Balance of economy remains ‘precarious,’ experts warn
January’s jobs report was unexpectedly strong amid a collection of downward revisions for 2025 as a wh ole.
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SHRM: Demand for HR workers is down amid AI adoption
Job postings for HR positions tend to mention artificial intelligence and machine learning skills more often than the wider...
EEOC to spotlight ‘reverse bias’ in 2026, attorneys say
Employers should prepare for “aggressive and assertive” activity on this front from the agency, a source told HR Dive.
Should Employers Offer Heartbreak Leave for Workers Healing from Breakups?
Breakups can be extremely painful, but having to go to work and clock in at your 9-to-5 the next...
When an Ultimatum Turns a “Resignation” Into a Jury Question
Constructive discharge is a high bar. But an ultimatum, delivered the wrong way and on the wrong timeline, can be enough to clear it. That was the lesson from a recent federal court decision involving a pregnant employee who was told she could either keep working under at-will conditions or
Job Situationships? Why we stay in unfulfilling roles
The year 2026 brings a new professional purgatory called ‘Job Situationship’ where stability outweighs satisfaction. It’s a constant state...
Target layoffs come at the cost of fixing in-store experience
The American retail landscape has changed since Covid-19 pandemic. The latest Target layoffs serve as that definite signal of...
Employee Complaint Form: Your Guide to Handling Workplace Complaints Fairly (+ Free Template)
Every organisation should have an employee complaint form that employees know about and can easily access when they need...
Friction To Flow with James Davies, Kinetic Data
What if the fastest way to modernise HR isn’t ripping out systems or buying another mega-platform but connecting what...
Productivity Gains Aside, AI Increases Workloads and the Risk of Burnout
Artificial intelligence may just be the productivity tool of many an employer’s dreams, but AI also increases workloads and...
Report exposes hidden wave of workplace misconduct and weak accountability
Workers say misconduct is often overlooked when top performers are involved
Target cuts 500 roles, invests in store payroll
The mass retailer, which cut about 1,000 corporate positions last year, is now putting “significantly” more investment into store...
Legal group claims victory after EEOC ‘retreated’ on law firm DEI letters
Most of the 20 major law firms that received letters declined to provide the requested information, and the agency...
A third of workers say they want ‘heartbreak leave’
If a company were to offer time off to grieve a breakup, 43% of workers say they would likely...
Trump’s latest pick to lead the BLS faces challenging job ahead
After six months without a leader, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) may soon have a commissioner.On Jan. 30, President Trump named Brett Matsumoto as his nominee to lead the BLS. Matsumoto is a longtime statistician at the government statistical agency, who is known by economists for his nuanced takes
Beyond workslop: How AI is shaping workplace communication
Emails chock full of bullets and emojis, “delving” and “pivotal” galore—you’re not imagining it—your coworker has hit you with “workslop.”Stanford professor Jeff Hancock and BetterUp Chief Scientist Kate Niederhoffer were on a team that coined the evocative term in fall 2025, just before Merriam-Webster chose “slop” as the dictionary’s word