DEI in 2025: HRCI head gives HR pros advice on how to proceed

Even if company stakeholders are challenging the “DEI” acronym, employers can keep the spirit of equity and inclusion alive by focusing on “fairness” and “opportunity,” Amy Dufrane told HR Dive.

By Caroline Colvin • Oct. 1, 2025

Court revives White former NYC school executive’s bias case over allegedly racist DEI training

Federal courts have increasingly been asked to weigh in on the legality of diversity, equity and inclusion training amid a broader backlash against DEI programs.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 26, 2025

5 things HR can do to hire — and retain — veterans

About 5% of the U.S. civilian labor force consists of former service members, but the transition isn’t always an easy one, sources told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 24, 2025

3 charts that show what has happened to DEI roles — and DEI pros

DEI roles have declined, but they haven’t disappeared.

By Kate Tornone • Sept. 23, 2025

Congressional Dems press DOL on women leaving the workforce

Democratic Women’s Caucus members said they were “deeply concerned,” and that “economic indicators suggest that this exodus of women from the labor force is not entirely voluntary.”

By Emilie Shumway • Sept. 17, 2025

‘It goes too far’: Robby Starbuck SHRM panel legitimizes anti-DEI stance, stakeholders say

Many in the industry say platforming the conservative influencer — who has called DEI “poison” — continues to take SHRM in the wrong direction.

By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 17, 2025

Court approves $43M settlement in Disney gender pay discrimination case

Disney agreed to have an outside labor economist conduct a pay equity analysis of certain positions for the next three years.

By Ginger Christ • Sept. 16, 2025

Kroger faces FMLA, PUMP Act lawsuit after allegedly transferring employee returning from parental leave

An assistant store manager alleged retaliation and a lack of accommodations for pregnancy and pumping.

By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 12, 2025

Texas A&M fires professor after viral video, raising free speech concerns

The termination came the day after a state lawmaker shared the clip and accused the professor of perpetuating "DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination.”

By Laura Spitalniak • Sept. 11, 2025

Tesla’s former DEI lead has some advice about fear in the workplace

Kristen Kavanaugh shares her story and lessons learned from the journey with HR Dive.

By Caroline Colvin • Sept. 10, 2025

6 labor and employment issues that are in flux, according to law firm Littler

“In less than nine months, the new administration has transformed more than six decades of labor and employment policy,” Littler Workplace Policy Institute experts said.

By Ginger Christ • Sept. 9, 2025

The C-Suite is called to step in as HR burns out

HR is at a breaking point. The C-Suite holds the fix.

Sept. 8, 2025

Former EEOC employee files charge alleging transgender bias at the agency

The employee said he was allegedly forced to “create business processes and technical tools that were being weaponized to facilitate discrimination against transgender employees” like himself.

By Ginger Christ • Sept. 5, 2025

Black women with disabilities eye self-employment to develop their careers

The findings are notable given prior research on the barriers women of color face within typical corporate pipelines.

By Ryan Golden • Sept. 3, 2025

Is being pretty going to get you that job? Survey says maybe.

More than half of hiring managers recently said that a candidate’s physical traits — such as facial attractiveness, body type, race and hair color — affect their hiring decisions.

By Ginger Christ • Aug. 28, 2025

What HR should know about AI’s effect on multigenerational workplaces

Employers face a generational divide on the use of — and even basic awareness of — AI tools.

By Ryan Golden • Aug. 27, 2025

Talent trends in 2025 so far: Training, AI and diversity

More workers are angling to grow their skills — not just for their current roles but for their future careers, one expert said.

By Jen A. Miller • Aug. 26, 2025

The 2025 midyear HR checkup: Layoffs, DEI pivots and a ‘tricky’ AI future

A large-scale divestment from people initiatives has left HR teams in an uncomfortable spot, one expert told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • Aug. 25, 2025

Collection, not public disclosure, may doom Illinois demographic data law

Anti-DEI collective American Alliance for Equal Rights alleged that SB2930 violates the First and 14th Amendments.

By Caroline Colvin • Aug. 22, 2025

3 DEI approaches employers must reconsider to avoid federal ire

The principles set forth in a recent DOJ memo are likely to be applied by the EEOC to all employers under Title VII, attorney Jonathan Segal writes.

By Jonathan Segal • Aug. 21, 2025

Gay ex-employee for NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks claims bias motivated his firing

The plaintiff, a public relations staffer, alleged the team reprimanded him for participating in an interview in which he discussed his sexual orientation.

By Ryan Golden • Aug. 20, 2025

Immigration policy changes squeeze an already understaffed long-term care industry

The senior care industry can’t afford to lose potential workers, experts said.

By Ginger Christ • Aug. 20, 2025

Major companies reframing, not abandoning, DEI: report

More than half of S&P 100 companies adjusted their diversity, equity and inclusion messaging in major filings in 2025, according to The Conference Board.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 15, 2025

EEOC doubles down on religious rights in 2 accommodation decisions

Religious bias and employers’ failure to provide religious accommodations have been focal points for President Donald Trump’s administration.

By Caroline Colvin • Aug. 14, 2025

AI may have negative implications for Black workers, advocate says

Beyond environmental justice issues, AI deregulation doesn’t bode well for the future of bias-free hiring, one Color of Change leader told HR Dive.

By Caroline Colvin • Aug. 13, 2025