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In case you were looking for another chatbot cautionary tale, the latest comes from a decision issued by an administrative law judge analyzing a company’s arguments in defense of a National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Section 7 charge. Employer Confesses, in Writing, to Unlawful Motive for Firing The facts underlying the charge are simple enough. […]
Taylor Swift’s recent sourdough obsession offers an unexpectedly useful lesson for employers navigating employee performance improvement concerns: good results take the right ingredients, a little patience, and plenty of follow-up. So what do sourdough and employee performance issues have in common? They’re both crummy! I was inspired by Taylor’s journey into sourdough and actually started […]
AI safety has become an employee-relations issue. In the past week, mainstream reporting has covered an Anthropic researcher resigning over safety concerns and bipartisan senators pressing OpenAI about whether advanced AI systems can elude human control. That public discussion will reach workplaces where HR leaders are already managing anxiety about job loss, deskilling, surveillance, and […]
AI is reshaping how organizations attract, screen and evaluate talent. As adoption accelerates, so does the conversation around risk, regulation and responsibility. But much of that conversation is built on assumptions that do not hold up, and they are quietly preventing employers from building effective and accountable hiring programs. Here are five misconceptions that I […]
An employee handbook is one of the most important documents an employer can maintain. It serves as a guide for employees, establishes workplace expectations, and helps ensure consistent application of company policies. A handbook also gives supervisors and managers a common reference point when questions arise regarding discipline, leave, benefits, workplace conduct, remote work, technology […]
Work is changing fast. But most training programs weren’t designed to keep up with that pace. AI is reshaping jobs; new tools arrive monthly, and roles now require entirely different skills than a year ago. Employees feel it. According to TalentLMS’s Learning Debt report, 41% of employees say their role has evolved faster than their […]
We’re seeing less and less opportunities in the workforce for entry level jobs, and of the work that does exist, Gen Z wants it to matter. While some think a solution doesn’t exist for everything, Wrench Group’s SVP of Talent Strategy, Julie Anderson, thinks otherwise. The secret? Trade Labor, and their need for new talent. […]
Mastery is not just what you know. It’s what you can do with what you know. When 40-year-old Vozinha joined the Cape Verde national team in their 2026 World Cup opener against Spain, most people watching had no idea that he would become a breakout star of the tournament. It wasn’t until he shut out […]
Both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Arizona Minimum Wage Act (AMWA) require “employers” to pay employees minimum wage for all hours worked. Restaurant owners often use layered LLCs to separate ownership from operations, oftentimes intended to insulate the entities and owners from liability. When a lawsuit is filed against layered LLCs, many […]
For Brooke Shreeve, building world-class HR programs isn’t just about strategy—it’s about staying connected to the employee experience at every level. Over a 20-plus year career, she has built People functions from scratch, scaled operations across continents, and guided organizations ranging from 250 to 16,000 employees through major disruptions, including the Great Recession, the COVID-19 […]