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  Ex-general counsel alleges baby products maker waged ‘war on families and mothers’

  The complaint claimed Munchkin, Inc., has a toxic culture and is “plagued by discrimination, cruelty, and retaliation.”

  Compliance

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  90% of older workers report experiencing age discrimination, survey finds

  Disrespect like the kind reported to Resume Now can turn into valid age discrimination claims when comments directly reference or imply assumptions about age, previous HR Dive reporting has shown.

  Compliance

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  Women’s financial health and physical well-being are declining. HR can help.

  Caregiving responsibilities have put a strain on women’s overall well-being, but HR professionals can take steps to improve it, an executive at Guardian said.

  Diversity & Inclusion

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  How to fix employee referral programs

  Companies shouldn’t let referrals fall into “a black hole” by excluding workers from the process, a director of strategic consulting services at HireClix said.

  Talent

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  Employee confusion over AI policies persists, reports show

  HR professionals should be actively involved in creating companies’ AI plans, given their experience in shepherding organizational change, McLean and Co. said.

  Compliance

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  BP to cut 15% of its corporate jobs by the end of 2025

  About 6,200 positions will be slashed, adding to the thousands of layoffs this year that have so far come from within BP’s customers and products segment, which includes its global c-store business.

  Talent

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  Dental company pays $61K to settle claim it failed to provide dress code exemption as religious accommodation

  EEOC has pursued several religious bias enforcement actions under President Donald Trump.

  Compliance

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  ICE raids leave future of construction labor in limbo

  Increased immigration enforcement on jobsites has led to more callouts and potentially longer project timelines, but experts believe the future will hold a policy shift.

  Compliance

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  By the numbers: An AI development disconnect

  In AI’s wild west era, workers say they pretend to understand the technology and fund their own use of it.

  Learning

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  How to identify and address flight risk, according to McLean & Co.

  Employers can consider turnover risk factors and respond with targeted retention strategies, the firm says.

  Talent

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  July layoffs up 140% from last year

  Employers have cited federal budget cuts, AI changes and tariff concerns.

  Talent

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  Column

  Back to Basics: Do the FMLA’s location-based qualification rules really matter?

  The so-called 50/75 rule is a component of the Family and Medical Leave Act’s eligibility requirements that is often ignored, one attorney told HR Dive.

  Compliance

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  EEOC seeks summary judgment in manager’s discrimination case against the agency

  In its motion, the civil rights agency said an official’s decision to pass over the plaintiff for a promotion was “consistent” with typical practice.

  Compliance

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  EEOC targets two restaurants for sexual harassment on same day in line with 2025 priority

  A manager at one of the restaurants allegedly reduced an employee’s hours and offered to give her more if she had sex with him, the EEOC said.

  Compliance

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  Many employees with side hustles see them as insurance policies, Glassdoor says

  Two-thirds of workers cited an income boost as their main motivation for a side hustle, followed by a career pivot, passion project or skill building.

  Talent

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  EEOC Acting Chair Lucas confirmed to second term

  The Trump appointee has already made her mark at the civil rights agency despite its monthslong lack of a quorum.

  Compliance

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  Employees may feel empowered at work but still not take action, report finds

  Empowerment doesn’t need to be “earned” over time — rather, it’s an extension of collaboration and cohesion in the workplace, Wiley researchers said.

  Talent

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  EEOC alleges Mayo Clinic failed to accommodate religious exemption to COVID vaccine

  Employers should take religious accommodation requests seriously, attorneys have warned.

  Compliance

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  Court shuts down bias claim from Christian ERG with biblical conduct requirement

  The group’s claims fell short even under the U.S. Supreme Court’s recently revised standard for pleading discrimination, the 10th Circuit held.

  Compliance

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  Jobs report ‘officially ripped the mask off the market’

  “The increasing concentration of jobs in certain sectors and an outright contraction of jobs in many others does not bode well,” according to an Indeed economist.

  Talent

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  Amazon off-duty employees can use parking lots for union activity, NLRB judge rules

  The e-commerce giant violated federal labor law when it called the police on off-duty employees who were engaging in protected activity in warehouse parking lots, an administrative law judge held.

  Compliance

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  Opinion

  Is the workforce ready to revive US manufacturing?

  A retired executive says revitalizing the country’s manufacturing shouldn’t be romanticized but can offer rewarding careers.

  Talent

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  Diverse hiring slates, race-segregated training are illegal, DOJ says

  A guidance document published Wednesday applies to federal contractors, but attorneys say it’s instructive for all employers.

  Compliance

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  AI at work

  Judge orders Workday to supply an exhaustive list of employers that enabled AI hiring tech

  Workday cannot narrow the collective to exclude individuals ranked or sorted using the HiredScore artificial intelligence product, which it did not develop.

  Compliance

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  This week in 5 numbers: AI is coming for entry-level jobs

  Here’s a roundup of numbers from the last week of HR news — including how much income growth formerly incarcerated people saw after participating in a workforce reentry program.

  Talent

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