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Mount Sinai Health System has signed a system‑wide contract with Clear Secure to deploy facial‑recognition scanners across its seven hospitals and roughly 400 outpatient clinics, serving about five million patient visits annually. The technology, already used in airports and major venues, will verify identities for check‑in, chart access, billing and employee benefits, and is presented as a voluntary, friction‑less solution. Mount Sinai says the agreement meets its procurement policy by delivering a three‑to‑five‑times return on investment, though financial specifics were not disclosed. Privacy advocates and labor groups have raised alarms about data sharing, surveillance, and potential impacts on patient care and employee rights.
Shelley Sutton, originally a marine biology graduate, pivoted to recruitment and rose to Chief People Officer at Browne Jacobson. After a five‑year career break to focus on parenting, she returned to the legal sector as an HR Business Partner, leveraging...
A former corporate HR leader transitioned to a vendor role at Collective Health, using his experience to champion simpler, more transparent employee benefits. He highlights how clear communication and programs like sabbaticals drive employee satisfaction and retention. The shift provides...
HowNow has been named a Core Challenger on the 2026 Fosway 9‑Grid™ for Learning Systems, marking its third straight year in this tier. The analyst firm rates the vendor’s trajectory as “Excelling,” reflecting heightened innovation and market performance. HowNow also...
Hirevue announced the acquisition of Hireguide's agentic AI technology, aiming to embed conversational AI agents into its hiring platform. The first product rollout will be a voice‑based AI Interviewer that evaluates candidates earlier than traditional resume screening. By combining Hireguide's...
A UK employment tribunal ruled that the Met Police dismissed employee Martin Madden unfairly because his ADHD influenced his perception of social cues, linking his sexualised jokes to a disability. The tribunal classified the termination as discrimination arising from his...
Red Rover launched Records, a new module in its K‑12 human capital management platform that centralizes employee data from hiring through termination. The solution integrates natively with Red Rover’s existing tools—Absence Management, Time Tracking, Hiring, and Professional Development—offering custom forms,...
Brandon Hall Group announced that Heidi L. Grecsek has joined as Managing Director of HR and Talent Acquisition. Grecsek brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in global life‑science and technology firms, most recently as Senior Director of Global...
The General Services Administration has drafted a certification rule that ties receipt of any federal money to the absence of diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Under the proposal, colleges, K‑12 districts, nonprofit contractors and other fund recipients must sign a...
Ropes & Gray has increased its newly qualified solicitor salary in London to £170,000, a 3% rise from the previous £165,000 level. The uplift, effective 1 January 2026, places the US‑based firm ahead of the Magic Circle, whose NQ pay sits at...
Morgan Stanley has begun hiring one‑year contract bankers in Hong Kong to support a wave of IPO listings, marking the first Wall Street bank to adopt such a model in the region. The move aims to keep costs low while...
Imagemakers in Cape Town launched the “Stitch by Stitch” learnership, embedding trainees directly into its garment production line. The programme moves learners from basic training through supervised production, specialization, and ultimately permanent employment, achieving retention rates as high as 95%....
Primark will raise hourly wages for 27,000 store staff across England, Scotland and Wales starting 1 April, setting a £13 floor and £13.71 in London. The adjustment brings the average pay increase to over 15% across the past three years. The...
Ina Bajwa has been appointed Chief People Officer at Tilaknagar Industries, a company with roots dating back to 1933. Her hire comes as the firm embarks on a new growth and organisational transformation phase. Bajwa will partner with senior leadership...
Aldi will create more than 1,100 new store roles in 2026 as it invests over £370 million to open 40 additional UK stores. The hiring wave includes full‑time and part‑time positions ranging from store assistants to managers. This follows a second...
Over 1,000 BAE Systems employees at the Warton and Samlesbury sites have accepted a 6% pay increase, ending a protracted industrial dispute. The deal, negotiated with Unite, provides a 4.8% rise back‑dated to 1 January, an additional 0.75% from 1 October, one...
