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Know What's Happening in Human Resources
Workplace Harassment Persists as Silence Undermines Policies
A study of over 3,700 employees across five nations identified three core silence behaviors—staying silent, silencing others, and not listening—that strongly predict rising harassment levels. Despite widespread anti‑harassment policies, these silence signals keep misconduct entrenched, urging leaders to tackle cultural barriers to reporting.
Brooks Running announced a senior leadership reshuffle, promoting Carson Caprara to chief product officer, expanding CMO Melanie Allen’s remit, and creating a senior vice‑president‑general‑manager role for Mike Billish overseeing the Americas. The changes are framed as part of a “strategic evolution” to support global growth, innovation and disciplined execution. The moves follow a strong financial year, with 2025 sales up 16% year‑over‑year and regional growth especially in China, where sales rose 245%. Brooks also recently added Claire Wood to lead footwear product strategy.
Burnout is now a systemic risk in public‑sector agencies, with Gallup reporting 35 % of government managers and 23 % of frontline staff feeling chronically exhausted. The crisis threatens employee retention, service quality, and policy execution. Traditional fixes that focus solely on...
A NAMI poll finds a quarter of U.S. workers have thought about quitting because their jobs damage mental health. More than half report burnout and 38% say work demands negatively affect their well‑being. Yet less than one‑third have received any...
A Kaspersky survey of employees in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa found that 83% stay connected to work outside regular hours, with 85% replying to instant messages and emails during personal time. The constant "always‑on" mindset is driving heightened...
Viventium announced the acquisition of Perks4Care, a points‑based rewards platform designed for post‑acute care workers, to broaden its human‑capital management suite. The integration adds real‑time caregiver recognition and customizable incentive programs to Viventium’s existing payroll and workforce tools. The move...
A Hays survey of 13,000 Asian professionals shows 44 percent of Chinese workers expect no pay rise in 2026, the highest rate across the region. Over half (51 percent) received no salary increase last year, and 6 percent even faced cuts, reflecting deepening...
NYU WIRELESS professors Elza Erkip and Marwa Chafii have been recognized by the Women in 6G initiative as part of its 2026 “100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G™” list. The honor underscores their contributions to wireless communications and positions...
A wave of regulatory reforms—including CAA 2021, CAA 2026, Department of Labor PBM disclosure proposals, and FTC enforcement—are reshaping employer‑sponsored health plans. The changes expand ERISA disclosure requirements to any service provider influencing plan costs, forcing PBMs to reveal rebates,...
Randstad’s Workmonitor 2026 report, based on 1,752 workers, 55 employers and over a million job postings, finds AI adoption accelerating while worker confidence in technology plummets. While 98% of U.S. employers expect growth, only 55% of talent share that optimism,...
ZipRecruiter has launched a dedicated app for ChatGPT, embedding its job‑search engine directly into the generative‑AI platform. Users can invoke the service with an @ziprecruiter command, specifying criteria such as salary, location, or remote flexibility, and receive real‑time listings from...
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HR tech firms announced multiple strategic partnerships aimed at streamlining talent acquisition and workforce planning. Vidle.com integrated LaborEdge’s ATS, allowing staffing agencies to push job orders directly to its traveler platform. Workable earned LinkedIn and Indeed Platinum Partner status, reinforcing...
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The Economist article outlines best practices for crafting effective employee surveys, stressing the need for a clear purpose, anonymity, brevity, and actionable follow‑up. It cites research that short, transparent surveys achieve higher response rates and more reliable data. The piece...
Utiva, an AI‑driven workforce platform, has been admitted to the Techstars accelerator, signaling its shift from pure talent training to providing end‑to‑end global hiring infrastructure. The company has already upskilled more than 200,000 professionals in 39 emerging‑market countries and partnered...
The FixEd podcast features JournalismUK’s Managing Director Marcela Kunova discussing persistent gender inequality in media leadership. She highlights the motherhood penalty, the fact that women secure only 2 % of startup funding, and the critical role of sponsors over mentors. Kunova...
