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Employees are walking on eggshells in 2025, report finds
Workers may be staying put because they’re anxious about job security, according to BambooHR.
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Former DOL, EEOC officials urge employers to ignore Trump’s disparate-impact ban
“Employers should not expect that they will have a free pass on disparate impact liability,” the officials said.
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What can HR learn from AAPI worker data?
Emilia Yu, director of research at Coqual, highlights key findings from the firm’s AAPI workers report and ways for HR to step up for Asian workers.
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Trump administration weighs rolling back mental health parity rule
In a court filing last week, DOJ said the administration will not enforce a regulation designed to improve access to mental health benefits for people with private insurance, and could rescind it altogether.
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Babies on BoardFrom RFPs to ABCs: How employers create on-site child care
Sheryl Shushan, director of global family services at Patagonia, told HR Dive how the company went from babies sleeping in filing cabinets to a full-time day care operation for 200 children.
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Workhuman 2025Employers may be overlooking the value of disagreeable workers
The workplace tends to prize comfortable lies over unpleasant truths, Adam Grant told a Workhuman audience.
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People skills drive experience wins for Southwest, JetBlue, research finds
JetBlue and Delta have invested tens of millions of dollars training staff to be friendly and interactive, while Southwest hires for attitude, a senior managing director at J.D. Power said.
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Foreign job seeker interest in US jobs has plummeted, Indeed says
“This drop could have real economic consequences, especially for sectors like healthcare and construction that depend heavily on immigrant labor,” according to the report.
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Judge went too far in ordering Southwest lawyers to take religious liberty training, 5th Circuit holds
Separately, the court reversed in part a jury’s finding that Southwest violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
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Babies on BoardWhy HR teams are building a business case for babies at work
“We’ve heard a lot of anecdotal stories from new hires that this was a primary component of their decision to join Whirlpool,” Sara McLeod, director of global compensation for the company, said of its on-site day care.
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Employers should be mindful of the mid-life development crisis, report warns
Organizations could be overlooking middle-aged workers’ career growth aspirations, creating a development vacuum, Perceptyx said.
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Employers say their benefits are modern. Employees don’t agree, study finds.
“The workplace is at a tipping point,” with a lot at stake for employers, said Michael Estep, president of Prudential Group Insurance.
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As RTO rates stabilize, flexibility remains key for work scheduling, McKinsey says
Flexible working models have become an “entrenched norm” and could offer ongoing ways to compete for talent, McKinsey experts said.
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IRS sets new HSA caps for 2026
Employers continue to seek ways to mitigate rising health costs, but high-deductible plans now play a smaller role, according to recent research.
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Employer could not have known worker’s ex would sneak in to set her on fire, 11th Circuit rules
The plaintiff’s ex, who previously worked at McLane Foodservice, snuck into the facility in his old uniform to assault her.
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Over half of hiring managers say recent grads are unprepared for the workforce
Employers’ top complaints included excessive phone usage, a lack of professionalism and poor time management skills, according to Resume.org.
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Walmart family plans university to expand STEM workforce
The institution will be housed at the company’s former headquarters and is expected to welcome 1,500 undergrads and 500 nondegree learners.
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CFOs signal bigger hiring role amid talent shortage, Deloitte finds
Finance chiefs are increasingly involved in staffing their departments — effectively acting as the chief human resources officer for finance, the Big Four accounting and consulting firm asserts.
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Babies on BoardWith on-site day care, employers can be an oasis in the child care desert
Nearly half of working parents in the U.S. have too few child care openings available in their area. Here’s why employers are stepping in.
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Google pays $50M to settle Black former recruiter’s class-action bias lawsuit
The lead plaintiff had been hired to direct Google’s outreach to historically Black colleges and universities but claimed the company “was not genuinely interested” in her work.
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Trust in leadership may be barometer for company health, report finds
That trust declined “significantly” in sectors that faced layoffs, compliance controversies and “sudden RTO mandates,” according to Aura Intelligence.
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Despite AI challenges, CEOs say they are doubling down on investments
CEOs emphasized the need for strategic leadership and specialized talent, especially for jobs that didn’t exist a year ago, IBM said in its report.
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Nearly half of C-suite execs weigh team budget cuts: Gartner
Macroeconomic uncertainty is also driving some executives to consider altering go-to-market, product and geographic mix strategies, a Gartner poll found.
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Amazon illegally suspended union leader for 10 weeks, NLRB judge finds
The company and Amazon Labor Union have been at odds since the warehouse workers won a historic election vote for union representation in 2022.
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Jury awards $3.3M to CPO allegedly fired for speaking up about pay bias
The plaintiff, a lawyer at a Tennessee-based firm, said she was branded as “disloyal,” demoted and then fired for raising compliance concerns.