Australian workers rarely use traditional Employee Assistance Programs, with only about 5% engagement. To address this gap, Melbourne founders Ash Horovitz and Dean Rotenberg launched the mental‑wellbeing app mynd, offering 24/7 micro‑sessions and personalized emotional check‑ins. Since its soft launch...
The Federal Circuit Court awarded $680,000 to a former regional operations manager of St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland after finding she was unfairly dismissed for serious misconduct. The court concluded the employer’s breach of the Fair Work Act aggravated her pre‑existing...
The article stresses that merely training managers on trust or culture does not guarantee psychological safety within learning teams. It outlines four progressive safety stages—Inclusion, Learner, Contributor, and Challenger—and argues that intentional coaching practices are essential to move teams through...
Ajay Sharma, HR leader at The Oberoi Group, outlines how hospitality’s 24/7 operations create unique talent challenges that policies alone cannot solve. He argues that small, hands‑on teams accelerate ownership and business acumen, while a strong internal promotion pipeline—75% of...
The Conference Board‑Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Index rose to 103.7 in February 2026, up 3.2% from January’s revised 100.5 reading. This marks a modest month‑over‑month gain after a 0.5% increase in December, but the index is still 9.3% lower than...
Matrix Pharmacorp has appointed Naresh Kumar G as head of talent acquisition, overseeing recruitment for its API, intermediates, peptides, research, manufacturing, and sales divisions. Kumar brings more than 15 years of experience in pharmaceutical and life‑science hiring, most recently serving...
The U.S. CNC machining sector faces a deep talent gap, with hundreds of thousands of open positions despite a workforce of roughly 12.7 million manufacturing employees. Median machinist age is 46.9, and retirements are outpacing new talent, risking up to 2.1 million...
World events, especially the ongoing Middle East conflict, are spilling into office spaces, triggering heightened stress among employees. Leadership specialist Kris Grant warns that graphic news coverage can linger in meetings, task gaps, and personal thoughts, intensifying anxiety and impairing...
Taiwan's Ministry of Labor issued forced‑labor prevention guidelines after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Withhold Release Order against Giant Manufacturing. The 11‑indicator framework offers self‑assessment tools for companies but excludes home‑care workers and does not tackle debt bondage or...
LRG promoted Group HR Director Hannah Cooper to Chief People Officer, highlighting her role in achieving record staff retention rates. The promotion signals LRG’s intent to embed people strategy at the executive level across its sales, lettings, property management and...
Gallagher's 2026 Employee Communications Report reveals that 61% of organisations lack a formal change communication strategy, despite 57% ranking it as a critical competency for the next year. The absence of structured narratives, channel plans, and adoption metrics forces internal...
UN independent expert Muluka‑Anne Miti‑Drummond urged member states to adopt more progressive laws, policies, and implementation measures that protect the employment rights of persons with albinism. She emphasized that visual impairment, melanin deficiency, stigma and discrimination create significant barriers to...
The Federal Circuit Court ordered a former casual employee of Tasman Rope Access to pay $125,000 in the employer’s legal costs after dismissing his discrimination claim. The judge found the employee’s conduct in the general‑protections proceeding to be manifestly unreasonable....
VinFast has pledged roughly $2 billion to expand in India and has hired more than half a dozen senior executives from Hyundai, Honda, Nissan, Renault, BMW and MG. The talent drive is designed to accelerate the launch of affordable electric cars,...
New research by Portes and Springford (2026) uses synthetic difference‑in‑differences to quantify Brexit’s effect on foreign‑born workers. The study finds that EU‑origin employment fell by about 785,000 by 2024, while non‑EU employment grew by roughly 992,000, resulting in a modest...
Earn‑and‑learn schemes are expanding as companies seek to future‑proof talent amid a tightening labour market. RMIT University has launched a pilot where five Western Australian students will earn a Bachelor of Medical Radiation in nuclear medicine while working full‑time at...
Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch division, led by co‑president Dean Athanasia, announced a more aggressive push to recruit financial advisors, aiming to expand its 15,000‑advisor platform. The bank has revived veteran‑focused hiring, backed by a 48% YoY rise in forgivable...
