Emilie Shumway
Editor | @emilieshumwayEmilie Shumway is an editor for HR Dive. Before joining the team, she covered the recycling industry for Scrap magazine and wrote a collection of essays on topics ranging from werewolves to Amelia Earhart while pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction from West Virginia University. She hails from Michigan and now lives with her husband and daughter in Pittsburgh, where she is developing a new respect for steep hills.
549 articles by Emilie Shumway
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10th Circuit: Pest and cleanliness issues — not age bias — caused Chipotle leader’s firing
March 3, 2026 -
HR pros on the move in February
Feb. 27, 2026 -
NLRB applies Browning-Ferris joint employer standard at court’s direction
Feb. 24, 2026 -
Worker did not plausibly argue obesity was a disability, 1st Circuit finds
Feb. 23, 2026 -
Amazon hiring ‘workstyle’ assessment may have been lie detector test, judge says
Feb. 20, 2026 -
5 stories on alleged discrimination against men
Feb. 18, 2026 -
Legal group claims victory after EEOC ‘retreated’ on law firm DEI letters
Feb. 10, 2026 -
Former HR worker wins over $5M in jury award for retaliation
Feb. 3, 2026 -
With EEOC’s harassment guidance gone, employers could be ‘in a bind’
Feb. 3, 2026 -
Applicant’s disclosure of armed robbery conviction protected by law, 3rd Circuit says
Jan. 30, 2026 -
Citi’s HR department ‘spearheaded’ a harassment campaign, former managing director alleges
Jan. 27, 2026 -
Job applicants can’t bring disparate impact age bias claims, Workday argues
Jan. 26, 2026 -
‘We need to understand our place’: EEOC scraps harassment guidance protecting transgender workers
Jan. 22, 2026 -
Transgender woman’s ERISA lawsuit fails as facial surgery was deemed ‘cosmetic’
Jan. 20, 2026 -
Walmart settles EEOC charge it illegally revoked a worker’s disability accommodation
Jan. 13, 2026 -
Staffing agency pays $185K to settle EEOC claims it fired workers for pregnancy
Jan. 12, 2026 -
DOL clarifies FMLA’s stance on travel time, school closure in opinion letters
Jan. 6, 2026 -
HR professionals on the move in December
Jan. 5, 2026 -
Anti-DEI legal group asks EEOC to investigate Penguin Random House
Dec. 19, 2025 -
Poor treatment after WFH accommodation not evidence of disability bias, 11th Circuit says
Dec. 16, 2025 -
Marriott companies settle EEOC claim they revoked employee’s Sabbath accommodation
Dec. 12, 2025 -
EEOC opens claims process in $21M Columbia University settlement
Dec. 9, 2025 -
Jury hits SHRM with $11.5M verdict in racial bias, retaliation trial
Dec. 8, 2025 -
San Diego restaurant chain owners settle sexual harassment allegations for $650K
Dec. 4, 2025 -
SHRM discrimination trial kicks off following months of controversy for the organization
Dec. 2, 2025
