Category: News

Uncertainty has become one of the defining features of modern workforce planning: hiring freezes one quarter, urgent ramp-up requests the next, new technologies transforming skills requirements overnight, budget scrutiny rising, and candidate expectations shifting just as quickly. As internal teams struggle to keep pace, HR leaders are rethinking whether their existing recruitment structures are built…

As a manager, you probably think you know your team really well. But it may not be enough. And that could hurt outcomes. Nearly two-thirds of managers are out of touch with their teams and how they behave, the TeamDynamics State of the Team Report found. But that’s not all. “Managers’ biggest blind spots come…

Lawsuit against EEOC for failure to investigate disparate-impact claims dismissed; DHS to end TPS for Haiti; Appeal of Cemex decision in Ninth Circuit may soon resume

Amazon wins preliminary injunction against New York’s private sector bargaining law; ALJs resume decisions; and the CFPB intends to make unilateral changes without bargaining.

In today’s news and commentary, NLRB lawyers urge the 3rd Circuit to follow recent district court cases that declined to enjoin Board proceedings; the percentage of unemployed Americans with a college degree reaches its highest level since tracking began in 1992; and a member of the House proposes a bill that would require secret ballot…

What separates organisations that talk about strategy from those that actually execute it? That’s the question at the heart of HRchat Podcast episode 863 with Rupert Morrison – economist, entrepreneur, and author of the new book Strategic Value Creation. Rupert is best known as the founder of OrgVue and his newest venture, Arahi, where he’s…

A new ruling in a case from Alabama provides valuable insight for HR pros on the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In the ruling, a federal appeals court revived a former FedEx employee’s claim that the employer violated the law when it reprimanded him and then terminated his employment because he…

If you’re planning holiday celebrations for your workplace, remember this: Make them inclusive. Many employees look forward to celebrating the holiday season with their colleagues, friends and leaders in some way. But most of your employees come from different backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and lifestyles. So multiple cultural and religious traditions occur near the end of…

In today’s news and commentary, OSHA fines Taylor Foods, Santa Fe raises their living wage, and a date is set for a Senate committee to consider Trump’s NLRB nominee. OSHA has issued an approximately $1.1 million dollar fine to Taylor Farms New Jersey, a subsidiary of Taylor Fresh Foods, after identifying repeated and serious safety…

On October 6th, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders published The Big Tech Oligarchs’ War Against Workers, a study completed by asking ChatGPT to estimate displacement via catalogued job descriptions, projecting nearly 100 million jobs lost to AI and automation over the next decade. However, views about the likely impact of AI on employment run…