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HR in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the business of HR: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Employment law and rulings, the labor market and layoffs, benefits and comp, and the workplace and HR-tech shifts changing how companies hire, pay and manage people. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For CHROs, people and talent leaders, and the teams building the function. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five.

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  1. 13 hr ago

    DEI Moves Into the Rules, and OpenAI Pays $3.2M

    DOJ memo puts disparate-impact theory in play. Dentons reports federal DEI policy has moved from executive orders into rulemaking and a DOJ memo on disparate-impact theory, which employers use as the basis for adverse-impact testing. (dentons.com) OpenAI to pay $3.2 million in discrimination settlement. HRD Canada reports OpenAI will pay $3.2 million to settle US claims it preferred workers holding temporary employment visas, a citizenship-status exposure that can attach to job postings, not just hiring calls. (HRD Canada) 5th Circuit applies McDonnell Douglas while questioning it. HR Dive reports the 5th Circuit continued applying the Supreme Court's McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting test even as judges called it wrong, leaving the framework employers document defenses around intact for now. (HR Dive) Also moving today: What to Expect From the July Jobs Report (Kiplinger) Jury was ‘inflamed by prejudice,’ SHRM appeal argues (HR Dive) EHRC code of practice comes into force (Personnel Today) Forever layoffs are here. Here's what it's costing your workforce (HRD Canada) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  2. 1 day ago

    Openings Slip, and the Labor Force Shrinks

    June JOLTS Shows Openings Thinning in Healthcare, Leisure. The BLS June Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, as reported by Tech Times, records the sharpest declines in healthcare and leisure, giving workforce planners a sourced read on where hiring demand is softening ahead of fall. (Tech Times, Tech Times) Also moving today: Study: Managers can’t explain AI-driven pay and work changes (HR Executive) CHROs say they are skeptical about AI readiness (HR Dive) BCCA upholds common employer declaration for Sobeys and FreshCo franchisees (HRD Canada) UK workplace harassment regs are about to change (HR Executive) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  3. 2 days ago

    Labor Board Ruled Unconstitutional, Then Left Standing

    Texas judge rules NLRB structure unconstitutional, lets work proceed. A federal judge found the labor board's structure unconstitutional but declined to halt its activities, leaving employers to track how pending board cases and orders are affected. (HR Dive) EU AI Act deadline reaches HR's own AI tools. The EU AI Act's August 2 deadline applies directly to HR technology, and new data cited in the reporting shows most companies describing themselves as short on required training and governance. (HR Executive) Fed research: executives place AI productivity gains in future. Fed researchers reviewing roughly 490,000 earnings calls report executives describe AI productivity gains as almost entirely not yet realized, a benchmark for HR's own technology cases. (HR Executive) Also moving today: Barber school settles claim it wouldn’t employ more than one pregnant worker (HR Dive, Insurance Journal) Amazon tests Gartner’s entry-level jobs warning (HR Executive) BMW to make large-scale redundancies as German car industry contracts (Personnel Today) BP cuts 700 roles in business refocus (Personnel Today) Migration Committee proposes to cut 24 occupations from new shortage list (Personnel Today) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  4. 3 days ago

