Human Resources News and Headlines
Human Resources News and Headlines
Cyient announced that long‑time CFO Prabhakar Atla will become chief operating officer on 1 April 2026, while Shrinivas Kulkarni, previously CFO of Cyient DLM, steps into the group CFO role. Atla, a 12‑year Cyient veteran, will drive next‑generation delivery models, talent development and client‑centric operating practices. Kulkarni will steer global financial strategy, investor relations and M&A activities. The moves align with Cyient’s “Embracing Intelligence” framework to boost scalability and profitability.
Apex Financial Services is evaluating VP Vikram Mehta for a Managing Director role while a psychologist’s confidential assessment report disclosed his managed depression to HR. The firm now faces a dilemma: whether to factor this health information into the promotion...
A safety‑critical employee at Cement Australia’s Railton plant was summarily dismissed after a random drug test detected amphetamines and methamphetamines. The employee appealed to the Fair Work Commission, arguing the breach of the company’s drug‑and‑alcohol policy was an isolated, inadvertent...
In a recent Sales Hunter Podcast episode, Alice Heiman warned that most companies still hire salespeople using outdated 1980s‑era criteria, creating a mismatch with today’s buyer journey. She argues that this misalignment drives high turnover, low productivity, and missed revenue...
The Karnataka High Court ruled that Child Care Leave (CCL) can extend beyond exam dates, covering the preparation period essential for a child’s success. The judgment arose from Kavita V’s case, where she sought leave from December 2025 to May...
A workplace bully was sentenced after a court found his conduct “terrible,” underscoring growing legal scrutiny of harassment. At the same time, experts warned that many organisations rely on superficial behaviour‑training programmes that rarely change outcomes. Policy makers are also...
Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) has launched a new campaign to draw more women into the state’s $28.9 billion manufacturing sector, which faces acute skills shortages. The initiative centers on the Manufacturing Industry Influencer Program, featuring female professionals from boilermaking to rocket...
Career coach Robyn Greaves argues that age‑related myths about declining productivity are false, highlighting that workers over 50 bring heightened empathy, creativity, systems thinking and wisdom. She cites a longitudinal study linking optimism in later life to longer longevity, suggesting...
The staffing landscape in 2026 is being reshaped by eight inter‑linked forces, from a 16% YoY drop in UK vacancies to heightened competition for the remaining roles. Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental pilots to core infrastructure, yet many firms...
Grove Collaborative reported Q3 2025 revenue of $43.7 million, a 9.4% year‑over‑year decline—the smallest drop since 2021, while active customers fell 7% to 660,000 and orders slipped 12.5%. Adjusted EBITDA was a negative $1.2 million, but management expects a positive...
Workday implementations often fall short of ROI because organizations neglect data integrity, fail to redesign processes, and underutilize standard configurations and pre‑built connectors. Poor data quality can trigger compliance issues, while custom integrations inflate development time and cost. Leveraging Workday’s...
Ontario’s labour arbitrator upheld a three‑month unpaid suspension rather than termination after an employee was found to have smoked cannabis during a lunch break. While the arbitrator accepted eyewitness testimony—specifically the distinct odor of marijuana—as clear evidence of use, the...
The Texas Business Court affirmed an arbitration award in BNSF Railway Co. v. Level 3 Communications, holding that the arbitrators, not the court, decide arbitrability when the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association are incorporated. The court rejected BNSF’s motion...
NASA has launched the NASA Force program, in partnership with the Office of Personnel Management, to recruit high‑impact technical talent from the private sector for two‑year federal assignments. The initiative mirrors OPM’s Tech Force effort and offers participants a pathway...
The U.S. Department of State revised the Foreign Affairs Manual to create a distinct “Specialized Trainers” category under the B‑1 visa, expanding eligibility for foreign experts who provide proprietary technical training on imported industrial equipment. The change separates training from...
The U.S. Army is revamping its direct‑commissioning program to accelerate the entry of civilian technologists into officer roles. By moving oversight to the Army Recruiting Command and streamlining medical, security, and training steps, the accession timeline has dropped from roughly...
