6th Circuit shoots down NLRB’s Cemex standard

The appeals court sided with Brown-Forman Corp., Jack Daniels’ parent company, in nixing the landmark 2023 standard.

By Caroline Colvin • March 10, 2026

5 stories on the skills evolution

Companies say they want artificial intelligence skills, but their training efforts aren’t keeping pace, reports show.

By Ginger Christ • March 10, 2026

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A deep dive on mental health at work

There are myraid factors that affect an individual employee’s mental health, but some trends have emerged in recent months.

By HR Dive staff

Snelling: Decades of recruiting show today’s labor market isn’t ‘unprecedented’

The company’s survey findings not only highlighted how hiring priorities are shifting in 2026 but also “what decades of workforce cycles reveal about what truly endures.”

By Lara Ewen • March 10, 2026

CEOs think AI use is mandatory — but employees don’t agree, survey says

Several disconnects exist between C-suite executives and employees on artificial intelligence tool use.

By Kathryn Moody • March 10, 2026

Workday takes partial loss as judge refuses to dismiss claims in AI bias lawsuit

The court rejected the company’s position that federal anti-age discrimination law does not cover job applicants.

By Ryan Golden • March 9, 2026

Entry-level jobs should be entry level

False advertising in job posts is losing employers smart and motivated applicants, a director of undergraduate career services writes.

By Cindy Meis • March 9, 2026

Week in review: Why pay for performance matters

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from workaholism to workplace gossip.

By Kathryn Moody • March 9, 2026

The key to companywide AI adoption? Empowering managers, Gartner says.

HR needs to lean more on managers to drive tool use, rather than rely on employees to experiment on their own, according to a report.

By Kathryn Moody • March 9, 2026

Managers demonstrate below-average empathy, report finds

People in leadership positions may find that emotional detachment helps them make tough calls, according to new research from Zety and Sigma Assessment Systems.

By Lara Ewen • March 6, 2026

‘Overwhelmingly disappointing’ job losses mar February

The latest jobs report indicates that the market has essentially had zero net job creation over the past six months, economists said.

By Kathryn Moody • March 6, 2026

This week in 5 numbers: Nearly half of employees say they’re workaholics

Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including at what age women’s wages stop increasing.

By Ginger Christ • March 5, 2026

Greater autonomy may lead to lower levels of burnout

Employees who endured a chronic workload imbalance and felt they lacked a voice in the workplace were more likely to show signs of exhaustion, according to a University of Phoenix white paper.

By Lara Ewen • March 5, 2026

HR must reinvent itself to stay relevant, report stresses

Under a potential model articulated by Mercer, HR shifts from being a service provider to the architect of work itself.

By Laurel Kalser • March 5, 2026

How should HR handle politics in the workplace?

When an employee’s political expression interferes with business operations, HR must know how to proceed, writes David Urban, senior counsel at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore.

By David Urban • March 4, 2026

Why pay-for-performance programs don’t always work

Pay “sends a powerful message about what the organization values, who it invests in, and how effort translates into opportunity,” a McLean & Co. director said.

By Lara Ewen • March 4, 2026

Why do workaholics work so much? Company culture, Monster says

A lack of work-life balance and fear of layoffs were also given as reasons why employees overwork in the Monster report.

By Caroline Colvin • March 3, 2026

The good side of workplace gossip? It brings people together, research says

Subordinates who gossip about their boss together may feel more collaborative that day.

By Kathryn Moody • March 3, 2026

Glassdoor: Women’s earnings tend to stall out at 35

Even when they never have children or leave the workforce, women still tend to make “significantly less” than men in their 50s, the report noted.

By Lara Ewen • March 3, 2026

AI skills surpass IT, engineering as the most difficult to find, report says

“This historic shift highlights a new era in the persistent global talent crisis,” ManpowerGroup said.

By Kathryn Moody • March 2, 2026

Week in review: A productivity problem waiting to happen

We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from how raises perpetuate pay gaps to accelerating disruption in the talent market.

By Kathryn Moody • March 2, 2026

AI is transforming HR — but CHROs can’t afford to lose the skills that matter most

If CHROs focus disproportionately on technical upskilling, fundamental skills may erode that are very hard to rebuild, Gartner experts wrote.

By Zach Friedman and Hanne Nieberg • March 2, 2026

The No. 1 barrier to exceptional service, according to employees? Staffing.

Staffing concerns have increased at the same time that employers are reducing headcount and asking employees take on more work, Gallup found.

By Kristen Doerer • Feb. 27, 2026

AI literacy and change management among most-needed HR skills

Much of the HR profession remains human-oriented, LinkedIn’s report showed.

By Kathryn Moody • Feb. 27, 2026

Retention is top of mind for employers, report finds

Monster said that “hiring has not stopped, it is becoming more intentional.”

By Lara Ewen • Feb. 27, 2026

AI triggers hiring shift for Fortune 500

Demand for artificial intelligence governance skills increased 81% year over year as enterprises continued to prioritize the technology, according to a report from Draup.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 26, 2026