    BLS Firing Draws Bipartisan Pushback; NLRB Backs Whole Foods on BLM Dress Code

    Former BLS leaders criticize firing of agency commissioner. Ex-Bureau of Labor Statistics leaders and non-partisan economic groups say President Trump's dismissal of Commissioner Erika McEntarfer undermines the credibility of federal data that HR teams key comp and hiring plans to. (RocketNews | Top News Stories From Around the Globe) NLRB rules Whole Foods could bar BLM messaging. The National Labor Relations Board found Whole Foods lawfully barred workers from wearing "Black Lives Matter" messaging, giving employers a fresh reference point on dress-code limits. (news.bloomberglaw.com) Conference Board: employer AI training skips advanced skills. The Conference Board reports employer training rarely covers advanced capabilities such as managing AI agents, a gap L&D leaders would need to close. (HR Dive) Florida court permits discipline for off-duty medical marijuana. A Florida appeals court said employers in the state may penalize workers for off-duty medical marijuana use, a data point multistate employers weigh in drug-testing policy. (HR Dive) Survey: managers using AI in layoff decisions. One survey reports managers are asking AI models to weigh factors such as age, tenure and sick days when selecting workers for layoffs, inputs that carry disparate-impact exposure. (HR Dive) Also moving today: AI use may improve engagement, but only under the right conditions (HR Dive) Senate committee advances Sonderling for DOL Secretary vote (HR Executive) 17 Law Firms Drop Out of DEI Fellowship Under Pressure From Trump Administration (Washington Free Beacon) Former Goldman Sachs exec awarded £1.45m after parental leave dismissal (Personnel Today) Is the rise of GLP-1 usage affecting long-term affordability? (HR Executive) An unwritten federal policy is blocking workers' discrimination claims (Maryland Daily Record) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  5. 6 days ago

    Visa Blames AI for 2,600 Cuts, Porsche Buys a Decade

    Visa cuts 2,600 jobs, citing AI efficiency. HR Executive reports Visa is eliminating 7% of its workforce, giving HR leaders a live example of how large employers frame AI-driven restructuring. (HR Executive) Porsche to cut 5,000 jobs by 2035. HRD Canada reports Porsche will reduce headcount by 5,000 under a new restructuring package the company describes as a socially responsible reduction. (HRD Canada) Also moving today: Workers who direct AI agents outperform peers who simply delegate to them (HR Dive) ICHRA adoption slowed by ACA exchange costs, instability (HR Dive) Jury awards male surgical technician $105K for delivery room discrimination (HR Dive) Acas seeks views on new disciplinary and grievance code (Personnel Today) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  6. 30 Jul

    DEI Records Head to the EEOC

    Court orders Northwestern Mutual to produce DEI data. A Wisconsin federal judge rejected the insurer's bid to narrow EEOC information requests in a promotion-bias charge, per HR Dive, a signal that DEI program records can fall inside discovery. (HR Dive) UK Supreme Court: Home Office must state fine reason. The Supreme Court ruled the Home Office must specify how an employer breached right-to-work rules when issuing a civil penalty, Personnel Today reports, giving employers a stated procedural basis to contest fines. (Personnel Today) Also moving today: SHRM’s insurance carrier says it’s not on the hook for $10M jury verdict (HR Dive) 1 in 4 workers stay in unwanted jobs for health coverage, survey finds (HR Dive) Employer health plans to get $6.6T in tax help over 10 years (HR Executive) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  7. 29 Jul

    The Frozen Track for Federal Bias Claims

    Union sues EEOC over halted federal class complaints. The AFGE alleges in a Tuesday lawsuit that the EEOC has stopped processing class-style discrimination complaints from federal employees, a claim that, if upheld, would affect how systemic bias cases are resolved across the federal sector. (Reuters, Federal News Network, AccessWDUN) Uber cuts 10% of customer service staff, citing AI. Uber says it is reducing its customer-service workforce by 10% to remove internal fragmentation it describes as slowing AI adoption, making it an unusually explicit link between a support-function cut and automation plans. (HRD Canada) US jobless claims lowest since the 1960s, reporting notes caveats. Weekly US jobless claims hit their lowest level since the 1960s, though reporting cautions the single-week record may obscure softer signals in the underlying labor market. (HRD Canada) Also moving today: Fintech company violated NLRA when it fired worker for LinkedIn post, judge finds (HR Dive) Nike’s $7.5 million pay bias verdict a warning to HR (HR Executive) Tribunal supports right of employee to keep camera off in meeting (Personnel Today) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  8. 28 Jul

