Sabbaticals: Mental Health, Talent and Rest as a Business Strategy
Workplace stress now touches 83% of U.S. employees, translating into higher turnover, absenteeism and lost productivity. The article proposes structured sabbaticals—planned at least three months ahead—as a proactive mental‑health strategy that lets staff reset and return with renewed focus. When executed well, sabbaticals reinforce documentation, knowledge sharing and collaborative ownership, sending a clear signal of trust from leadership. Treating time off as a strategic investment, rather than a perk, can strengthen talent retention and overall business performance.
RECLAIM: L Is for Learning
The RECLAIM series now tackles the "L" for Learning, urging law firms to adopt a "learn‑it‑all" mindset like Satya Nadella’s Microsoft turnaround, which lifted market value from $300 billion to over $2.5 trillion. The article argues that AI is automating routine tasks,...
Beyond EWA: How a Senior Living Company Helped Employee Savings Skyrocket
Senior Living Communities discovered that its 3,200 hourly staff paid $87,000 in earned‑wage‑access fees over six months, prompting a switch to Chime Workplace’s fee‑free EWA and financial‑wellness suite. After rollout in October 2025, employee savings accounts grew 145 % and active...
How to Build a Recruitment Pipeline with Tellent Recruitee
Tellent Recruitee provides a stage‑based recruitment pipeline that unifies sourcing, screening, interviewing, evaluation, offers and onboarding into a single, configurable workflow. Users can customize stage names, set time limits, and trigger automated actions such as knockout questions, interview scheduling and...
Why Women Need Other Women at Work
A new Wharton study co‑authored by Tiantian Yang shows that women who participated in virtual career‑training classes composed solely of other women outperformed those in mixed‑gender groups. Across 4,600 participants, women‑only cohorts achieved higher on‑time completion (76% vs 67%), certification rates...
Leaders' Performance Evaluations Affected by "Gender Criteria Gap"
A new study of discretionary payment decisions reveals a "gender criteria gap" in performance evaluations. Women must achieve markedly higher outcomes than men to secure bonuses, while men often receive bonuses even with modest results if they are well‑regarded. The...
People Analytics Is Levelling the Field for HR Leaders Everywhere
People analytics is moving from niche, specialist teams to a core competency for all HR professionals, driven by AI‑enabled, cloud‑based tools. A recent HRD LinkedIn poll shows 66% of respondents already use analytics, while 24% want to adopt it. Smaller...
It’s Not the Job, It’s the Boss
The article argues that a supervisor‑employee relationship outweighs pay or benefits in driving job satisfaction. It traces the evolution from authoritarian oversight in the early industrial era to today’s human‑centered, flexible leadership model. Practical advice urges workers to shift from...
Restaurants Can’t Find Workers. AI Says It Can.
The restaurant sector is grappling with chronic labor shortages, with turnover rates exceeding 75% and many operators reporting multiple open positions. In 2025, the average restaurant carried five vacancies, up from 3.8 the year before, and training a new hire...
FTC Warning Letter Highlights New Risks for Employers That Seek to Enforce Noncompete Agreements in Court
On May 8, 2026 FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson sent a public warning letter to mortgage‑service provider Mortgage Connect after the firm sued to enforce a blanket noncompete agreement. The letter orders a comprehensive review of all employment contracts and demands immediate cessation...
AI Is Reshaping the Way Organizations Invest in Their People
Jack Dorsey and Roelof Botha argue that AI is forcing companies to rethink traditional job structures and, most critically, how they set pay. Their recent piece highlights a widening gap between documented pay philosophy and actual compensation, with 24% of...
‘Never Say No to a Raise’: Retirement Tips for Oncology Nurses
Oncology nurse practitioner Kristin Daly warned that many nurses miss out on a "free raise" by not enrolling in employer‑matched 401(k) or 403(b) plans. She emphasized that these contributions not only boost retirement savings but also enjoy creditor and divorce protection....
