Compliance
SHRM loses $11.5 million discrimination lawsuit
A Colorado jury found the HR organization discriminated and retaliated against a former worker that complained of racial discrimination.
Adam DeRose is a senior reporter for HR Brew covering tech, automation and AI, and the future of work. He was previously supervising producer at The Hill in Washington, D.C., leading a team of political news producers following the drama inside the Beltway and making sense of it for people outside the Beltway. He’s also freelanced in Baltimore, where he lives.
Tech
BambooHR partners with Xero Payroll to expand global reach to New Zealand, Australia, and the UK
The new integration between BambooHR and Xero helps simplify payroll and maintain single-source-of-truth recordkeeping.
Tech
What’s next for AI in HR?
These HR pros have thoughts on what to expect next year.
HR Strategy
When it comes to culture and engagement, this insights pro has the data and hears the stories
“Those who don’t work in the business of people may not think that culture and employee engagement are tied to business success, but in reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Tech
AI has arrived at HR departments all across the country
HR Brew surveyed HR pros and readers about where the nascent technology is showing up in their work.
Compliance
Trial for SHRM race discrimination case set to begin
A former employee alleges the HR industry association retaliated against and terminated her after lodging a racial discrimination complaint.
HR Strategy
This HR leader knows the function is a ‘strategic growth engine’
Karina Young understands how partnering with executive leadership on business goals can drive success.
Tech
AI is turning every employee into a ‘tech worker’
“AI literacy used to mean: ‘Teach people what AI is.’ Now it means, ‘Can you apply AI in your actual day-to-day?’ And not just engineers—product, marketing, HR, business analysts, all of them.”
Tech
Two steps forward, one step back: AI technology presents emerging challenge to workplace transformation efforts
While orgs bullishly pledge productivity gains from AI investments, backtracking and failures dog HR pros looking to manage organizational change.
Recruitment & Retention
The labor market is even more complicated than you thought
New SHRM research finds “occupational mismatch” exacerbating tight labor market, even as unemployment rate rises.