ABC announced a $1,000 per‑head bonus and a revised pay package for roughly 4,500 staff in a bid to avert a strike. The offer includes annual wage increases of 3.5%, 3.25% and 3.25% over three years, progression to band six,...
Build a Rocket Boy announced another round of layoffs, citing organized espionage and corporate sabotage that hampered the launch of its latest title, MindsEye. CEO Mark Gerhard said an investigation with external partners has produced overwhelming evidence and is moving...
A Fourth Circuit appeals court ruled that Inova Health Care Services is not a joint employer of two nurse anesthetists who were terminated after refusing a COVID‑19 vaccine. The nurses, employed by NAPA’s subsidiary, argued Inova’s oversight made it a...
Canadian employers have long used university degrees as a quick filter for candidates, but this practice is increasingly misaligned with the available talent pool. Lightcast’s “Fault Lines” report reveals that 66 % of job postings worldwide require a degree while only...
A federal appeals court ruled that Reliance Standard Life missed the ERISA‑mandated 45‑day deadline to decide a long‑term disability appeal, forcing the insurer to forfeit deference and pay $210,769.49 in past‑due benefits plus $22,544.95 in interest, totaling over $233,000. The...
Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill hosted an Executive Masterclass on March 4, 2026, addressing how senior leaders can navigate persistent uncertainty. The session framed today’s “fog” of geopolitics, rapid technology change, and evolving stakeholder expectations as a structural condition rather...
SAP has integrated the SmartRecruiters hiring platform, acquired last September, into its SuccessFactors HCM suite, creating a unified talent architecture. The integration provides end‑to‑end hiring with embedded AI, bidirectional data flow, single sign‑on, and combined AI assistants Joule and Winston....
Alliants CEO Tristan Gadsby and VP Gareth Fraser discussed how the company’s people‑first culture fuels its hospitality technology strategy. The firm emphasizes automating routine tasks with AI while empowering staff to deliver exceptional, contactless guest experiences, exemplified at Resorts World...
Builders face a new compliance landscape as E-Verify becomes a prerequisite for most federal construction contracts in 2026. While the system can streamline hiring by confirming employee eligibility, it also exposes firms to government scrutiny of their workforce data. Errors...
Mayor Brad Lander’s administration has enacted an expansion of New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, raising the mandatory paid leave entitlement to 80 hours per year. The rule, effective immediately, applies to private employers with five or...
Cynthia Burks, former Genentech CHRO turned executive coach and board chair, champions data‑driven benefits that move beyond one‑size‑fits‑all programs. She argues HR must sit at the C‑suite table, translating employee value into business language to boost engagement and talent retention....
At DICE 2026, Ghost of Yotei lead actor Erika Ishii accepted the Outstanding Achievement in Character award and used the platform to demand fair pay, better treatment, and stronger protections for game‑development workers. Ishii highlighted the industry’s “Wild West” labor environment, noting...
A Gallup Q3 2025 poll reveals that while 77% of U.S. frontline workers feel a strong duty to deliver excellent customer experiences, only 23% believe their companies can keep service promises. Insufficient staffing, cited by 37% of respondents, is identified as...
The Barangay Skilled Workers Registry Act (HB 7719) cleared its second reading in the House, mandating every barangay to maintain a voluntary, free registry of local skilled workers. Championed by Rep. Jolo Revilla, the bill seeks to make community‑level labor...
A new McLean & Co. study finds that while 69% of HR leaders view total compensation as critical, only a quarter feel truly effective at designing pay‑for‑performance programs. Employees who are satisfied with their overall pay are 1.8 times more...
Teamsters members at DHL Express voted 96% to authorize a strike if the national master agreement isn’t renewed by March 31, 2026. The contract, covering thousands of drivers and warehouse workers across 16 states, is set to expire and the union is...
The UK government has launched voluntary equality action plans requiring firms with 250 or more staff to detail how they will close gender pay gaps and support menopausal employees, with a dedicated portal for publication. From spring 2027 the measures...
