Crazy Real: Stink Studios Reveals Rippling's HR Options
Stink Studios has been appointed the UK agency of record for Rippling, the San Francisco‑based HR and payroll platform, launching its first British brand campaign. Titled “The juiciest thing to happen to HR and Payroll,” the integrated effort uses real‑world, quirky workplace anecdotes to illustrate Rippling’s fast onboarding and admin‑free tools. The campaign features 10 animated 3D stories created by Animade and rolls out across London via OOH, taxi wraps, radio, digital, social and a dedicated microsite. Media partners OneScreen and StackAdapt handle placement and buying.
Doormen, Residential Building Service Workers Vote to Strike
Doormen and residential‑building service workers represented by 32BJ SEIU voted to authorize a strike after a rally on the Upper East Side. The union, covering roughly 34,000 employees in about 3,500 New York City co‑ops, condos and multifamily buildings, faces...
Roundtable: Recruiting in a Challenging Labour Market
HR leaders from Walmart, McCarthy Tetrault and Wajax convened to address recruitment challenges in today’s tight labour market. They highlighted the growing demand for pay transparency, flexible work arrangements, and the integration of AI tools into hiring processes. The executives noted...
Gen Z Workers Pick Human-Only Output Over AI-Assisted via @Sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A Gallup survey of employed Gen Z workers shows 69% prefer human‑only output over AI‑assisted work, while only 28% favor AI assistance and 3% accept AI‑only output. Compared with last year, the preference gap widened by four points in each direction....
Sama to Lay Off over 1,100 Kenyan Workers After Meta Contract Ends
Sama, a Kenya‑based data‑labeling firm, announced it will lay off 1,108 workers in Nairobi after Meta terminated a major content‑annotation contract. The redundancy notice complies with Kenya’s Employment Act and will take effect later this month. The cuts represent the...
Opinion: Rebuilding the Black Teacher Pipeline, for the Benefit of All Students
Pennsylvania’s public schools employ only 3.7% Black teachers while Black students comprise roughly 14.5% of the K‑12 population, a gap rooted in post‑Brown v. Board policies that dismantled the Black educator pipeline. Recent initiatives, such as the Freedom Schools Literacy...
Amid Oracle Layoffs, a Legal Grey Area in Algorithm-Driven Firing
Oracle is rumored to have laid off thousands of staff, possibly as many as 30,000, using an algorithm that targeted mid‑level managers with valuable stock options. The company has not confirmed the cuts or the role of AI, but former...
Onboarding vs Orientation: What’s the Difference?
Onboarding and orientation are often conflated, but they serve distinct purposes in the new‑hire journey. Orientation is a brief, day‑one program that introduces policies, paperwork, IT access, and a first team introduction. Onboarding extends over weeks or months, emphasizing role...
Connecting Learners and Employers Requires More than Just Good Technology. It Needs Real Leadership.
In late 2025 the U.S. Department of Education launched a $15 million challenge urging states to create talent marketplaces that enable skills‑based hiring, coinciding with a National Governors Association initiative across nearly 20 states. These marketplaces aim to align education systems...
Chicago’s Tip Credit Elimination Plan Is Back, for Now
Chicago city council failed to muster the two‑thirds majority needed to override Mayor Brandon Johnson's veto of a bill that would have frozen the city's tip‑credit elimination. The mayor argued that unpredictable tips and inflation pressure workers, while citing growth...
How HR LMS Solutions Support Employee Development
HR learning‑management system (LMS) platforms are becoming essential tools for nurturing employee development. By centralizing training content, they give staff instant access to courses, guides, and reference materials. The technology enables personalized learning paths, real‑time progress tracking, and automated compliance...
YMU Group Promotes Five Senior Leaders Across Entertainment Division
YMU Group, the UK talent agency behind Simon Cowell, Steve Aoki and Paris Hilton, announced the promotion of five senior leaders to Executive Director and Claire Dundas to Senior Executive Director within its Entertainment division. The moves took effect immediately and were highlighted by...
