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A jury awarded a former applicant at SHRM thousands in a bias trial, and Walmart will offer workers up to six months of paid neonatal intensive care unit leave.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
12 weeks
The amount of paid NICU leave that Walmart will provide to eligible workers, the company has announced.
About 30%
The percentage of employers that said they have processes in place to identify and track worker skills, according to a report from WTW, a global advisory company.
$2,500
The maximum amount that the majority of workers said they would be willing to spend on training for a new career, per the results of a survey by online learning provider Penn Foster.
300,000
The number of jobs that robots can physically complete on a cost-competitive basis, according to an analysis by AI company Anthropic.
$400,000
The amount of compensatory damages a jury awarded a former applicant who filed a lawsuit alleging SHRM violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Virginia Human Rights Act when it refused to allow the applicant to bring a service dog to work as an accommodation.
