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Archives for March 2, 2026
Job Interview Red Flags—Learn How To Spot Exaggeration
Learn the top job interview red flags that signal exaggeration from candidates and employers, and discover how to spot misalignment before accepting or offering a role.
Labor Secretary Is a Rare Presence at Department in Turmoil
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation internally after allegations of misconduct and misuse of department funds.
A New Lost Generation: Why Gen Z Is Unprepared for the Workplace
Young employees often don’t have the skills they need to navigate organizations. Leaders need to understand the problem, and how to fill the gaps.
The Leader is the Risk: How Small Decisions Turn into Big Problems – Workplace Wake-Up with Jen Shaw
Most employment lawsuits don’t start with a policy — they start with a manager’s off-the-cuff decision. In this episode, Jen discusses how well-intentioned leaders unknowingly create legal risk through inconsistency, over-sharing, and poor documentation. This is a practical conversation for HR pros who are tired of cleaning up preventable messes and want leaders to understand their real role in risk management.
How Far Will The Pendulum Swing? USDOL’s 2026 Proposed Independent Contractor Rule
Joint Employer Whiplash: What California Businesses Need to Know Now | CDF Labor Law LLP
Joint Employer Whiplash: What California Businesses Need to Know Now
A Return to Return to Work Programs: Revisiting Return to Work Programs and the Importance of a Carefully Crafted Light-Duty Job Offer in New York Workers’ Compensation Claims
In the realm of New York workers’ compensation claims, return-to-work programs serve as a critical bridge between injury recovery and workforce re-entry.
How Women With Disabilities Are Redefining Work
Women’s History Month, observed annually in March, focuses on the contributions women have made across history, culture and society. This year’s theme, “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future,” offers an opportunity to consider how sustainability applies to the way work is defined and structured today.
When Feedback Crosses the Line
Many leaders believe candid negative feedback improves performance, but when criticism feels belittling or humiliating, it often produces the opposite effect. Research drawing on employees’ firsthand accounts shows that destructive criticism—especially when it attacks character, lacks guidance, or occurs publicly—undermines confidence, suppresses learning and innovation, and drives disengagement and turnover. Leaders can prevent these outcomes by setting clear guardrails for feedback, focusing criticism on specific behaviors and next steps, and repairing trust quickly when feedback causes harm.
How AI Damages Work Relationships—and Where It Can Actually Help
Our relationships at work matter. They make us happier, more productive, and more engaged. They help us weather tough times and celebrate good ones. And they’re built through thousands of small interactions, many of them messy, awkward, and imperfect. But what happens when we start handing those interactions over to AI or allow AI to intermediate them? There are costs to bringing AI into our work relationships. We are not just saving time or reducing friction. We’re outsourcing the very moments that create connection. Here are guidelines for how to navigate when and how to use AI to solve problems with other people along with recommendations for how to be more intentional about when and how we use it, especially when it comes to relationships with colleagues.
AI Is Reshaping Not Just Job, But How Work Makes You Feel
AI does not just automate tasks. It reshapes autonomy, skill use, feedback and identity at work, changing how employees experience meaning and long term engagement.
How to Support Employees Impacted by the Conflict in Iran
Learn how to support employees affected by the conflict in Iran while building foundations for long-term support in an unpredictable global environment.
Oklahoma HR Leaders Tackle the Education-to-Employment Gap
SHRM and OKSHRM convened employers, educators, and policymakers to advance alignment across education and workforce systems through SHRM’s Education-to-Employment (E²) Initiative.
Labor Secretary’s Tenure Marked by Frequent Travel and Internal Tumult
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is under investigation internally after allegations of misconduct and misuse of department funds.