    Peak Office Use Tops Pre-Pandemic, and a $5M Accommodation Bill

    CBRE: peak office attendance reaches 80%. CBRE reports peak-day office use has topped pre-pandemic levels, giving workplace teams an external benchmark for attendance and space decisions. (HR Dive) 9th Circuit: prior shots don't bar religious exemption. The 9th Circuit held that a worker's earlier vaccinations do not defeat a religious exemption request, narrowing the grounds reviewers can cite in a denial. (HR Dive) Idaho lab contractor to pay $5M in EEOC settlement. Battelle Energy Alliance agreed to pay $5 million to more than 100 workers over vaccine-mandate discrimination charges, putting a figure on EEOC exposure from exemption denials. (Idaho State Journal, East Idaho News) Also moving today: Confidence in HR may hinge on moving beyond task-level AI use (HR Dive) Employers may underestimate workers’ financial concerns (HR Dive) Ford, Unifor sign deal including $1.25 billion in Canadian manufacturing investment (HRD Canada) Punching In: NLRB, Federal Worker Boards Primed for New Leaders (news.bloomberglaw.com) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  9. 27 Jul

    AI Hiring Suits, a Dropped Penn Subpoena, and the EEOC's Real Docket

    Workday, Meta suits test AI hiring liability. Two lawsuits are helping define when employers are liable for AI-informed personnel decisions, a question growing as the tools spread across HR. (Employee Benefit News, HR Executive) Administration drops subpoena for Penn employees' names. The EEOC agreed to withdraw a demand for the names of Jewish people at the University of Pennsylvania, a walk-back HR and legal teams track on government data requests. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, news.bloomberglaw.com, The Times of Israel) EEOC performance plan signals 2026 enforcement priorities. A published EEOC roadmap outlines the Commission's litigation agenda, indicating the enforcement priorities employers may face under the current administration. (ashurstperkinscoie.com) Also moving today: H-1B visa program hits 2027 cap (HR Dive) There's No Easy Answer for How Nike and More Firms Should Shape DEI Policies (WWD) Companies aim for more ‘strategic’ pay increases: WTW report (HR Dive) Employer English-Only Rules Risk Suits Even With EEOC Rescission (news.bloomberglaw.com) Labor Department proposes rule expanding disclosure e-delivery for employer plans (HR Dive) Get HR in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://hrinfive.com

  10. 24 Jul

    The EEOC Votes to Scrap the EEO-1

    EEOC Votes to Propose Ending EEO-1 Demographic Reporting. The commission advanced a rulemaking on July 21 that would unwind a longstanding federal reporting requirement, but the filing obligation remains in force during the comment period. (Law and the Workplace, Jezebel, ArkansasOnline) D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB Successor-Bar Doctrine. A federal appeals court set aside a Board-made rule on inherited union recognition, in a decision the reporting frames as part of the post-Loper Bright wave. (Mondaq Business Briefing) Judge Blocks New York's NLRB Trigger Law in Amazon Suit. A Brooklyn federal judge overturned the state law letting New York's labor board take private-sector disputes when the NLRB cannot, a ruling multistate employers are tracking. (amNewYork) DOL: Ordinary Midday Commutes Are Not Compensable. A pair of opinion letters addresses compensable working time, giving wage-hour teams non-binding footing for commute and hybrid-work pay policies. (HR Dive) 3rd Circuit Says Employers Need Not Infer Disabilities. An appeals court held that a fired midnight-shift worker's late references to fatigue and dry eye did not properly invoke the ADA, addressing when accommodation duties attach. (HR Dive) Also moving today: Google employees demand severance guarantees as tech layoffs near 157,000 (HR Executive, HR Grapevine USA) Four big-name AI layoffs, four different explanations (HR Executive) A New Gilded Age: Supreme Court ruling says era of regulated... (Liberation News) Drug formulary rejections jump 67% (HR Executive) Game Workers March at Six Xbox Studios Over 440 Union Cuts and Stalled Contracts (Tech Times, Ars Technica) NLRB Orders Second Kroger Unit to Compensate Union for Lost Dues (news.bloomberglaw.com)

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HR in Five is the daily five-minute brief on the business of HR: the five stories that matter, every weekday. Employment law and rulings, the labor market and layoffs, benefits and comp, and the workplace and HR-tech shifts changing how companies hire, pay and manage people. Curated daily, sourced and straight. For CHROs, people and talent leaders, and the teams building the function. Walk in already caught up. In the know. In five.

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