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AI is Forcing a Hard Question: Are We Improving Work or Quietly Deleting It? AI is accelerating a question many organisations have managed to sidestep for years: are we improving the way work gets done, or simply removing parts of it without redesigning what comes next? In episode 891 of the HRchat Podcast, I spoke…

Trump signs order to expand retirement plan access; Eleventh Circuit upholds NLRB determination that security guard lieutenants can unionize; REI workers launch consumer boycott.

A recent D.C. Circuit decision, Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC v. NLRB, shrinks the protections the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) provides to workers by misreading a Supreme Court opinion regarding statements by workers that disparage their employer’s product. The decision allowed Oncor to fire the lead negotiator for its technician’s union for his testimony before the state…

SAG-AFTRA strikes tentative deal; DOL set to decide on Biden overtime rule; IATSE files unfair labor practice charges against the Kennedy Center

We’ve seen some important post-mortems of the Biden administration’s Investing in America agenda, a massive industrial policy effort aimed at leveraging public and private-sector investments to expand the nation’s manufacturing sector, shore up national security, and create good jobs (often union jobs) open to workers without college degrees. Some saw the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS…

Trump Administration exempts foreign doctors from travel ban; job openings hold steady at 6.9 million; 30,000 healthcare workers prepare to strike across University of California hospitals.

Even good leaders can have bad writing habits. It’s mostly because they don’t think they’re committing them. Or they’re hiding behind the keyboard, trying to avoid committing those faux pas verbally. “Some words set us up to be misunderstood,” says Jo Anne Preston, author of Lead the Way in Five Minutes a Day: Sparking High…

An Oregon restaurant recently learned a costly lesson about overtime and tip pool rules after a federal investigation found it had shortchanged 19 employees. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division investigated Taste of India 1, a restaurant in McMinnville, OR, and found two violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).…

Technology is moving faster than ever before. As innovations and applications emerge, it’s more critical than ever to build resilient technical and durable skills. DeVry University’s third annual report on the state of upskilling in the U.S. reveals a clear perception gap between employers and workers. While employers feel confident that they provide ample skill…

A federal contractor headquartered in Washington, D.C., will pay $1.25 million to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of Hispanic workers who were fired, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced. Some affected individuals had been working at their jobs for at least 10 years — and in some instances, nearly…