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A generous childcare benefit helped this ice cream company’s employees climb the career ladder
“I realized it was a childcare barrier…What if we just got rid of the financial barrier?”
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.
HR Tech
Worker anxiety increases to 27% over AI-related job displacement, report finds
Their rising anxiety comes as lawmakers and leaders grapple with the impacts of rapid transformation.
DEI
EEOC in settlement agrees to limit its own enforcement of gender-identity discrimination for the Christian Employers Association
The agency won’t pursue charges against the CEA or its member businesses.
Compliance
Judge denies SHRM’s motion to end ADA lawsuit
The courts denied summary judgment, sending the dispute to trial (or settlement conference).
HR Tech
New AI tool looks to bring world-class offboarding and alumni management to every HR team
BoomerangHR emerged from stealth this week, announcing more than $10 million in seed funding.
HR Tech
California lawmakers look to curb use of ‘emotional AI’ at work
The new measure would ban bosses from using AI to assess or predict employee mood or emotions.
HR Tech
DOL to tap Big Tech and others for AI workplace data
“The government doesn’t have the data,” acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling admitted.
HR Strategy
AI is changing the way we’re thinking about and procuring technology
Tech procurement is evolving into a vital component to workforce planning, and visa versa.
HR Tech
All in on continual feedback, Lattice acquires Pando
Execs tout shared vision for how AI can further continual performance management.
HR Tech
Nearly one-third of companies haven’t deployed any AI tech in HR yet, study finds
Despite bolstered funding, the function helping shape the workplace AI transformation lags.