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Mikaela Cohen

Mikaela Cohen is a reporter for HR Brew covering workplace strategy and trends. She previously covered workplace and business topics for CNBC.com, CNBC Make It, and AARP.org. She earned her master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia.

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HR Strategy

AI is coming for job titles. Here’s what HR needs to know.

The majority (63%) of AI-related job titles are in non-tech industries.

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Compliance

How HR can help employees impacted by wildfire smoke

“Making sure people are safe and communicating with them…just to understand how you can provide really personalized support for somebody’s individual circumstances is the starting out point.”

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HR Strategy

Why one fintech company relaxes in-office attendance requirements in the summer

Betterment’s roughly 400 in-office employees are allowed to work remotely from July 1 through Labor Day.

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HR Strategy

HR needs to talk about grief at work

“We talk about well-being. We talk about mental health, but somehow this topic hasn’t yet made it into the forefront.”

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HR Strategy

Remote work made a comeback last year despite RTO mandates

More full-time employees worked from home in 2025 than in 2024.

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HR Strategy

Employers and employees are having very different experiences with AI

Na, na, na. Hey, hey, hey. (Should we) kiss, AI, goodbye?

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HR Strategy

How HR can be ‘good coaches’ to employees

There’s no “I” in team, but there’s a “U” and “M + E” in human resources.

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HR Strategy

SHRM executives are optimistic about AI in the future of work

The HR industry’s biggest professional organization is pro-AI.

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HR Strategy

Do employers still offer flexibility in the summer?

Summer flexibility is alive and well for some workers and companies.

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HR Tech

How two HR executives are using AI tools with their people ops teams

Kate Noel, SVP and head of people ops at Morning Brew, Inc. and Stefani Steinway, SVP of HR at Equifax, shared how they’re using AI tools at SHRM’s annual conference.