Collective Agreement: Sobeys
Sobeys' Unifor Local 1090 collective agreement runs March 1, 2026‑Feb 28, 2031, signed Dec 15, 2025. It adds a slate of paid holidays, tiered vacation accrual up to six weeks, and personal sick days crediting one per month. Overtime is paid at 1.5× regular wage, shift...
Why Flexibility Wins in a Tight Labor Market—And Where It Can Backfire
Small and midsize businesses are increasingly using flexible work arrangements—remote, project‑based, and hybrid—to compete for talent in a tight labor market. Flexibility expands the talent pool, lowers fixed payroll costs, and lets companies scale labor with revenue. However, misclassifying contractors...
Museum Staff Strike over 'Devastating' Contract Changes
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery staff have begun a strike after the Brighton Pavilion and Museums Trust demanded they sign new contracts that would replace the terms set when they were outsourced from the city council in 2020. Workers argue...
Data Shows AI Is Not Replacing European Workers yet, but the Clock Is Ticking
A new European Central Bank study of over 5,000 euro‑area firms finds AI is currently a net job creator, with AI‑intensive companies 4% more likely to hire and nearly 2% more likely to expand headcount. The hiring boost is concentrated...
Number of Women in the Construction Workforce Is on the Rise
The construction sector’s chronic labor shortage is coinciding with a decade‑long surge in female participation. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show the number of women in construction rose from 939,000 in 2016 to 1.36 million in 2025, a 45% increase,...
Ontario to Raise Minimum Wage
Ontario’s government announced a minimum‑wage hike from $17.60 CAD ($13.02 USD) to $17.95 CAD ($13.28 USD) per hour, effective Oct. 1, 2026. The increase, tied to a 1.9% CPI adjustment, will affect more than 700,000 workers and add roughly $728 CAD ($540 USD) to a...
DA Delay Triggers Nationwide Protest Call by Central Government Employees
A rare delay in announcing the dearness allowance (DA) hike has prompted the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers to call a lunch‑hour protest on April 16 across multiple ministries. The government has yet to confirm the expected 2‑3 percent increase...
Stop-Loss Insurers Are Using New Tools to ‘Laser’ Out More Patients
Predictive claim‑modeling tools are enabling stop‑loss insurers to more precisely identify participants likely to incur $1 million‑plus medical expenses, a practice insiders call “lasering.” Executives say the rise in high‑cost claims and improved data access are prompting carriers to exclude or...
Which Workplaces Are the Best for America’s Financial Advisors? Find Out
InvestmentNews released its annual list of the best workplaces for financial advisors in the United States, highlighting firms that excel in transparency, agility, and employee support. Vanderbilt Financial Group and Prentice Wealth Management topped the rankings, recognized for offering purpose‑driven...
Anthropic Doles Out Fat Cheques to Software Engineers Even as Coding Faces Automation
Anthropic is aggressively expanding its engineering team, posting roughly 450 open software‑engineering roles and offering salaries up to $405,000. CEO Dario Amodei warned that routine coding will be the first function to be automated, shifting engineers toward higher‑order tasks such...
Navigating Work with Neurodiversity Shouldn’t Be Personal. Organisations Must Lead the Way.
The UK Equality Act 2010 obliges employers to make reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent staff, yet most workplaces still rely on individuals to request accommodations. Only about a third of neurodivergent employees feel safe disclosing needs, contributing to a hidden talent...
Cape Town’s Tech Talent a Pull for ClearScore
ClearScore plans to grow its Cape Town workforce to roughly 125 employees over the next two years, establishing the city as its second global tech hub after London. The expansion will add about 100 engineers focused on AI‑enhanced software development...
Trade Union Raises Concerns that Wrexham Council Staff Are Working in ‘Unsafe and Over-Crowded’ Offices
UNISON has flagged serious health‑and‑safety problems at Wrexham County Borough Council offices, citing overcrowding, outdated electrical testing, damp, fire‑safety gaps and insufficient desk and screen equipment. Inspections at four sites revealed eight desks for 15 staff at Lambpit Street and...
