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    Senate confirms Sonderling as labor secretary

    Keith Sonderling took the helm of DOL as acting secretary after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April amid an investigation into potential misconduct.

    Updated Oct. 1, 2026
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    CMS and SBA rebrand ICHRA as CHOICE Arrangements: Here’s what you need to know

    New research reveals growing employer interest in ICHRA and the key factors driving adoption.

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    Marriott settles with worker who alleged retaliation after taking leave for gender-affirming surgeries

    The plaintiff alleged disability and gender identity discrimination in the lawsuit as well as interference under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

    Updated Oct. 1, 2026
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    The RTO tax is an estimated $6,700 per year for employees, analysis finds

    For working parents paying for childcare, that figure climbs to about $16,000 annually, per Resume.io.

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    Ghost jobs and fake applicants have created a hiring trust gap

    While companies say that fraudulent candidates are complicating the recruiting process, job seekers are also concerned about scams, an iHire report said. 

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    Lesbian plaintiff fails to show employer’s fertility benefits were biased under SCOTUS test

    The case demonstrates how courts have had to parse the implications of the high court’s 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.

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    Value-based care could cut healthcare costs. Employers aren’t buying it.

    Nearly half of companies don’t plan to make any changes to their value-based arrangements in the next three years, EY found.

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    Esker folds AI into employee cost analysis

    The finance software firm is now treating AI spending as another component of an employee’s cost alongside salary, bonuses and payroll taxes, the CFO said.

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    Christian worker allegedly fired for religious social media posts gets $20K

    Employers have some discretion to discipline employees over social media content, but federal laws prohibit unfavorable treatment because of religious beliefs, EEOC has said.

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    JPMorgan Chase names next HR chief

    Mark O’Donovan, JPMorgan’s CEO of international consumer banking, will succeed human resources head Robin Leopold, who is retiring, in January, the bank said.

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    With the iced coffee debate, Gen Z cultural differences come to a head

    Experts have observed several factors that make Generation Z poised to behave differently at work than previous generations.

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    Technology isn’t yet solving HR’s workflow problems

    Despite the implementation of artificial intelligence systems, many HR professionals are still spending time on rudimentary tasks, Eagle Hill Consulting said.

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    HR may face a ‘skills visibility gap’ in the AI age

    It could become a critical challenge as the function transforms into one that evaluates how work gets done, whether by humans or automation.

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    AI skill levels drive workforce divide, PwC finds

    More than half of workers surveyed said they are falling behind their AI-savvy colleagues, PwC said, noting that AI proficiency bolsters a sense of job security.

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    Seattle’s DEI initiative may have created hostile work environment, 9th Circuit finds

    In one exercise, employees allegedly had to “line up based on how ‘racist’ or ‘anti-racist’ they perceived themselves to be in comparison to their coworkers,” according to a court document.

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    On the Move

    Major players in the health, wellness and luxury spaces bring on new HR talent in September

    Kaiser Permanente and Exemplar Luxury Group added new HR leaders, though both are veterans in their industries.

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    The operational fix that could jump-start innovation? A week with no meetings.

    Taskrabbit’s Deep Think Weeks were met with an “overwhelmingly positive” response from workers, the company’s manager of people experience said.

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    High performers might resent lower-performing workers getting training over them

    Managers may struggle with this decision in part because of what training represents and what doors it can open up, a researcher said.

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    Job seekers say they are exhausted due to long applications and no answers

    One Generation Z job seeker interviewed by Indeed said she applied to over 90 jobs before she got an offer.

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    If AI takes on junior-level work, how will CFOs develop talent?

    Teikametrics CFO Brian Beaupre is changing how he evaluates young candidates. 

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    EEOC seeks subpoena enforcement against Hyundai over alleged refusal to hire non-Koreans

    The filing comes at the same time that the commission has made national origin discrimination a prominent part of its regulatory agenda.

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    NLRB returns to first Trump-era employee misconduct framework

    Following a mandate from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the agency applied the framework it tried to argue against in 2023.

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    Insurers say AI could add billions in health costs. Billing companies disagree.

    When payers shell out more for care, premiums increase, and those costs cascade to employers and patients.

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    Opinion

    The doctor’s note is vague. What should the employer do next?

    Employers get into trouble when they treat an incomplete note as a verdict, writes Rachel Shaw, an ADA compliance expert.

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    6 recent ADA lawsuits

    Court orders have shown there are limits to workers’ discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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    How can employers create a positive workplace culture?

    “We cannot keep extracting more from employees and expect their capacity to be limitless,” one O.C. Tanner Institute leader said.