The UK Department for Business and Trade released a list of 389 employers that failed to pay the national minimum wage, affecting an estimated 60,000 workers and resulting in £7.3 million in missed wages. Companies, including KPMG, Quorn and Costa, have...
In this episode, David Kinlon, co‑founder and VP of Strategic Partnerships & Growth at Epion, explains how the company’s global, broker‑agnostic employee benefits platform consolidates data for employers, brokers, and carriers across multiple jurisdictions. He highlights the platform’s ability to...
Scotlynn’s People Team has been named one of Employee Benefit News’ Best HR Teams of 2026, highlighting its people‑first culture and strategic HR approach. The award, compiled with Best Companies Group, evaluates policies, benefits, and employee‑satisfaction data. Scotlynn’s leadership stability,...
Talent Connects, a recruiting platform serving over 300 businesses, announced a partnership with Fusemachines to embed its Interview Agent into the Talent Connects suite. The AI‑driven agent will sit alongside recruiters during interviews, offering real‑time question prompts, response scoring, and...
Hirezon unveiled its AI Suites, beginning with the AI Candidate Summary, to streamline faculty and staff hiring at colleges and universities. The tool automatically extracts job requirements, matches them against applicant materials, and produces side‑by‑side summaries that flag met and...
Senior professionals often experience a sharp decline in feedback as they climb the corporate ladder, a pattern highlighted by Amy Edmondson’s research on authority bias and reduced transparency. Without regular input, leaders can lose the reassurance that once guided their...
Recent data from the New York Federal Reserve shows that employer‑sponsored health insurance premiums have surged roughly 20% since 2022, while wage growth in the Fed’s region has slipped from about 6% to 3% this year. The economists estimate that...
Values Value and InGame Job have released the 10th edition of the Big Games Industry Employment Survey, tracking global labour‑market trends in game development. The study, backed by partners such as Mellow, Scorewarrior, Tribe and major industry bodies, gathers responses...
The post outlines how to turn an annual performance review into a strategic career lever by treating it as a personal ownership exercise. It stresses continuous, specific feedback throughout the year rather than relying on a single, recency‑biased meeting. The...
Enterprises are demanding faster reskilling, redeployment and responsive workforce planning, yet HR struggles to keep pace. A recent survey shows only 47% of HR leaders feel their function can shift focus when business needs change, with the remainder split between...
New research from the CHRO Association shows that leading chief human resources officers are converting AI ambition into tangible business outcomes by anchoring projects in specific HR challenges rather than technology hype. The study, based on cross‑industry case studies, highlights...
The author recounts a toxic first management role at 21, then a transformative experience at a small SaaS firm that prioritized honesty, rapid issue resolution, and clear expectations. This cultural shift sparked personal growth, leading to better health, relationships, and...
The Cabinet Office’s full‑time equivalent headcount fell 13% in the September‑December 2025 quarter, dropping from 6,190 to 5,390 after voluntary and mutually‑agreed exit schemes. The department aims to cut another 1,200 posts and deliver over £110 m in savings by 2028...
Goldman Sachs attributes its decades‑long resilience to an agility‑focused culture driven by ambitious talent. HR chief Jacqueline Arthur explains that hiring high‑drive employees, stripping bureaucratic layers, and fostering internal mobility keep the firm nimble. CultureX data shows Goldman leads peers,...
New research from ComPsych shows that extreme weather events trigger delayed but sustained spikes in employee mental‑health leave. In the six months after Hurricane Harvey, Texas and Louisiana employers saw a 59% increase, climbing to 77% after 18 months, far...
Carroll University has gone live with Ellucian’s Student, Human Capital Management and Finance solutions, unifying its SIS and ERP on a SaaS‑native, AI‑powered platform. The deployment was completed in less than 12 months, replacing legacy systems and delivering role‑based self‑service...
Unily announced that its AI‑native conversational execution layer, Unily Glass, will be generally available on March 31, 2026, after early demos at UNLEASH America and Gartner Digital Workplace Summit. The new feature transforms the Unily employee experience platform from an...
