Happy managers make for happier teams, data shows
Managers play a critical role in company culture, and if they’re happy, their teams tend to be happy as well, according to an Oct. 1 report from Glassdoor. In fact,…
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Employees to spend more time on open enrollment this year, Voya finds
Dive Brief: The majority (77%) of employees surveyed by Voya Financial said they plan to spend more time re-assessing their benefit elections during open enrollment this year — up from…
LinkedIn, OpenAI muscle their way into the AI recruiting fray
LinkedIn’s Hiring Assistant tool, which has been available to a small group of customers since it was announced last year, will be globally available in English by the end of…
Kroger faces FMLA, PUMP Act lawsuit after allegedly transferring employee returning from parental leave
Dive Brief: A Kroger HR department is at the center of a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Indiana District, alleging violations of the PUMP…
Texas A&M fires professor after viral video, raising free speech concerns
Texas A&M University this week quickly fired a children’s literature professor and removed a department head and a dean from their administrative positions after a state representative shared a video…
Disney settles with actor fired for controversial social media posts
Disney agreed to settle wrongful termination and discrimination claims filed in February 2024 by Gina Carano, court documents filed Thursday show. “The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm are pleased to…
Ex-Tesla HR pros allege they were ‘penalized and pushed out’ for reporting bias
A group of former Tesla HR professionals alleged that they were either fired or effectively forced to resign after attempting to surface other employees’ race discrimination and retaliation complaints at…
Congressional Dems blast EEOC acting chair for alleged coercion leading to $1B in pro bono law services
Congressional Democrats released a letter on July 9 taking the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to task, and singling out Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, for allegedly coercing law firms into…
DOL tosses Biden effort to end subminimum wage for workers with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday withdrew a Biden-era rule that aimed to phase out a section of the Fair Labor Standards Act that allowed employers to pay certain…
