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Rethink your Pride Month approach to build lasting inclusion

06/17/2025
HR professionals play a pivotal role in shaping what Pride Month looks and feels like across an organization. You don’t need a parade float. You do need intention, consistency and a willingness to listen. Here’s how HR can help lead meaningful Pride efforts—and avoid the common missteps that undercut trust.

Meet the DOL appointees for Wage and Hour Division

06/09/2025
The U.S. Department of Labor announced five political appointees for the Wage and Hour Division, including an acting administrator and four policy advisors.

DOL welcomes questions and expands opinion letters

06/09/2025
On June 2, the Department of Labor announced an expansion of its opinion letter and guidance program. That’s good news for employers with vexing questions about the FLSA, OSHA, FMLA, USERRA and the PUMP Act, among others.

How AI is reshaping jobs, wages and skills at record speed

06/09/2025
According to PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs Barometer, AI isn’t just changing the workplace—it’s redefining productivity, wages and the value of human expertise across every industry.

DOJ to seek criminal charges against federal contractors with ‘illegal’ DEI programs

06/02/2025
A memo makes clear that the DOJ wants whistleblowers to come forward with allegations of rogue DEI programs.

Provide training, monitor workplace to stop harassment

06/02/2025
Not only are sectors such as retail, construction and food service more likely to be hostile environments, but the managers you rely on to stop ongoing harassment may be engaging in the harassment themselves.

HR leaders acknowledge turmoil, feel confident they can deal with it

06/02/2025
Thirty-five percent of the nation’s HR leaders expect the policies coming out of Washington to negatively impact their workforce, according to a new survey from The Conference Board.

File EEO-1 reports by June 24

05/27/2025
Private-sector employers with 100 or more employees have until June 24 to submit EEO-1 reports capturing demographic workforce data.

OK to terminate even if handbook doesn’t address obvious employee wrongdoing

05/19/2025
If an employee does or says something that clearly requires immediate discharge, don’t let the lack of a handbook policy stop you from acting. Courts usually side with employers that fire workers for behavior that runs counter to the employer’s best interest.

Charting the mental health disconnect between workers, CEOs

05/19/2025
Employees in organizations they consider “unempathetic” experience 1.3 times more mental health problems than those in “empathetic” workplaces, according to a new survey by the Businessolver benefits consultancy. Senior leaders don’t seem to be getting that message.