New Tech Tool Aims to Help Employees Navigate Leave Benefits
Alight introduced the Leave Planner, a digital, AI‑driven tool that simplifies short‑term and long‑term leave administration for employees. The platform lets users input expected dates, see projected pay and benefit impacts, and automatically populates required data from existing records. By...
AI in the Interview Room
Technical interviews are increasingly skewed by AI‑assisted preparation, producing candidates who appear highly competent but may lack depth once on the job. As talent shortages intensify, recruiters face a flood of polished resumes and interview responses that mask real capability....
Survey: Employers Need to Do More to Support Next Wave of Young Energy Professionals
A recent survey of emerging energy talent reveals that the biggest obstacle to entering the sector is a lack of awareness about available roles, not compensation or values. Seventy‑one percent of respondents said they struggle to identify career paths, while...
DWP Sees Apprentice Numbers Halve in Past Three Years – but Cites Continued Focus on Digital
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) saw apprenticeship starts drop from 1,824 in 2022 to 907 last year, a decline of more than 50%. Minister Andrew Western attributes the fall to civil‑service headcount caps but stresses that digital and...
New Law a ‘Turning Point’ for Bangladesh Garment Workers
Bangladesh enacted the Labour (Amendment) Act 2026, dramatically lowering the thresholds for union formation. Workers can now organize with as few as 20 employees in factories under 300 staff and with 400 employees in sites exceeding 3,000 workers. The reform...
Study Confirms that Digital Tools Blur Boundaries Between Work and Personal Life
A new study in the International Journal of Electronic Finance confirms that digital tools are eroding the line between work and personal life. Researchers found that smartphones, laptops and cloud platforms enable constant connectivity, extending work into virtually every moment...
Google Researchers Identified 9 Behaviors of Great Leaders. How Many Involve Hard Skills? The Answer May Surprise You
Google’s decade‑long Project Oxygen identified nine behaviors that define its top managers. Only one behavior—technical expertise—tests hard skills, while the remaining eight focus on soft skills such as feedback, empathy, and clear goal‑setting. The study shows employees prioritize managers who can...
Why Traditional Benefits No Longer Create Loyalty — and How to Fix It
Companies are outspending the past on health, retirement and wellness benefits, yet employee tenure keeps falling. The article argues that benefits have become interchangeable, offering little differentiation or loyalty incentive. A structural mismatch exists: employers think long‑term, while workers chase...
When Patterns Repeat, Markets Will Follow
The retirement advisory market shifted from commission‑based pay to level‑fee structures after a cascade of regulatory actions, including the DOL’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020‑02, ERISA transparency rules, and heightened enforcement. These changes forced advisers to disclose conflicts and justify compensation,...
Aragen Launches All-Women Lab ‘ChemiSHE’, Plans Major Hiring Push
Aragen, a contract research organization serving over 450 pharma and biotech clients, has inaugurated ChemiSHE, an all‑women chemistry synthesis lab at its Mallapur campus in Hyderabad. The lab starts with roughly a dozen women scientists and will be led by...
Why Feedback Feels so Hard (and What to Do About It)
Feedback is universally recognized as vital, yet many avoid it because it feels uncomfortable and risky. Delays, softened messages, or silence create confusion, frustration, and underperformance. A recent "Skills Booster: Feedback Without Fear" webinar outlined three actionable tactics: give timely...
Leading Vs. Managing: What’s the Difference?
Harvard professor John Kotter distinguishes leadership from management, defining management as the discipline of planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, and controlling to keep an organization on time and on budget. Leadership, by contrast, creates movement through vision, alignment, and motivation, driving...
Ohio Jury Awards $22.5M in Pregnancy Accommodation/Wrongful Death Case
An Ohio jury awarded roughly $22.5 million in a wrongful‑death suit after a logistics company denied a pregnant employee’s request to work from home. The employee, who needed bed‑rest for a cervical complication, was placed on unpaid leave despite medical documentation...