Fragmented HR Systems Are Creating Payroll Errors and Costing US Companies Millions
Fragmented human capital management (HCM) systems are driving costly payroll errors across U.S. firms. EY research shows a single input mistake averages $291, and 20% of annual payrolls contain errors, while Forrester finds 77% of organizations still rely on multiple,...
AI Can Identify Problems. Recruiters Still Have to Lead.
Healthcare recruiters are adopting AI‑driven discovery tools that deliver real‑time market scans, competitor data, and candidate flow insights before the intake meeting. This early intelligence lets recruiters pinpoint vulnerable stages, adjust role profiles, and propose strategic choices before a vacancy...
Feds Propose New Fertility Benefits Category, Capping IVF Coverage at $120,000
The Treasury, Labor and Health agencies have proposed a rule that would let U.S. employers offer IVF and other fertility services as a standalone "limited excepted" benefit, capped at a $120,000 lifetime limit indexed for inflation. By carving fertility coverage...
Starbucks Baristas Don't Just Make Coffee. They Run 3 Restaurants at Once
Starbucks now processes orders from in‑store registers, drive‑thrus, its app and third‑party delivery on a single espresso bar, creating a hidden queue that slows walk‑in service. Mobile orders account for over 30% of sales, prompting baristas to juggle three parallel...
Tolentino’s Test: Balancing Workers’ Interest and Economic Survival
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed former mayor and senator Francis Tolentino as secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment amid soaring inflation and mounting wage pressures in the Philippines. Tolentino faces the dual challenge of addressing workers’ demands for...
GoTyme Expands Employee Share Ownership Program
Digital lender GoTyme Bank announced it will extend its employee share‑ownership program to cover more than 90 percent of its staff. The expansion, pending regulatory approval, aims to give workers a direct equity stake, fostering accountability and a customer‑centric mindset. Such...
2026 Massachusetts Employment Law Update
Littler is hosting a virtual 2026 Massachusetts Employment Law Update on June 18, 2026. The live webinar runs from 8:00‑9:30 a.m. ET and will cover recent legal trends affecting Commonwealth employers. Attendees can earn pending HRCI, SHRM, and CLE continuing‑education credits. For registration...
Rollie Jobs Gains Traction as Regions Seek Smarter Workforce Intelligence
Rollie Jobs, an AI‑driven workforce intelligence platform, is gaining traction among chambers, economic development organizations, and veteran nonprofits seeking real‑time hiring visibility. The service automatically aggregates local job postings, turning static boards into dynamic, branded portals with over 5,000 active...
Hospitality Group Accelerates High-Volume Hiring With UKG Rapid Hire, Cutting Interview Scheduling Time From Days to Minutes
Dutchman Hospitality Group (DHG) has deployed UKG Rapid Hire, an AI‑driven, mobile‑first hiring platform, to streamline its high‑volume frontline recruitment. The solution reduces interview scheduling time from days to under four minutes and moves 58% of qualified candidates straight into interviews....
SAP Powers TCS’s Large‑Scale Payroll Transformation, Supporting Its Cloud‑First Strategy
SAP announced that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has completed a large‑scale migration of its global payroll to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private on AWS. The shift delivers 30‑40% faster payroll processing while consolidating operations across dozens of countries into a single,...
AI Tools Lead to ‘Clear Racial Disparities’ in Job Hiring
A recent Financial Times investigation reveals that AI‑driven hiring tools produce clear racial disparities, disadvantaging Black and minority candidates. The analysis, based on multiple employer case studies, shows that algorithmic screening lowers interview callbacks for these groups by up to...
Why HCM Rollouts Are Failing and What HR Can Do About It
Human capital management (HCM) implementations are stalling because change communications are treated as an afterthought. Research shows 68% of projects miss adoption targets, while only 9% of HR professionals consistently complete daily tasks, leaving teams stretched thin. Relying on systems‑integrator‑driven...
P.E.I. Tories Defeat Sick Note Bill
Prince Edward Island's Progressive Conservative government voted 10‑7 along party lines to reject a Green Party private‑member bill that would have barred employers from demanding sick‑note documentation. The province’s current Employment Standards Act still allows medical proof after three days...
