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Understand the difference between legal and illegal DEI

05/15/2025
Quotas and preferences based on protected characteristics are unlawful. But what if you want to improve representation of marginalized groups in your workplace, and do it legally? Thankfully, the EEOC has long offered guidance.

4 questions for HR leaders to reclaim their strategic seat

05/14/2025
Human Resources Day on May 20 isn’t just a celebration—it’s a call for reflection. As the world of work accelerates, HR professionals are often caught between putting out fires and driving long-term value. This year, instead of focusing on emerging trends alone, use the day as a mirror. Where is HR truly adding strategic value? Where are you still stuck in reactive patterns?

Occupational safety: Most NIOSH staffers laid off

05/12/2025
Part of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NIOSH is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury, illness, disability and death.

Trump nominates Panuccio to fill third EEOC seat

05/12/2025
If confirmed by the Senate, Panuccio will give the EEOC a 2–1 Republican majority that is likely to advance an agenda emphasizing conciliation instead of litigation, de-emphasizing disparate-impact claims, targeting employer-based diversity initiatives and declining to pursue cases alleging gender-identity bias and harassment.

White House proposes slashing DOL budget by one-third

05/12/2025
The White House’s budget document proposes shrinking the DOL’s budget from its current $13.3 billion to $8.6 billion in FY 2026.

Consider adding wellness policy to your handbook

05/12/2025
You’re missing an important productivity and retention opportunity if you don’t use your handbook to show you’re the kind of employer that cares about your employees and their physical and mental well-being.

20% say their jobs negatively affect mental health; young workers feel the most stress

05/12/2025
Just 27% of workers ages 50 and older said their jobs cause stress, as do 30% of workers ages 35 to 49. However, 37% of workers 34 and younger said work stresses them.

Watch out for dress codes that could trigger ADA lawsuits

05/09/2025
Enforce your dress and grooming code too rigidly and you could find yourself on the losing end of a failure-to-accommodate lawsuit. Here’s a case showing that common medical problems may require employers to bend their dress-code rules to accommodate employee disabilities.

Strengthening worker safety during escalating summer temperatures

05/07/2025
Temperatures are hitting new highs, and your workers need protection now. As summer heat intensifies, HR professionals must take immediate action to establish workplace heat-safety measures.

Former EEOC officials defend DEI initiatives

05/05/2025
A group of former EEOC commissioners and generals counsel have penned an open letter decrying Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas’s efforts to stamp out private-sector diversity, equity and inclusion activities.