Odisha Vigilance arrested retired headmaster Pradip Kumar Mohanty and his wife Gitarani after a six‑year, Rs 5.56 crore pension fraud that used the state education department’s HRMS to siphon funds. The scheme, uncovered after the arrest of their son, bank branch head...
The UK government has identified 389 employers, including Harvey Nichols and J.D. Williams, for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage to roughly 60,000 workers. Collectively, these firms must repay more than £7.3 million in back wages and face fines totaling...
Elizabeth Bananuka’s Blueprint, launched in 2020, offers a measurable, accountable DEI framework for UK PR agencies, moving beyond token‑style fixes. The model requires independent assessment, data submission, and annual re‑certification, focusing on recruitment, development, and retention of diverse talent. By...
‘Genius at Scale’ argues that large firms achieve innovation by fostering collaborative, experimental cultures rather than relying on lone geniuses. The authors, Linda Hill, Emily Tedards, and Jason Wild, illustrate this through case studies at Mastercard, Delta Air Lines, Procter...
Cindy Meis, director of undergraduate career services at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, highlights a growing mismatch between how employers label "entry‑level" positions and the experience they actually require. A SHRM study shows 61 % of advertised entry‑level...
The article argues that evaluating contingent clinical staffing solely on cost overlooks critical performance dimensions. It highlights speed of placement, predictability of onboarding, assignment stability, and transparency as essential factors that affect operational continuity and patient experience. The piece also...
Your360 AI has launched a full‑scale group 360 offering that replaces costly interview‑based assessments with AI‑driven voice conversations. The service includes confidential AI interviews, synthesized coaching reports, and live debriefs led by PhD‑qualified people scientists, starting at $2,500 for up...
Companies are increasingly adopting end‑to‑end HR platforms that fuse talent acquisition with payroll, turning fragmented processes into a continuous employee journey. Integrated systems automatically transfer candidate data into employee records, cutting time‑to‑hire and reducing manual entry errors. Automation not only...
Lunagen Inc. launched Astra‑HR, an AI‑driven onboarding platform that automates twelve repetitive tasks such as Slack setup, background checks, and device provisioning. The solution claims to cut onboarding administrative effort by 40‑60 % while delivering a consistent, error‑free day‑one experience for...
Payroll management in education has progressed from handwritten ledgers to cloud‑based platforms. Early manual processes were error‑prone and time‑consuming, prompting a shift to spreadsheet calculations that reduced mistakes but still required heavy data entry. Dedicated payroll software automated tax rules...
The UK government will cease funding for 16 apprenticeship standards, chiefly leadership and management programmes, by December 2026, redirecting resources toward technical and project‑focused training. The move aims to address national skills shortages while preserving a broad apprenticeship ecosystem. Simultaneously,...
The marketing talent pool grew 5.6% to 1.07 million candidates, yet the number of applicants per role jumped 26% to 92, while advertised positions fell 8.2%. Employers are shifting toward senior hires and relying on AI to cover junior responsibilities. This...
Geetanjali Bhattacharji argues that fairness is an act of intentional care rather than a neutral stance, emphasizing that women’s humanity and ambition must be equally valued. She positions leadership as a conduit, creating pathways for other women to enter, stay,...
UK employment data show a softening labour market, with payroll jobs falling by 49,000 in February and vacancies slipping to 721,000, the lowest level in recent months. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% despite the job losses. Wage growth...
The post argues that leaders must move from merely owning an Authority Narrative to using it as a tool for influence through structured feedback. It highlights how 90% of executives have a story but avoid confronting performance gaps, especially in...
The UK government unveiled a £4 million TechFirst Women’s Programme to fund 300 paid six‑month placements and a return‑to‑work “returnship” pilot for women who have been out of tech roles for at least 18 months. The initiative also launches a TechFirst...
Embed Financial Group Holdings has appointed Renyi Yan as its new Chief People Officer, transitioning from a senior advisory role at Saudi Aramco. Yan brings two decades of organisational transformation experience across Asia‑Pacific and the Middle East, having served firms...
