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    Walmart taps OpenAI for employee training

    The mass retailer will debut training for employees in 2026 through a partnership with the company behind ChatGPT.

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    The C-Suite is called to step in as HR burns out

    HR is at a breaking point. The C-Suite holds the fix.

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    Firefighters’ vaccine exemption lawsuit fails SCOTUS’ updated religious test, court says

    The lawsuit is a test of the high court’s Groff v. DeJoy precedent, which clarified the standard by which religious accommodations must be evaluated.

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    ‘Anemic’ job creation confirms workers’ anxieties, economists say

    The job market is stalling short of the runway, one economist said.

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    Sociable: LinkedIn expands company page and recruiter verification

    Workplace verification will be required when a member adds or updates a leadership or recruiter-related role, the company said.

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    Most managers can’t participate in training because they don’t have time, study shows

    High-performing organizations were more likely to use pre- and post-training activities, as well as bite-sized learning options, ATD says.

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    DOL says it’s thinking about overtime as it provides timelines for regulations

    The agency published its full Spring 2025 regulatory agenda Thursday, nearly a month after apparently removing an earlier version from a White House website.

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    Judge expands pregnancy law exceptions for Catholic bishop group

    The group cannot be required “to make accommodations for abortions, contraception, sterilization, artificial reproductive technologies, or surrogacy” in violation of their religious beliefs, the court said. 

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    This week in 5 numbers: Workers aren’t surprised by executives’ affairs

    Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including how many HR professionals expect to see their department head count grow or remain the same.

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    Employers say their employees are prepared for retirement, but workers aren’t so sure

    However, a greater share of workers said they were more in control of their finances this year compared to 2024, PNC Bank found.

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    The number of workers seeking employer help with finances doubled in two years, BofA reports

    Slightly more than half of large companies offer employees financial wellness programs, surveys found.

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    Nearly half of US HR pros say they debated a career change in the next year

    Losing HR practitioners “doesn’t just set HR back,” Tekion’s CPO said. “It slows the entire business.” 

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    Middle management reductions threaten productivity, employee experience, survey finds

    More than a third of employees surveyed said their manager seems stretched thin and has become less accessible since layoffs.

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    Nestlé scandal sticks corporate affairs in the spotlight — again

    “Boards won’t put up with this,” one analyst said regarding romantic entanglements for top executives.

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    Skilled trades initiatives expand as demand for workers is projected to grow

    Demand for HVAC, electrical and plumbing workers is expected to grow at a rate much faster than average, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.

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    Manager’s ‘single ethnic slur’ not enough to grant worker win in bias case

    The case involves a legal doctrine — cat’s paw theory — invoked by federal courts in numerous employment discrimination challenges.

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    Colorado delays AI law implementation amid backlash

    The move comes amid a growing national debate over AI laws that are piling up at the state level, creating a complex patchwork of requirements for businesses.

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    Hiring pros say they face pressure to hire quickly, leading to bad hires

    A longer and more expensive hiring process is also contributing to poor decisions, studies said.

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    Black women with disabilities eye self-employment to develop their careers

    The findings are notable given prior research on the barriers women of color face within typical corporate pipelines.

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    ANZ bankers learned they were axed in email error

    “It was not our intention to share such sensitive news with you in this way, and I apologise unconditionally,” an acting group executive later wrote.

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    Jury finds in favor of Chicago transit worker denied COVID-19 vaccine exemption

    The case is similar to that of another Catholic worker who cited the vaccine’s use of aborted fetal cells in her request for a religious exemption.

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    Auto dealership will pay $275,000 to settle claims it segregated roles by sex

    The car dealership segregated talent by sex and cited stereotypes as their reasoning, EEOC said in a lawsuit.

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    How to write an AI ethics policy for the workplace

    One expert emphasized flexibility, saying, “A static AI policy will be outdated before the ink dries.”

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    Companies aren’t centering training in their goals, but they need to, report says

    “Right now, most large companies are overlooking the needs of the people essential to transforming their supply chains,” one leader said.

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    Workplaces can foster empathy to improve harassment intervention, study says

    Women tended to report higher empathy toward workplace sexual harassment targets, which made them less likely to ignore complaints, researchers said.

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    Judge allows Workday to avoid disclosing full customer list in bias lawsuit

    The company said the plaintiffs’ proposal that individuals opting into the collective action be able to select employers from such a list would cause unfair prejudice.