ADP has entered a strategic partnership with Pine Services Group to embed its AI‑enabled human capital management (HCM) suite within ERP and value‑added reseller ecosystems, initially targeting construction and other project‑driven sectors. Pine will act as a distribution and enablement...
TikTok Shop is aggressively expanding its creator commerce workforce across North America, Europe, and Asia‑Pacific, posting dozens of full‑time and internship roles in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London, Düsseldorf, Ho Chi Minh City, Tokyo and Jakarta. The hiring push...
HM Revenue and Customs reported that more than 7 million people began new employment in 2025, a rise of 300,000 over the prior year. The data coincides with National Careers Week, during which HMRC is urging job‑seekers to download its mobile...
The U.S. Department of Education has proposed reclassifying post‑baccalaureate nursing degrees as graduate degrees, slashing the borrowing cap for health‑care students from $200,000 to $100,000 and imposing a $20,500 annual aid limit. The rule also narrows the definition of "professional...
The UK’s 10‑Year Health Plan calls for a shift from analogue to digital, prompting a race to upskill the NHS workforce. Alumni of the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator are leading the effort through three initiatives: Flok Health’s £17.2 million AI scholarship programme, Megi...
A new Go1 report, co‑authored with analyst Lori Niles‑Hofmann, reveals that many employees are sidestepping corporate learning management systems (LMS) in favor of informal tools like Slack. Survey data from 700 employees and 300 managers shows a significant portion of...
Traditional one‑on‑one coaching drives manager performance but is expensive and limited in reach. Vendors propose an AI‑augmented coaching stack that layers self‑service AI tools, AI‑supported human sessions, and pure human coaching. This three‑tier model promises scalable, personalized development while preserving...
Leaders often let employee exits happen in silence, letting internal narratives fill the void. When accounts are disabled without explanation, teams interpret the silence as disrespect, quickly eroding trust. Gallup data shows that employees who trust leadership during change are...
Anthropic’s Claude overtook ChatGPT as the most‑downloaded free AI app in the United States over the weekend. The sudden surge in user demand forced the service offline for several hours on both Monday and Tuesday. The outage highlighted how quickly...
Harvard Business Review’s IdeaCast with professor Jay Barney reveals that successful culture change hinges on leaders creating authentic, action‑driven stories rather than issuing top‑down mandates. By deliberately breaking old norms—such as a CEO using the same helpline as front‑line staff—leaders generate...
Microsoft Teams will add a Wi‑Fi‑based work‑location feature that automatically updates users’ presence in the app. The feature will be opt‑in and disabled by default, requiring compatible Wi‑Fi infrastructure. It distinguishes between planned (user‑set) and actual (system‑detected) locations and clears...
A new report by the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity reveals that UK television newsrooms’ diversity schemes are falling short of delivering real change. While 63% of surveyed journalists say they have faced racism and 70% cite limited...
Morningstar’s Director of Talent Acquisition, Joe Shahmoradian, explains how AI tools have transformed the firm’s recruiting workflow. AI sourcing agents and a custom GPT assistant called AMIRA handle market‑intelligence and administrative tasks, cutting recruiter admin by 75% and speeding screening...
Paramount Global has overhauled its 2025 Short‑Term Incentive Plan, lowering the company‑wide performance multiplier to 94% and assigning a flat 100% individual multiplier to all eligible staff. The change follows the completion of the Paramount‑Skydance merger and removes performance‑based differentiation...
Payments automation platform Modulr has partnered with HR tech provider HiBob to embed its payment engine directly into HiBob’s payroll module. The integration lets customers initiate salary and tax payments without leaving the HR system, eliminating file exports and multiple...
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is leveraging National Careers Week to spotlight the breadth of opportunities in freight forwarding and logistics. It is rolling out targeted school outreach, apprenticeship promotion, and resources that connect students with industry professionals. A...
Virtual offices have shifted from a cost‑saving option to a strategic HR tool for UK firms in 2026, enabling hybrid work, talent expansion, and operational agility. By offering a professional city address, mail handling and on‑demand meeting rooms, they preserve...
