Beyond the various discussions around DEI—and whether it’s good, bad, or somewhere in between—there’s a deeper conversation happening between DEI practitioners: how do you create and execute DEI training that will resonate with workers?This comes at a time when some companies, including AT&T, Meta, and Molson Coors, have ended DEI
You know HR people can be funny people, and we know HR people can be funny people, but has the rest of your organization gotten the memo?Heed the advice of the funny people and get cracking on those jokes.“If you’re your authentic self and you’ve got a sense of humor,
Big changes are happening within Microsoft’s HR team.The tech giant announced sweeping changes to its HR function last month via an employee memo sent by its chief people officer, Amy Coleman, and subsequently obtained and leaked by Business Insider.Sweeping changes. The memo announced the departures of several top HR executives,
Global engagement is falling, but job optimism is largely strong, according to the State of the Global Workplace report from Gallup.Employee engagement fell for the second year in a row in 2025, to a post-Covid low of 20%, after peaking at 23% in 2022. Overall, engagement is still up since
An employee complained to HR about discrimination. About two and a half months later, the employer skipped progressive discipline, gave no warning, and fired her the same day over emails. Most people would expect that case to go to a jury. It didn’t. TL;DR: An employee claimed race and sex
Sam Naficy is the CEO of Prodoscore, an employee productivity monitoring software that helps companies understand how work actually gets done across their teams. He’s set to speak at HR Brew’s upcoming summit, Talent 2030 Collective: Recruit, Retain, Repeat, on April 21 about how HR leaders can use people analytics
Employers added more jobs than expected in March, adding 178,000 jobs. That’s a marked improvement from the previous month, when employment declined by 133,000 roles.But the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest jobs report painted a less than rosy picture for worker wages, as average hourly earnings rose just 0.2% between
Jessica Hardeman is the global head of attraction, engagement, and culture for Indeed, where she is responsible for designing and scaling programs that attract, develop, and retain Indeed’s workforce. She is set to speak at HR Brew’s upcoming summit, Talent 2030 Collective: Recruit, Retain, Repeat, on April 21 about how
A weekend schedule change. A Sunday church conflict. And apparently no one at the company thought to have a conversation about it. TL;DR: According to a new EEOC lawsuit, an employer violated Title VII by changing an employee’s schedule to weekends, ignoring his religious objection, and effectively forcing him to
