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Most managers understand that workplace harassment is prohibited. They know their organization has a policy, and they have probably completed harassment prevention training, perhaps multiple times. For managers, though, understanding the rules is only part of what the job requires. Managers need to understand that under the application of the law, they act as “agents” […]
Do you know what spoliation means? One Massachusetts employer just learned the hard way. Employers involved in litigation or reasonably anticipated litigation have a legal obligation to preserve potentially relevant evidence until the matter is resolved. If an employer fails to do so, that failure is called spoliation. Courts can impose serious sanctions for spoliation, […]
Congress is debating a principle HR leaders should already be applying inside their organizations: powerful AI needs a reliable way to stop. The bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act, introduced July 23, would require covered developers to maintain the technical ability to throttle, suspend, or shut down certain advanced systems. For HR, the immediate question is […]
Success in the workforce starts with your leaders, but do they know who they are? If those taking charge don’t have clarity and a focused direction, their talent will lag behind. When we sat down with Erika Portis, Director of Performance for Fanatics Betting & Gaming and upcoming SPARK Talent speaker, we learned that the best leaders […]
The nation’s 250th birthday provides the opportunity to examine the state of our national affairs and how it has changed in the last decade. Many students of government will point to the numerous and profound changes wrought by executive fiat as the most significant recent changes to our government, and they may be right. Even […]
When Laila Gillies joined Hiscox USA, she was looking for a foot in the door. Instead, the company handed her a launchpad. Today, as Head of Human Resources at Hiscox USA, Gillies serves as a key strategic partner to the business, aligning people strategy with commercial growth, performance, and long-term organizational success. With nearly two […]
On August 12, a federal district court dismissed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) subpoena enforcement action against Nike at the EEOC’s request. The EEOC said Nike had provided it with the information it sought between March and August. The lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Missouri in February after the original charge […]
More than two-thirds of Gen Z workers have landed a job through Instagram, and nearly one in three through TikTok, not through traditional channels, a 2026 Zety survey found. Partly, this is natural gravity: younger candidates lean toward the platforms they already use, and two-thirds consider themselves content creators. But it also shows genuine frustration […]
The greatest threat to HR data often isn’t a sophisticated cyberattack; it’s an outdated permission, an unnecessary copy, or a confidential file sitting somewhere nobody thought to check. As employee information spreads across increasingly complex storage environments, simply knowing who can access it becomes a challenge in its own right. Sending an email to the […]
An unusual, bipartisan coalition of House members voted to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), a law that would impose fast-track bargaining schedules for initial contracts and could end in having government arbitrators impose two-year contracts on the parties. What the FLCA Does The FLCA would change the current open-ended bargaining and replace it […]