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A Polygraph, Ayahuasca, and the Religious-Accommodation Claim That Survived
A job applicant told a polygraph examiner that she consumed ayahuasca as part of her religion. An agency adjudicator labeled it “recent illegal drug use,” and the tentative job offer disappeared. TL;DR: A federal applicant plausibly alleged religious discrimination after an agency withdrew her tentative offer based on her sacramental
HR Budgeting Best Practices: How Modern HR Teams Invest for Impact
Pennsylvania Welcomes STEM Fellowship Cohort to State Agencies
Demetrius Parker: A Lifelong Sense of Service
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PSHRA® Names 2026 Awards of Excellence Winners
How weight loss culture continues to inform hiring
Credit: Morning Brew, Inc., Photo: Getty ImagesThinness has long been synonymous with status, and while it may be uncomfortable to admit, “pretty privilege” is real, even in the workplace.A new paper from Harvard University shows that after years of body positivity efforts, unemployed women who use GLP-1 medications for weight
AI Won’t Fix Broken Culture: New Data Shows People Strategy Is Now Business Strategy
Beyond Hiring: Solving HR’s Leadership Crisis
Who owns the risk when the machine makes a mistake?
Benefits debt: The liability employers create before open enrollment
AI and remote work put the spotlight on interpersonal skills
Guiding HiBob through high growth: HR Leader of Distinction Nirit Peled-Muntz
A ‘courageous and transformational leader’ at Amex: HR Executive of the Year Monique Herena
He Allegedly Lied in His EEOC Charge. Firing Him Cost the Employer $250,000.
The employer thought it had caught an employee lying in an EEOC charge. Then it put that conclusion in the termination notice. That second decision cost considerably more than the first. TL;DR: An employer fired a detention deputy after concluding that he made false statements in an EEOC charge. A





