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Alleged DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice said certain candidates were highlighted to leadership and directed into a “pipeline” due to their race and sex characteristics.
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The future of talent sourcing is more than clicks
Three shifts are redefining how talent acquisition teams source and hire quality candidates.
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Judge says disability bias lawsuit against SHRM must proceed
A candidate previously alleged that the HR organization rescinded a job offer after she requested to have her trained service dog accompany her to the office as a reasonable accommodation.
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Safety risk insufficient to show religious accommodation posed undue hardship, court rules
The case adds to the 9th Circuit’s analysis of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and religious accommodation, a topic on which the court has sometimes sided with employers.
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Is AI killing worker cognition?
Employees have reported in various surveys that AI tool use has worsened their critical thinking skills, affected their judgment and even made them less intelligent.
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AI hasn’t significantly improved the speed of hiring, report finds
A quarter of employers reported a slowdown in time-to-hire in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago.
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Amazon invests $230M in benefits, pay for Whole Foods store employees
As the company continues to merge its operations with the specialty grocer, this next investment focuses on its front-line workers.
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AI engineers say they know AI’s ethical risks, but workplace culture silences them
Research on the topic was presented the same week an ex-Anthropic engineer warned that his peers “earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
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SHRM rebrands annual conference as ‘credentialing academy’
The new event — SHRM HR-X Live! — will sort attendees into one of four “dimensions,” each with a resulting credential at the end.
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EEOC solicits anti-American bias charges
“Have you been harassed at work for speaking English or for being too American?” the agency’s chair asked workers in a video.
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Postal worker removed from office argument by police fails to reopen bias case
Other staff may have engaged in similar disputes, but the plaintiff couldn’t show that those workers were given more favorable treatment, the 7th Circuit said.
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HR must set boundaries as it embraces AI notetakers, experts caution
Practitioners are increasingly responsible for vetting such tools before they are deployed in a workplace or recruitment setting, SHRM CHRO Jim Link told HR Dive.
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The most underrated succession planning bench? People who already work there.
A new report from i4cp asks HR to revisit its internal talent pool and development process.
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Week in review: Leaders might lose know-how by relying on AI
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, including the percentage of HR leaders who said they’ve considered leaving their jobs in the past year.
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Jury should decide if university’s hiring process was tainted by diversity goals, court rules
A White former associate director for Rochester Institute of Technology claimed the university used race-based criteria to select a Black candidate as director instead of promoting her.
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Hemorrhoid pain can be a disability, EEOC argues to court
In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the agency supported a FedEx worker’s appeal, arguing pain can amount to a substantial limitation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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DHS proposes end to 60-day H-1B grace period, calling it a ‘burden’
The move would leave some workers with no cushion period in which to depart the U.S.
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Poor talent retention continues to throttle company growth
A disconnect persists between employers’ desire to improve retention and their inability to prevent attrition, Gallagher said in its report.
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Work in the age of AI: ‘We’re all getting in the Waymo for the first time’
The artificial intelligence shift “will be one of the greatest transformations of our society and our businesses ever,” the CEO and co-founder at Salesforce said.
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Korn Ferry: Leaders have to rethink how work gets done
High activity does not mean high productivity, consultants for the firm said.
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This week in 5 numbers: Tech employment grew in August, despite layoffs
Here’s a roundup of numbers from the past week — including what percentage of workers may become attention-seeking or have difficulty sharing the spotlight under pressure.
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8 stories on the healthcare affordability crunch
A vice president at the Business Group on Health recently said employers are at “an inflection point.”
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HR says its job demands have grown — but without needed support
People teams are tasked with driving the conversation at work, but they’re not being offered corresponding resources, says Lattice.
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Personality traits that drive success can derail employees under pressure, study finds
The goal should be to help workers develop a “strategic self-awareness” of what triggers their personality “derailers,” Hogan Assessment said.
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Schedule changes, transfers may be retaliation under USERRA, feds caution
The warning follows a 2025 amendment that expanded the law’s coverage.
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EEOC asks judge to assist in probe of San Francisco government’s DEI trainings
The City and County of San Francisco allegedly required attendance of a seminar series featuring “derogatory and vitriolic statements” about White people and White women.