Google, Apple Top Early-Career Workers’ Engagement Findings
The 2026 Junior Employee Satisfaction Report from Resume.io examined 12,870 Glassdoor reviews of workers with zero to two years of experience at 41 U.S. firms. Google topped the list with a 4.44‑out‑of‑5 satisfaction rating, followed by Adobe, Mastercard, American Express and...
Marinette School District Announces Strategic Partnership with Edustaff to Strengthen Educator Staffing Solutions
The Marinette School District in Wisconsin has entered a strategic partnership with Edustaff, a national educational staffing firm, to manage the recruitment, credentialing, scheduling and compliance of substitute teachers, paraprofessionals and support staff. Edustaff will operate its proprietary technology platform...
Prem Kumar, CEO of Humanly
Humanly announced a $25 million Series B round to expand its AI hiring platform. The funding, led by XYZ Ventures, will accelerate product development and deeper integrations with ATS and video interview tools. Humanly aims to cut enterprise time‑to‑hire by up to...
How 'Regenerative' Cultures Are Boosting Engagement and Retention
Regenerative culture shifts the focus from merely bouncing back to actively renewing employee energy. Recent data shows over 50% of workers felt burned out last year and 37% said overwhelm hampered performance. A BuiltIn survey found 32% of job seekers...
Punished for Parental Leave: How Generous Leave Policies Can Be a Trap for Working Mothers
Generous parental‑leave policies are increasingly weaponized against working mothers, as illustrated by Mita Mallick’s experience of being removed from a job and denied promotion after taking five months off. Recent data show a surge in pregnancy‑discrimination claims—nearly half of EEOC...
Accelerating Time to Value: How Targeted SAP Services Complement Your Internal HR Team
SAP highlights how targeted SAP SuccessFactors services can accelerate the time‑to‑value for HR departments that lack deep technical expertise. By supplementing internal HR teams with pre‑configured templates, data‑migration expertise, and change‑management support, organizations can shorten implementation cycles and realize ROI...
ClickUp CEO Introduces Million-Dollar Pay Bands for High-Impact Employees
ClickUp CEO Zeb Evans announced a new compensation model that rewards employees who generate outsized results with AI tools, offering salary bands that can reach $1 million per year. The plan shifts focus from traditional role hierarchies and tenure to measurable...
Businesses Urged to Prepare Now for Unfair Dismissal Changes Under Employment Rights Act 2025
Businesses are being warned to overhaul hiring, probation and documentation processes before the Employment Rights Act 2025 takes effect. From January 2027, employees will gain unfair dismissal protection from day one, with the qualifying period reduced to six months and...
Why Reliable Transportation Is the New Lever for Workforce Retention
Reliable transportation is emerging as a critical workforce strategy for hospitals, as chronic commute challenges fuel nurse burnout and turnover. Over 80% of healthcare workers are women who often juggle caregiving duties, making late‑night or unreliable transit a deal‑breaker for...
UK Parental Leave and Pay Lags Behind Other Countries
A new report from King’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership and Working Families finds the UK’s parental‑leave system looks generous on paper but fails in practice due to low statutory pay and complex rules. Fathers’ two‑week paid paternity leave and...
L&D | Time Pressure Remains the Biggest Barrier to Workplace Learning
New research commissioned by MHR confirms that learning and development (L&D) remains a top driver of business performance, yet time constraints cripple its impact. Nearly half of HR leaders (49%) say employees lack formally allocated learning hours, and 70% cite...
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Cost per Hire: Definition, Formula, Examples, and How to Reduce It
Cost per hire remains the go‑to metric for quantifying recruitment spend, calculated by dividing total internal and external hiring costs by the number of hires. While it captures visible expenses such as job board fees, recruiter salaries, and agency commissions,...
Ex-Google Engineer Turned $7.2 Billion AI CEO Gets Thousands of Job Applications a Day but Still Can’t Find Candidates with...
