HR Regulation

More employers who are dismissing workers are opting to deliver the bad news remotely, but a face-to-face meeting is seen as reducing the chance of future litigation.

The most common stress-related distractions are finances (57%), emotional concerns (38%) and physical worries (30%).

The EEOC has announced that it will no longer recognize the existence of gender identity or sexual orientation as a form of sex discrimination under the agency’s interpretation of federal law.

Among the 58% of U.S. employees with physical chronic health conditions, a majority (60%) have not formally told their employer.

The HR teams that provide holistic and personalized benefits will give employees the flexible support they need at a time when many are frustrated and discouraged by RTO.

Top insurers suffered a higher rate of breaches than all of the S&P 500 (21%) companies combined.

By addressing challenges with thoughtful, employee-focused strategies, HR professionals can turn potential obstacles into opportunities, paving the way for workplaces that thrive even with the changes that have already occurred at the start of 2025.

We believe that the FTC rule banning noncompetes, the enforcement of which is currently enjoined by a federal district court in Texas, is unlikely to survive for two reasons.