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More than 1,000 workers are set to go on strike in dozens of cities.By Max Zahn | November 14, 2025, 10:43 AMStarbucks baristas are set to walk off the job in dozens of U.S. cities on Thursday, aiming to galvanize public support and pressure the company on “Red Cup Day,” the coffee giant's annual holiday promotion.More than 1,000 Starbucks workers will go on strike at about 65 stores scattered acr

EEOC has operated with only two commissioners since January, when President Donald Trump fired Democratic commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels.Oct. 7, 2025 | By Ginger ChristDive Brief:The U.S. Senate confirmed Brittany Panuccio, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Justice Department in Florida, as a commissioner for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a 51-47 vote Tu

June 4, 2025 | By Rebecca KlarProposal would shift some federal contractor oversight to EEOCRaises questions about the agency’s disability bias audit powerA budget proposal to transfer the responsibility of policing federal contractors for disability bias from a nearly-defunct Labor Department office to the EEOC would leaves enforcement gaps as the commission lacks explicit authority to audit comp

Published July 17, 2025 | By Caroline ColvinThe nominations follow a back-and-forth court battle regarding former Democratic member Gwynne Wilcox, who was fired ahead of her term ending.Dive Brief:President Donald Trump sent nominations of two new National Labor Relations Board members to Congress on Thursday: James Murphy and Scott Mayer.This follows Trump’s naming of Marvin Kaplan as head of NLR

Aug 1, 2025 Today, REI Co-op, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)​, and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU),​ announced progress on several key topics,​ including an agreement to establish a national bargaining structure to inform store-level collective bargaining agreements for the 11 unionized REI stores. The agreement comes after joint meetings were held July 28-3

Published Aug. 4, 2025 | By Laurel KalserA manager at one of the restaurants allegedly reduced an employee’s hours and offered to give her more if she had sex with him, the EEOC said.Dive Brief:Since at least November 2021, male cooks at Boss Man Tacos in Highland, Indiana, subjected female employees, many of whom were servers in their teams, to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportu

Jul 2, 2025 | By Megan MorroneIllustration: Shoshana Gordon/AxiosManagers are trusting AI to help make high-stakes decisions about firing, promoting, and giving their direct reports a raise, according to a new study from Resume Builder.Why it matters: AI-based decision-making in HR could open companies up to discrimination and other types of lawsuits, experts tell Axios.The big picture: Employers

By Jo Faragher | 13 Jun 2025Discrimination and harassment cases hit an all-time high in companies in 2024, according to the latest Employee Relations Benchmark Study from HR Acuity.Its ninth annual benchmarking study showed that discrimination, harassment and retaliation (where an employee makes a protected disclosure and the employer acts against them) issues accounted for almost 15 per 1,000 emp

By Andrew ChungJune 5, 2025WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals to pursue claims alleging workplace "reverse" discrimination, reviving an Ohio woman's lawsuit claiming she was illegally denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual. The justices, in a 9-0 ruling autho

May 22, 2025 | By: Jagriti KumariAdopting predictive tools is no longer optional—it’s essential for HR leaders who are seeking to be strategic partners to the business.Imagining a day without technology is out of the question now. Technological advancements have impacted every aspect of our lives—from ordering food and groceries to booking movie tickets and planning domestic or international trave

Supportive workplaces have lower absenteeism and anxiety, as well as higher productivity, performance and retention, Canadian researchers found.Published May 20, 2025By Carolyn CristA supportive workplace culture — not certain policies — plays the biggest role in whether employees disclose mental health concerns at work, according to a study from Simon Fraser University.People were 55% more likely

Highlights from the 2025 Work in America™ surveyJob insecurity is having a significant impact on a majority of U.S. workers’ (54%) stress levels, according to APA’s 2025 Work in America™ survey. As workers contend with changes in government policy and growing economic uncertainty, the survey revealed several things employers can do to support their employees’ mental health against intensifying wor

Published May 9, 2025 Kathryn Moody Senior Editor  That trust declined “significantly” in sectors that faced layoffs, compliance controversies and “sudden RTO mandates,” according to Aura Intelligence.Amid rocky waters in the economy, one metric may stand out in analyzing organizational health: leadership trust, according to Aura Intelligence, an artificial intelligence and data platform that help

By: Deb Muller | April 15, 2025Hope is not a strategy. “I hope that was documented somewhere.” “I hope we don’t get sued.”As changing regulations continue to reshape the landscape of employee relations (ER), our work has never been more important. If we’re going to guide our organizations through these times of change and unpredictability, we must be measured, strategic and consistent—not just hop

Although EEOC has yet to file a complaint relating to abortion-related accommodations, its controversial final rule has provoked a number of lawsuits from religiously affiliated employers.Published April 4, 2024  Emilie Shumway | Editor  Dive Brief:The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reached a settlement in two pregnancy discrimination cases and filed a new lawsuit on a third, the

But there’s still time to manage risks.By Paige McGlauflin | February 11, 2025 Employers, you’ve got a big storm coming.Significant disruptions are coming to the labor market. Talent shortages are likely to be exacerbated by population decline, and knowledge gaps left by retiring workers may fail to get filled. And while AI and automation are expected to create millions of jobs, many more will be

A survey finds 95 percent of Gen-Zers consider breaking various office rules acceptable, and nearly 30 percent ‘catfish’ recruiters for jobs they don’t want. BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INCJAN 29, 2025 Photos: Getty Images Since the end of the pandemic, increasing numbers of employers have raised concerns about troubles they’ve had integrating the unconventional attitudes toward work that Gen-Z emplo

ByChristine Michel Carter, Senior Contributor. Christine Michel Carter covers working mothers, diversity, and jobs.Feb 05, 2025.As children grow older, the needs of working parents shift significantly, yet workplace support often lags behind. While caring for young children is widely recognized, the challenges of raising school-aged children and teenagers—managing school schedules, demanding extra

February 18, 2025 | By: Elissa Tucker and Nathanael M. Vlachos, PhD Elissa Tucker and Nathanael M. Vlachos, PhDElissa Tucker is Principal Research Lead, Human Capital Management, at APQC. Nathanael M. Vlachos, PhD, is Senior Writer, Research Services, at APQC.LinkedIn Artificial intelligence is rapidly emerging as a critical technology for organizations and is now widely accessible to HR functions

By Tony CaseLed by technological advancement, shifting demographics and evolving employee expectations, HR leaders are set to confront unprecedented change in workplace dynamics in 2025 — and at the same time, never have so many people managers been as empowered to determine the course of their organizations.Heads of HR are assuming larger, more strategic roles as CEOs see them as increasingly ind