When Salary Disputes Turn Into Illegal Employment Risks: What HR and Employers Can Take Away From the Ali Md Kawsar...
The Ali Md Kawsar case shows how a routine salary‑arrear claim can spiral into illegal employment. After reporting unpaid wages to Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower, the worker filed a claim with TADM, which issued a Special Pass and a Change...
Taboola Cuts Around 100 Jobs Amid AI Push
Taboola announced it will lay off roughly 100 employees, primarily in Israel, as part of a restructuring aimed at accelerating its AI strategy. The cuts come alongside continued hiring for roles tied to its generative‑AI answer engine, DeeperDive, which launched...
Dubai Rolls Out AI Training for 50,000 Government Staff
Dubai has unveiled the AI Workforce Transformation Program (AI+), a large‑scale initiative to train 50,000 government employees in artificial intelligence. The program, run by Digital Dubai, the Human Resources Department and the Dubai Centre for AI, offers role‑based tracks for...
Report: 1 in 3 Recruiters Admit AI Tools Is Filtering Out Top Talent
A new CV‑Library survey of nearly 500 recruiters and 1,100 candidates reveals that AI‑driven screening is causing a significant loss of high‑quality talent. Thirty‑five percent of recruiters admit they miss top candidates due to a lack of human intuition, while...
If They Can’t Access It, It Doesn’t Exist: Rethinking Comms for the Deskless Majority
Internal communications often miss the mark not because the message is poor, but because desk‑less workers can’t access it. Research from Interact and Ragan shows only 1% of communicators feel very effective reaching frontline staff, while 67% battle information overload....
'You'll Lose Your Job' | 'Watch Yourself' - NHS Staff Warned over Criticism of Palantir Data Platform
NHS staff have been warned that publicly criticizing Palantir’s Federated Data Platform could cost them their jobs. A senior NHS England official reportedly told an analytics employee, “If you criticise the FDP one more time, you are going to lose...
India Gets Its First Workplace Happiness Awards
Happiest Places to Work has launched India’s first workplace happiness awards, with the inaugural ceremony slated for late July in Mumbai. Chaired by Harsh Goenka of the RPG Group, the program will honor companies across sectors that consistently deliver positive...
“Three-Year Hump”: Janus Henderson Asia CEO Warns of “Musical Chairs” In Frothy Talent Market
Janus Henderson Asia CEO Andrew Hendry warned that a "three‑year hump" in talent costs is looming as salary expectations surge and staff drift toward boutique firms. The frothy talent market is making skilled employees both scarce and pricey, forcing asset...
Worker Sues John Deere, Alleges Firing over Disability and FMLA Leave
Former John Deere material coordinator Laiken Donaldson filed a federal lawsuit alleging disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation under the ADA and FMLA. Donaldson, who suffers from stage‑four endometriosis, says the company denied her intermittent leave requests, blocked a...
Employee Sues Liberty Mutual, Claims Supervisor Punished Her for FMLA Leave
Liberty Mutual faces a federal lawsuit filed by Amia B. Cook, a remote call‑center employee who alleges her supervisor blamed her performance problems on taking FMLA‑protected maternity leave. After returning from leave, Cook says she was placed on a Performance...
Black Manager Sues Berkshire Hathaway Brokerage over Alleged Training Exclusion
A former Market President at Berkshire Hathaway‑branded Tropical Realty filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was denied the week‑long mentorship and shadowing given to non‑Black peers, faced retaliation after raising the issue, and was demoted before being terminated. The complaint...
Fired Director Sues Gray Media over Alleged Antisemitic Remarks From HR
Seth Abraham Rosenthal, a former sales director at Gray Media’s KCTV5, filed a federal lawsuit alleging he was fired after confronting antisemitic remarks made by senior leaders, including the HR manager. The complaint details a series of offensive comments from...