Arvind Jain, former Google engineer and co‑founder of AI startup Glean, says his $7.2 billion company receives thousands of applications daily, yet only candidates with a demonstrable work ethic get a response. Jain argues that the real talent shortage is not...
Samsung’s Non-Chip Union Seeks Court Order to Block Vote on 40-Trillion Won Bonus Deal
Samsung Electronics’ smallest union, representing the Digital Experience (DX) division, filed a court injunction to block a vote on a proposed 40 trillion‑won (≈US$34 billion) bonus package for semiconductor workers. The tentative deal would give chip employees an average bonus of about...
How We Hit £1 Million per Employee
MAGIC AI, a 15‑person AI‑fitness startup, has surpassed £1 million (≈$1.27 million) in revenue per employee. The milestone stems from a hiring policy that only brings in world‑class experts who own their domains, rather than scaling headcount. Founder Varun Bhanot emphasizes that...
Workplace Belonging ‘Rises to Highest Level in a Decade’, but Many Workers Still Feel Excluded
A new P&G‑Opinium survey shows 82% of UK employees now feel a sense of belonging at work, the strongest level in over a decade. Yet only 20% say they consistently experience true inclusion day‑to‑day. The study links belonging to retention,...
Why Our Workplaces Aren’t Working (Part 2)
In Part 2 of her series, Arinya Talerngsri argues that over‑reliance on “culture fit” creates homogenous teams that stifle new thinking. While similarity speeds decisions and reduces conflict, it narrows perspectives and slows innovation. She stresses that strong cultures should preserve...
The Old HR Is Dead. Here's What's Replacing It
HR is shedding its traditional, transactional identity as automation takes over routine tasks, and professionals from law, finance, sales and commercial operations are stepping into people functions. These non‑traditional leaders bring business‑centric perspectives that enable HR to act as a...
The Leadership Mirror: Are Your Mental Models Holding You Back?
Leo Bottary argues that leaders must discard outdated mental models as AI, hybrid work, and peer influence reshape how organizations operate. He illustrates the limits of the classic "lead by example" mindset with a basketball coach’s challenge to a star...
Now Open for Nominations: Employers of Choice 2026
Canadian HR Reporter has opened nominations for its sixth annual Employers of Choice 2026, inviting organizations to showcase their people‑centric strategies. The program, backed by Black HR Professionals Canada and LINX HR Canada, highlights culture, leadership, engagement and professional development...
Iowa Supreme Court Bars Negligent Retention Claims when Vicarious Liability Is Conceded
The Iowa Supreme Court adopted the preemption rule, barring separate negligent‑retention claims when an employer concedes vicarious liability for an employee’s misconduct. The unanimous May 22, 2026 opinion aligns Iowa with states such as California and Washington, rejecting the approach taken by...
Engineering Skillnet Unveils Strategy to Tackle Industry Skills Challenges
Engineering Skillnet and Ibec have launched the "Engineering a Skills‑First Future 2026‑2029" plan to confront deep‑seated talent gaps in Ireland’s engineering sector. Research shows 84% of employers struggle to pinpoint required skills and 54% of staff need major upskilling. The...
Tim Hortons Launches Campaign to Hire 10,000 Workers
Tim Hortons launched a nationwide campaign to hire 10,000 local workers this summer, aiming to replace the declining use of temporary foreign workers, which now account for just 3.6% of its 110,000‑person workforce. The push supports natural turnover and the...
Why HR Must Design for Blended Talent and Distributed Value
Today's organizations operate with a blended talent ecosystem that includes permanent staff, contractors, freelancers, external partners and AI-driven capabilities. HR departments are still treating the workforce as a payroll‑centric group, creating gaps in culture, governance and inclusion. The article argues...
Designing A (Scalable) Advisory Firm PTO Policy For Your First Hire And Beyond
Advisory firms transitioning from solo operators to teams must treat paid time off (PTO) as a strategic asset rather than a personal perk. The article outlines three common PTO structures—separate leave, single‑bank, and unlimited—and explains why the policy’s effectiveness hinges...