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  Which company offers interns $8,600 per week?

  Competition for talent continues to heat up as companies face a skills mismatch driven by AI adoption.

  Learning

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  Sponsored by Safeguard Global

  Today’s workforce planning question: Where (not whom) should we hire?

  The real bottleneck isn't a lack of information; it's a lack of a credible starting point.

  Talent

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  Nearly 1 in 5 workers may be using drugs. Where does this leave HR?

  Here’s what HR should keep in mind regarding drug testing, especially amid the marijuana declassification order.

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  Latest workforce development funds target specific industries — like nuclear energy and AI

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the U.S. Department of Labor separately announced grants and funding designed to target critical occupations.

  Talent

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  California community college settles with professor who sued over DEI policy

  Bakersfield College agreed to not require a professor to use diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility principles in his teaching or scholarship.

  Compliance

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  Workday, female ex-engineer agree to dismiss retaliation lawsuit

  Not even the use of a complaint form for situations deemed “too risky to use HR” addressed the plaintiff’s harassment concerns, she claimed.

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  Heavy AI users submit work they don’t understand, report finds

  While the use of AI frees up time, Glean found, workers end up using that extra time to fix its mistakes — or simply ship products they can’t stand behind.

  HR Management

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  White employee’s lawsuit over ‘equity mindset’ requirement survives at 7th Circuit

  The plaintiff claimed that she refused to adopt her employer’s views because she viewed them as racist and discriminatory against White people.

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  Opinion

  When does the compensable workday begin and end for remote employees? The answer is evolving.

  Factors to consider include where employees live and work and the employers' tolerance for risk, attorney Frank B. Shuster said.

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  More job titles include AI across every sector

  Just over 6 in 10 U.S. job postings with AI in the title are outside of traditional technology companies, according to a new report from Indeed’s Hiring Lab.

  Talent

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  Week in review: HR’s uphill battle for employee trust

  We’re rounding up last week’s top stories, including steps recruiters can take to ensure sourcing efforts don’t get lost in a sea of scams.

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  Title VII plaintiffs don’t need to mitigate emotional distress damages, 5th Circuit says

  No such requirement exists in the law’s statute, the court held, rejecting an argument advanced by SkyWest Airlines in a former employee’s harassment lawsuit.

  Compliance

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  Tampa employee of Cuban origin wasn’t subjected to unlawful harassment, court rules

  The alleged incidents were sporadic, contained no racial or ethnic slurs, and for the most part, made no express reference to Hispanics.

  Compliance

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  The economy is shutting young adults out of career-entry jobs, analysis finds

  Artificial intelligence matters, but in a “narrow, early and age-specific way,” researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said.

  Talent

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  AI skills now listed in 73% of tech job postings

  Highly regulated industries working to shape their AI implementation plans outpace other industries in the search for talent, according to Dice.

  Talent

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  DC Water to pay roughly $217,000 to settle claim it replaced HR worker with younger employee

  The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority must also enhance its nondiscrimination policies and provide advanced antidiscrimination training.

  Compliance

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  This week in 5 numbers: Nearly 4 in 10 workers don’t trust HR to help in toxic situations

  Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week — including how many workers were targeted in job scam attempts.

  Talent

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  Men outearn women by more than $12K annually, data shows

  “As more women joined the full-time workforce, the per-worker difference compounded into a much larger estimated overall gap,” a career expert said.

  Comp & Benefits

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  SHRM26

  On its 60th birthday, SHRM’s nonprofit arm pushes for better caregiver support

  Employers can’t reliably address working caregivers’ needs through policies and employee benefits alone, said Wendi Safstrom, president of the SHRM Foundation.

  Talent

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  WorkSmart settles EEOC claim it failed to hire, refer women per a client request

  Staffing agencies have repeatedly drawn the agency’s attention for allegedly discriminating based on protected characteristics to satisfy the demands of a client.

  Compliance

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  PIP’s proximity to plaintiff’s EEOC charge can’t save bias complaint, 3rd Circuit says

  A Black former BNY employee failed to show that his placement on a performance improvement plan was the result of race-based discrimination.

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  Nearly 7 in 10 workers say they didn’t get a raise in the past 6 months

  Increased transparency about pay and workforce decisions can improve the perception gap between employers and employees, Morgan McKinley found.

  Comp & Benefits

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  Edward Jones pushes back on lawsuit challenging diversity program

  The employer critiqued the plaintiff’s attempt to form a class of “all White” advisors while simultaneously alleging White women benefited from the program.

  Compliance

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  US labor market continues to be ‘low hire, low fire’

  Current trends indicate slower job growth ahead as an increasing number of consumers say they’re having trouble finding jobs.

  Talent

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  Job scams leave recruiters competing with fakes

  The most common methods of contact include email, text and “unsolicited recruiter outreach,” with job boards and networking platforms not far behind.

  Talent

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  CEOs fear they’re underinvesting in AI

  More than half of chief executives are concerned their businesses will fall behind due to limitations in technology foundations, according to a new survey.

  Talent

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