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against male employees by inviting female employees on a networking trip, according to court documents filed Monday. Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc. said ...

If ever a pre-season event has American sports fans on pins and needles, it’s the National Football League’s draft. Fans watch friends and family huddle around prospective players, who anxiously await a call welcoming them into their next chapter.  In ...

Editor’s note: This story is developing and will be updated. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division on Wednesday announced a proposed rule to streamline joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family ...

Dive Brief: Recent graduates are settling for jobs they don’t think are right for them, with 20% of employed grads saying they’re overqualified for their current roles and 18% saying they intentionally applied for a job that was below their ...

Dive Brief: FedEx will pay $280,000 to settle a disability discrimination complaint filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a consent decree filed Thursday (EEOC v. Federal Express Corp. d/b/a FedEx Express). According to EEOC’s January 2025 ...