HR compliance has always required attention to detail. What has changed is the scale and interconnectedness of the work. Compliance obligations now span jurisdictions, people types, internal departments, HR systems and every stage of the worker lifecycle. Hiring, onboarding, pay, ...
Amazon must face a former applicant’s charge that he was not properly notified of his rights under Massachusetts law concerning lie detector tests when he was required to take a “workstyle assessment” that included choosing among a variety of workstyle ...
Dive Brief: A former Google software engineer alleged that the company fired her after she took leave for two separate pregnancies, in violation of Washington state and federal laws, according to Feb. 18 court documents. The plaintiff in Yao v. ...
Dive Brief: Attitudes about “workslop” — meaning low-quality artificial intelligence-generated output — are changing, with 21% of employees reporting that it is somewhat acceptable and overlooked if deadlines are met, and 9% reporting that it is completely acceptable, with speed ...
Dive Brief: Despite 2025’s softer labor market, recruiters saw a sharp increase in cost-per-application and cost-per-hire, according to the Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report, released Feb. 17 from recruitment marketing platform Appcast. Candidate apply rates stayed high, the report indicated. In ...
Dive Brief: The northeast division of Coca-Cola violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by privately inviting women workers on a two-day networking trip in September 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit ...
When it comes to levels of workplace stress, social connections and the use and perceptions of generative AI, Generation X’s experiences fall between those of their younger and older colleagues, making them critical players for bridging a multigenerational workforce, according ...
Recent HR Dive stories on retirement do not paint a secure picture for workers. Many workers lack access to employer-provided retirement plans in the first place, which portends financial concern, the National Institute on Retirement Security found. “The bottom line ...
Dive Brief: For information technology workers, skills are evolving too quickly and many organizations’ traditional training cycles can’t keep pace, according to Info-Tech’s IT Talent Trends 2025 report. The research found that IT employees’ core responsibilities changed about every 18 ...
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor announced Feb. 13 that it will grant awardees up to $145 million to expand the national apprenticeship system. The agency’s Employment and Training Administration will give up to five cooperative agreements over a ...