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  Share your perspective in our 2026 Identity of HR survey

  HR Dive would like your insight on the state of the profession and your priorities for the future.

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  5 reasons your leadership training programs fail

  Your leaders aren't the problem. The system around them is.

  Learning

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  6th Circuit shoots down NLRB’s Cemex standard

  The appeals court sided with Brown-Forman Corp., Jack Daniels’ parent company, in nixing the landmark 2023 standard.

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  3rd Circuit revives White police officer’s case, applying recent SCOTUS ‘reverse bias’ ruling

  Relying on Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, the appeals court found a “background circumstances” rule used by New Jersey “no longer has a permissible role to play.”

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  5 stories on the skills evolution

  Companies say they want artificial intelligence skills, but their training efforts aren’t keeping pace, reports show.

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  Snelling: Decades of recruiting show today’s labor market isn’t ‘unprecedented’

  The company’s survey findings not only highlighted how hiring priorities are shifting in 2026 but also “what decades of workforce cycles reveal about what truly endures.”

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  CEOs think AI use is mandatory — but employees don’t agree, survey says

  Several disconnects exist between C-suite executives and employees on artificial intelligence tool use.

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  Workday takes partial loss as judge refuses to dismiss claims in AI bias lawsuit

  The court rejected the company’s position that federal anti-age discrimination law does not cover job applicants.

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  Unprofessional conduct, not FMLA retaliation, led to doctor’s suspension, 6th Circuit says

  While leaders had allegedly complained about FMLA use at Meharry Medical College, the doctor could not connect the disciplinary action to this apparent frustration.

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  Honda agrees to $2.3M settlement in lawsuits tied to Kronos outage

  The timekeeping software went offline following a ransomware attack, allegedly leading to wage and hour violations by numerous employers.

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  The key to companywide AI adoption? Empowering managers, Gartner says.

  HR needs to lean more on managers to drive tool use, rather than rely on employees to experiment on their own, according to a report.

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  Opinion

  Entry-level jobs should be entry level

  False advertising in job posts is losing employers smart and motivated applicants, a director of undergraduate career services writes.

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  Week in review: Why pay for performance matters

  We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from workaholism to workplace gossip.

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  Duke misconduct probe’s timing may show retaliation, judge rules

  Suspiciously close proximity between protected activity and an adverse employment action can support such a claim, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has said.

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  Florida restaurant settles EEOC sexual harassment allegations

  Despite witnessing the harassment, his partners failed to stop it and fired a server because she complained, the lawsuit alleged.

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  BLS jobs report

  ‘Overwhelmingly disappointing’ job losses mar February

  The latest jobs report indicates that the market has essentially had zero net job creation over the past six months, economists said.

  Talent

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  Managers demonstrate below-average empathy, report finds

  People in leadership positions may find that emotional detachment helps them make tough calls, according to new research from Zety and Sigma Assessment Systems.

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  This week in 5 numbers: Nearly half of employees say they’re workaholics

  Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including at what age women’s wages stop increasing.

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  How wide pay ranges may deter women from applying

  Compared to their male counterparts, women workers seem to be accounting for a lesser ability to negotiate a higher salary, researchers said.

  Comp & Benefits

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  Lilly targets employers in new bid to broaden access to obesity drugs

  A service tailored to people with workplace-based insurance coverage represents a new way for Lilly to bypass insurers and expand use of its popular obesity shot. 

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  Faced with rising healthcare costs, workers are delaying care, retirement savings

  “Affordability shapes both access to care and longer-term financial security,” an EBRI director said.

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  HR must reinvent itself to stay relevant, report stresses

  Under a potential model articulated by Mercer, HR shifts from being a service provider to the architect of work itself.

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  Greater autonomy may lead to lower levels of burnout

  Employees who endured a chronic workload imbalance and felt they lacked a voice in the workplace were more likely to show signs of exhaustion, according to a University of Phoenix white paper.

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  NFL’s Commanders pay $1M to settle DC workplace harassment lawsuit

  The multiyear saga featured public denials of the employees’ claims from executives of the team, which reportedly maintained an understaffed HR department.

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  Fired HR specialist wasn’t entitled to retroactive FMLA, 7th Circuit holds

  The employee allegedly failed to comply with the employer’s call-out policy.

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  Trump’s anti-DEI orders stand for now, but future challenges can’t be ruled out

  The White House is emboldened to act “aggressively,” making it important for employers to audit their DEI programs, attorneys told HR Dive.

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