Employee Benefit News unveiled a redesigned homepage and a new adviser-specific portal on March 10, 2026. The revamp consolidates breaking news, in‑depth analysis, research data, events, and expert perspectives into a single, visually engaging interface. Simplified navigation and clear pathways...
Hiring leaders are turning to vulnerability‑focused interview questions to assess intangible traits like teamwork, accountability, and cultural fit. By asking candidates to share moments when they needed help or recount a mistake and its lessons, recruiters gain concrete evidence of...
A FINTRX study reveals women remain underrepresented in wealth‑management leadership and client‑facing roles. Women comprise 28% of the overall workforce but only about 20% of advisory positions, with even lower percentages in asset management and investment banking. Representation in core...
Video recruiting is becoming a staple for talent acquisition, as short, mobile‑friendly clips capture candidate attention faster than text‑heavy job posts. Modern browsers and smartphone apps now let HR teams produce polished videos without costly equipment or specialist editors. The...
Nonprofit executives face steep tax liabilities when deferred compensation under Section 457(f) vests, and any compensation above $1 million triggers a 21% excise tax under Section 4960. Traditional non‑qualified plans also create double reporting on Form 990, drawing unwanted scrutiny. A loan‑regime split‑dollar life‑insurance...
Silicon Valley is adding AI inference compute as a fourth element of compensation, alongside salary, bonus and equity. Candidates now ask about dedicated GPU or token budgets for running models like Codex, reflecting growing scarcity of inference resources. Companies such...
Adobe’s latest employee‑experience study of 1,000 full‑time workers reveals that feedback anxiety is pervasive, with 38% of respondents delaying necessary feedback out of fear of the recipient’s reaction. Contradictory input slows work for nearly three‑in‑five employees, while low‑quality feedback contributes...
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed Jesspreet Grewal’s claim that his termination and the removal of his photograph from a security company’s public‑facing pages constituted race‑based discrimination. The tribunal found Grewal’s allegations were “bald” and lacked a factual nexus...
Ernst & Young has doubled its CPA‑exam incentive, raising the early‑career bonus to $10,000 for staff who clear all four exam parts within their first year. The change replaces a $5,000 award and is a flagship element of EY’s three‑year, $1 billion...
A new Axis Bank survey of 11,000 college‑educated women across 42 Indian cities finds that 74% take a career break at some point, and 58% do so even without children. The data challenges the prevailing view that motherhood is the...
KeenStack argues that culture, not headcount, is the foundation for scaling global teams. The company hires for a growth mindset, uses the EOS framework to align values, and invests in personal, financial, and professional development. In‑person and hybrid interactions are...
Levi Strauss & Co. faces a federal age‑discrimination lawsuit after terminating senior product‑manager Ajay Kapil, claiming his role was eliminated in a workforce reduction. The filing alleges Levi quickly backfilled the same responsibilities with contractors, suggesting the position was never...
Adobe and staffing firm Talentburst are facing a class‑action lawsuit alleging systematic gender pay discrimination and retaliation. Former SMB Licensing Lead Anna Buntger claims women were paid less than men for equal work, that her supervisor made harassing comments and...
A Fifth Circuit appeals court cleared the path for a class‑action lawsuit against United Airlines, allowing over 2,200 customer‑facing employees who received religious vaccine exemptions to sue collectively. United placed those workers on unpaid leave while permitting non‑customer‑facing staff to...
Union members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) will walk out at JBS’s Swift Beef plant in Greeley, Colorado on March 16 after eight months of contract talks. The union cites unsafe conditions, modest wage offers—under 2% annual...
Blair Health, a virtual women’s‑health platform, is tackling a $15 billion annual cost gap where female employees spend 18% more out‑of‑pocket than men. By offering specialist‑level care for a flat $200 per employee per year, the startup claims it can redirect...
Hospitality faces a chronic staffing crisis, with hotel turnover hovering between 70% and 80% annually—far above the 10‑15% national average. Traditional levers such as wage hikes, referral bonuses, and refreshed job ads are no longer sufficient to stem the churn,...
