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    On the Move

    Verizon, Franklin Electric announce new HR leaders in October

    Companies in high-speed networking, live entertainment and other industries also brought on new leaders.

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    How HR can help workers ask the right questions during open enrollment

    Workers may be afraid to ask about their choices due to fear of discrimination or anxiety, experts said. 

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    Gap Inc. launches AI hiring tool in time for the holidays

    The retailer expects around 200,000 seasonal employment applications. Its new AI platform aims to reduce the administrative tasks associated with hiring. 

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    Rising wages still fall short of higher cost of living, analysis shows

    Housing, childcare and healthcare were the top drivers of cost increases, the research found.

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    Too much disruption can affect workplace culture

    Companies need to treat upheaval “as both a cultural and operational issue,” a new report recommended.

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    AI at work: Employees, employers may not be on the same page

    A study from Dayforce highlights workers’ fears about how AI use might make their work life worse.

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    PwC confirms learning records breached in attack on vendor site

    The professional services firm was the subject of a claim by a known ransomware actor.

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    4 trends explaining why recruiters are struggling right now

    “You may be getting applications from people who have never heard of your job or company,” one senior director analyst said.

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    10 haunting HR stories

    These examples show how HR can potentially run afoul of the law — and what sorts of frightening lawsuits can follow.

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    The accommodation mistake employers keep making

    Employers’ defensible positions can collapse for no reason other than that the entire history lived in corridor conversations and a scattering of texts, writes Chaim Book, senior partner at Book Law LLP. 

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    Cornell prevails on DEI hiring lawsuit after judge finds plaintiff ‘had no intention of reentering academia’

    The judge in the case managed to sidestep arguments about DEI-based discrimination, which have gained some traction in the federal court system.

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    Union steward’s refusal to meet supervisor wasn’t protected, NLRB judge says

    The decision demonstrates the limits of federal labor law’s protected activity definition, a topic the board itself has revisited several times in recent years.

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    Toshiba CHRO: Entry-level workers need to use AI more — not less

    “AI is just the latest chapter” in the story of adaptability, Jason Desentz told HR Dive.

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    Company’s DEI policy made White men ‘second-class’ candidates, judge rules

    A Florida district court held mostly for plaintiffs in the case, who claimed Danaher Corp. unlawfully maintained diverse hiring slates that favored women and people of color.

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    Vague job postings get fewer applicants

    Job posts that focus on personality traits and equipment are less effective than postings that outline specific role requirements, per a new study.

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    Yale New Haven Hospital can’t ditch lawsuit over age-biased physician test

    The discrimination lawsuit, which alleged YNH physicians over 70 years old were subjected to certain competency tests, was cleared for trial on Friday.

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    White woman allegedly called ‘Karen’ can’t show race bias, judge rules

    The plaintiff, a school psychologist, claimed the remark was part of a pattern of workplace discrimination. But courts have said such isolated comments don’t violate the law.

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    Ex-VP for NBA’s Brooklyn Nets claims he was fired for taking parental leave

    The dispute, which involved a negative performance review allegedly given just days after the employee’s return from leave, shares similarities with other recent FMLA lawsuits.

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    Job seekers say they’re still being ghosted — even as they’re trying harder to get noticed

    Nearly one-third of applicants said they were rejected without ever being contacted by either a human or an artificial intelligence agent, per a new report.

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    Week in review: Where ADA and PTO meet

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories and news, including EEOC suing over conciliatory agreements and the problematic pace of AI integration.

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    CIOs unprepared for agentic workforce shift

    Just 4% of tech leaders have plans in place to retool roles for an agentic-human workforce, a Gartner survey found.

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    Southwest flight attendant sues for failure to accommodate pet allergies

    The company allegedly said “no accommodation” could be made after it changed its policy in 2018 to allow cats and dogs on board.

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    AI is splitting HR into 2 archetypes, study shows

    Every role — from HR specialist to CHRO — now requires knowledge of data analytics, while traditional administrative skills are declining, Draup explained.

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    CEOs say they’re not yet seeing transformational change from AI

    But more than 6 in 10 U.S. leaders said they were confident their firms were moving at the right pace or ahead of the curve in terms of AI development, per a KPMG report.

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    Should companies pay employees to quit?

    Researchers found that quitting incentives both encouraged less committed workers to leave and led to stronger performance by those who remained.