Employers paid U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission $528 million through pre-litigation mediation, conciliation and settlements in 2025 — the highest number yet for pre-litigation recovery in the agency’s history. The Monday announcement followed the dual release of the agency’s FY ...
Dive Brief: Companies that communicate clearly defined performance criteria are better able to provide clear employee expectations, improve engagement, up productivity, give fairer evaluations and reinforce organizational culture, according to new research from HR research and advisory firm McLean & ...
Business leaders need to exercise caution regarding AI at work, particularly because creativity and critical thinking are at risk, a University of Bath report warned. AI can support workflow or assist with compliance, Professor Dirk Lindebaum, author of “On the ...
Big Business Entrepreneurs (BBE) is urging for greater and more targeted support to help unlock the full economic strength of the Midlands. According to the latest data, the West Midlands region contains 965,903 companies, making up 8.1% of all ...
Dive Brief: Waffle House is not liable for an incident in which an employee of a Florida restaurant stabbed a customer in the face during an argument, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Friday. The incident in Byndom ...
To more effectively communicate with workers who speak little to no English, a growing number of U.S. manufacturers are leveraging translation technologies driven by artificial intelligence. They are also using real-time translation tools to improve safety and compliance with regulatory ...
An employee for an Illinois Popeyes restaurant failed to show that the chain had control over a franchisee’s workplace policy that entailed collecting and retaining her fingerprints and those of other employees, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ...
Most clicked story of the week U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced last week that it had reached the H-1B visa cap for fiscal year 2027, even amid various changes to the program made by the Trump administration. This lottery ...
Dive Brief: Employee pay can represent between 40% and 60% of the operating expenses at a large employer, but payroll is often under-resourced and poorly governed, losing millions of dollars to waste and potential fraud every year, according to research ...
With an ever-changing landscape of employee regulations and requirements, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) must constantly strive to stay compliant. Despite their best intentions, a minor misstep can lead to hefty fines and other penalties. The landscape becomes especially complex ...