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  CFOs feel healthcare pain rising as GLP-1s stretch budgets, Mercer finds

  Average healthcare costs for U.S. employers are expected to rise 6.7% this year, hitting a 15-year high.

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  This week in 5 numbers: 1 in 5 recent grads say they’re overqualified for their roles

  Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including how many factors the U.S. Department of Labor would primarily use to determine joint-employer status under a proposed rule.

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  5 minutes with Mindr’s CHRO

  While others embraced office mandates, Iowa-based Mindr leaned into “remote first” flexible benefits to snag elite talent, CHRO Amanda Sedars said.

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  Organizations and employees race to prove AI expertise

  Skillsoft reported a 994% year-over-year increase in artificial intelligence-related skills benchmark completions as companies look to justify their tech investments.

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  What are companies looking for in early-career professionals?

  Proficiency with artificial intelligence tools is one aspect but far from the only one, a Robert Half survey showed.

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  Why Walmart is rolling out AI to 2M employees

  The retailer plans to train all employees on agentic AI tools in pursuit of customer experience improvements, Chief People Officer Donna Morris said.

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  Coke bottler rebuts EEOC claim that women-only work trip harmed male workers

  Federal antidiscrimination laws permit employers to correct gender imbalances with one-time events like the one targeted in the case, Coke Northeast told a federal district court.

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  On the eve of the draft, NFL calls on employers to judge candidates based on skills — not criminal records

  Star talent with the odds stacked against them shine in April — which is both Second Chance Hiring Month and time for professional football picks.

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  DOL proposes new joint employer rule

  The rule would create “a single nationwide standard” for the Fair Labor Standards Act and other laws, the U.S. Department of Labor said.

  Updated April 22, 2026

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  Recent grads are settling for jobs they plan to leave, says ZipRecruiter

  As the job market gets tighter, more people say they entered the workforce using any available foothold rather than waiting for their dream job.

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  FedEx settles charge it denied telework accommodations to workers with disabilities

  “While we continue to deny a number of the allegations made in this lawsuit, we are pleased to have reached an agreement to resolve this case,” a FedEx spokesperson told HR Dive.

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  Lawsuit alleges Trump’s anti-DEI contractor order violates Constitution

  Filed Monday, the complaint alleges the order violates free speech and free association rights.

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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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  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.

  Updated April 21, 2026

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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.

  Talent

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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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