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  California contractor ordered to pay $468K in wage theft case

  A federal probe found missed payroll, unpaid overtime and retaliation, highlighting persistent labor violations in construction, according to an attorney.

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  How HR leaders can lower healthcare costs through employee education and engagement

  Learn why HR leaders are turning to engagement to control rising healthcare costs.

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  Employers hesitate to train high-turnover workers — but training may strengthen retention

  Employer-provided training “may be reinforcing, rather than narrowing, existing gaps in the labor market,” Indeed Hiring Lab said in its analysis.

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  Leaders may be overspending on tech and underspending on talent

  “New tools alone don’t drive performance,” a deputy chair and managing principal from KPMG US said. 

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  Organizations and employees want different things from leaders, study finds

  The qualities that get managers promoted are completely different from the behaviors employees say they want in supervisors, according to research from Hogan Assessments.

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  AI payoff remains distant as firms keep spending, PwC finds

  Meaningful gains from AI are still at least a year away for most companies, as finance chiefs face growing pressure to deliver results, per PwC.

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  Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns

  The U.S. Department of Labor leader left the job after just one full year in office following a series of misconduct investigations of the secretary and some top aides.

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  Alleged denial of $1,700 accommodation leads to $100K ADA settlement

  Smiths Detection, Inc. refused to pay for a hearing protection device for an employee with hearing loss and instead demoted her to a job with lower pay, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed.

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  Stakeholders urge Labor Department to finalize PBM transparency rule

  Employers, lawmakers and more said regulators should hustle to get disclosure mandates for the controversial drug middlemen across the finish line, while PBMs slammed the rule as illegal, unnecessary and anticompetitive.

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  White ICE worker advances race bias claim challenging manager’s ‘unusual’ hiring process

  The court scrutinized the manner in which an agency director chose an African American candidate for two roles instead of promoting the plaintiff.

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  Iran war, AI erode employers’ expansion plans, data suggests

  While research suggests the war in Iran has left CEOs feeling shaken, it is only one of a few factors putting a damper on workforce planning.

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  Week in review: HR skills are in high demand

  We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from the “death by a thousand pings” to the changing nature of pay conversations.

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  CHRO caught on tape admitting to culture that ‘protected’ harassers, workers claim

  Plaintiffs in the case alleged they had audio recordings in which the top HR executive for New Orleans’ Regional Transit Authority acknowledged several employment law violations.

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  PepsiCo settles EEOC lawsuit alleging it failed to accommodate and fired blind employee

  The beverage maker will pay a blind former customer service employee $270,000 and work with an expert to develop software that accommodates visually impaired staff.

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  Are workers paid fairly? It may depend on who you ask.

  Lack of structure around pay can make it difficult for employees to make sense of their compensation, Salary.com said.

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  Tire company settles allegations it discriminated against workers with opioid prescriptions

  Under an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Carlstar Group will pay $300,000 and train its supervisors, among other steps.

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  Employers say they struggle to find workers with the right AI skillset

  AI is changing entry‑level roles amid a rapid decrease in the durability of skills, leaving workforce readiness at risk, a report found.

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  Judge denies SHRM’s request for a new trial

  “SHRM strongly disagrees with both the trial outcome and this Order, and we will move forward with our appeal,” a spokesperson said.

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  Discrimination, retaliation lawsuit against Marriott hotel can proceed, judge rules

  A federal judge said Shreeji Hotel Group was “more than simply the absent owner” of the hotel and would have to face the allegations, court records show.

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  Are rising costs hitting voluntary benefits?

  For some workers, voluntary benefits can fill financial coverage gaps left by health insurance, a benefits expert said.

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  More employers considering medical, pharmacy vendor switch amid rising healthcare costs, survey finds

  Healthcare affordability continues to keep employers up at night. More businesses are shopping for new healthcare vendors as a result, according to the Purchaser Business Group on Health.

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  This week in 5 numbers: Workers turn to generative AI for medical advice

  Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including how much time workers say they lose each week due to inefficient systems.

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  US workers say they are experiencing ‘death by a thousand pings’

  Nearly half of employees said they lost work to inefficient systems, according to a survey from Isolved.

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  Deloitte Consulting penalized employees for taking pregnancy-related leave, lawsuit alleges

  Employees who took protected pregnancy-related, parental or family leave allegedly received lower scores on their annual assessments, according to the complaint.

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  IRS names professions qualifying for tax deductions on tipped wages

  Just days before the Wednesday tax deadline, employers got more clarity on significant changes to payroll and W-2 reporting changes they are facing.

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  Employee benefits regulator to focus on ‘bad actors’

  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration said it will target enforcement on “the most egregious conduct and significant harm.”

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