Earlier this year, more than 1,600 Google employees signed a petition opposing the tech company’s contracts with government agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). And, late last month, Alphabet’s president of global affairs, Kent Walker, responded, though not in the way employees were likely hoping.Walker sent a memo to
The bar for a hostile work environment claim is “extremely high.” A White correctional officer just found out how high. TL;DR: The Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal with prejudice of a White correctional officer’s Title VII and Section 1981 hostile work environment claim, holding that a single DEI training and
Priya Rathod was drawn to work at Indeed in 2016 because of the benefits and flexibility the company was offering. But after working there for a few years, the mom of two young kids, at the time, felt something was missing.In 2020, while commiserating with a colleague about the trials
We know, we know—you don’t want to read another word about AI.But trust us, you need to check out this conversation with Sarah Tilley, SVP of global talent management and acquisition at ServiceNow.She sat down with Kate Noel, SVP and head of people operations at Morning Brew, for a recent
Several federal agencies recently proposed a rule to create a new category of benefits for certain types of fertility treatments. The proposal, part of the Trump administration’s push to boost in-vitro fertilization (IVF) access, is intended to encourage more employers to add such treatments to their benefits offerings.“President Trump is
Pick a word, any word, to describe the state of DEI in corporate America.Attacked? Certainly. Abandoned? In some cases. But its status is far more complex.“It’s evolving. And I don’t think that folks should necessarily view that as a negative. It’s always been evolving, from the affirmative action days,” Kristen
Tom Brady is the latest celebrity to tout GLP-1 medications for weight loss, and he’s pitching them specifically to healthcare workers.EMed will sell GLP-1s to healthcare organizations at a cost of $25 per covered life per month through a program Brady spearheaded. The former NFL quarterback is an investor in
One pilot called in sick with the flu and went skiing. He also called in with a knee injury and flew military jets the same day. The other pilot claimed he was too sick to fly and then flew jets for the military instead. The Eleventh Circuit says the airline
“The obstacle is the way,” purportedly, according to former Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius.Although Aurelius, himself, probably wouldn’t understand artificial intelligence, there’s a growing case that AI in hiring could help recruiters address and mitigate bias, rather than amplify their own. But HR teams aren’t there…yet.Bias is a