HR Dive

08/09/2025

A 3-1 majority of the Federal Trade Commission agreed to dismiss the agency’s appeals in two separate legal challenges of its 2024 ban on noncompete agreements in employment contracts, FTC confirmed in a press release Friday. (Ryan Golden)

Industries “plagued by thickets of noncompete agreements” will soon see warning letters from the agency, its chairman said Friday.

08/09/2025

LinkedIn is looking to take on scammers who falsely present themselves as recruiters or company representatives in the app, with an expansion of its company verification option, while it’s also making workplace verification required when a member adds or updates a leadership or recruiter-related role.

Workplace verification will be required when a member adds or updates a leadership or recruiter-related role, the company said.

08/09/2025

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops “in a way that would require them to make accommodations for abortions, contraception, sterilization, artificial reproductive technologies, or surrogacy” in violation of their religious beliefs. (Emilie Shumway)

The group cannot be required “to make accommodations for abortions, contraception, sterilization, artificial reproductive technologies, or surrogacy” in violation of their religious beliefs, the court said. 

08/09/2025

The agency published its full Spring 2025 regulatory agenda Thursday, nearly a month after apparently removing an earlier version from a White House website. (Ryan Golden)

The agency published its full Spring 2025 regulatory agenda Thursday, nearly a month after apparently removing an earlier version from a White House website.

08/09/2025

Open enrollment is upon us. But what’s next in the employee benefits and total rewards world?

HR Dive journalists will speak with benefits and total rewards experts to find out. Join us on Oct. 8 for a live virtual event, where we’ll discuss how employers should strategize in 2026 to take advantage of the latest benefits trends in areas such as health insurance, parental support and retirement planning.

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It’s an open secret that employers’ healthcare benefits costs have grown at an unsustainable rate; the average plan expected increases of more than 10% in 2025 alone, according to WTW data. Combine that with general cost-of-living increases, and it’s no wonder why employers and their insurers ...

08/09/2025

Forty-eight percent of HR professionals in the U.S. said they’ve considered leaving the field in the next 12 months, according to the 2026 State of People Strategy Report, released Wednesday by HR platform Lattice. Globally, of the more than 1,000 HR practitioners surveyed, 41% said the same. (Ginger Christ)

Losing HR practitioners “doesn’t just set HR back,” Tekion’s CPO said. “It slows the entire business.” 

08/09/2025

More than 3 in 4 employers said they believe their workers are prepared for retirement, yet less than half of workers think so, according to PNC Bank’s third annual Financial Wellness in the Workplace Report, released Aug. 27. (Ginger Christ)

However, a greater share of workers said they were more in control of their finances this year compared to 2024, PNC Bank found.

07/09/2025

Driven in part by a higher cost of living and inflation, double the number of workers are turning to their employers for help with their pressing financial needs, such as emergency savings, reducing debt and general financial wellness, according to Bank of America’s 2025 Workplace Benefits Report, released Wednesday. (Ginger Christ)

Slightly more than half of large companies offer employees financial wellness programs, surveys found.

06/09/2025

Recent reductions in middle management have put pressure on workplace communication, organizational productivity and the employee experience, according to an Aug. 27 report from Firstup, a workforce communication platform.

More than a third of employees surveyed said their manager seems stretched thin and has become less accessible since layoffs.

05/09/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, HR teams are reflecting on this year's open enrollment outcomes and planning for what's ahead.

For the second year in a row, HR Dive journalists will join benefits and total rewards experts on October 8 for a virtual event where we'll explore how employers can navigate the latest benefits trends and build stronger packages for 2026.

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