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An insurer said it's not responsible for paying a multimillion-dollar punitive damage award in a race bias case filed against SHRM, and a majority for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that the National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority when it issued the “successor bar” rule.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
2-1
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vote that held that the National Labor Relations Board exceeded its authority when it issued the “successor bar” rule, which requires acquiring companies to bargain with incumbent unions representing the employees of acquired firms regardless of whether those unions have majority employee support.
3%
The share of C-suite, CHRO and senior talent acquisition leaders surveyed who said their leaders are “highly prepared” to lead artificial intelligence adoption at work, per a study from ManpowerGroup Talent Solutions.
25%
The percentage of workers who said their concerns about AI accuracy, ethics and data privacy were the main reasons they weren’t upskilling on the technology, according to a survey from Indeed and market research company YouGov.
$105,000
The amount of compensatory and punitive damages an Arkansas jury awarded a male surgical technician formerly employed by Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville for sex-based discrimination, court documents show.
$10 million
The amount of a jury award that an insurer for SHRM said it was not responsible for in a race bias case against the HR organization.
