HR & Talent Management
Tesla board chair says Elon Musk being involved in things outside of the company ‘actually helps Tesla’ Summary Tesla chair Robyn Denholm told Bloomberg that Elon Musk’s activities outside Tesla — from SpaceX to Neuralink, xAI and his role running X — “actually helps Tesla.” The comment came in the context of the board’s newly […]
Elon Musk’s xAI lays off hundreds of workers tasked with training Grok Summary xAI laid off roughly 500 members of its data-annotation team — about a third of that group — in a sudden reorganisation. The company says it is shifting away from generalist AI tutors and will prioritise and rapidly expand specialist AI tutors […]
Raiders report: Offensive lineman misses practice with concussion Summary Jackson Powers-Johnson, the Raiders’ starting right guard, missed Friday’s practice after suffering a concussion. Brock Bowers, the team’s star tight end, also did not practise for a second straight day with a knee issue. Veteran guard Alex Cappa is the likely replacement at right guard if […]
Woman alleges man groped, assaulted her in Allegiant Stadium suite Summary A woman who says she was working as a server in an Allegiant Stadium suite during the UNLV-Vanderbilt game on 16 September 2023 has filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was grabbed, groped and choked by a man named James Fleischhacker. The suit, filed […]
A leadership shuffle at BofA puts succession in sharper focus Summary Bank of America has elevated three senior executives into roles that increase their oversight of the bank and highlight potential succession options for CEO Brian Moynihan. Jim DeMare, who runs the trading business, and Dean Athanasia, president of the regional bank, were named co-presidents […]
HR records in the cloud can create a perfect storm Summary Modern workplaces generate personnel evidence across emails, Slack threads, manager notes and other digital channels. The article warns that treating personnel files as only paper or confined to an HRIS risks non-compliance and can leave employers without decisive documents in disputes. California law gives […]
LinkedIn, OpenAI muscle their way into the AI recruiting fray Summary LinkedIn is expanding its Hiring Assistant — an “agentic” AI recruiter that asks clarification questions, makes recommendations and adapts to context — to global availability in English by the end of September. The tool can prescreen candidates via InMail, scan LinkedIn profiles, resumes and […]
Amid hiring freezes, HR leaders turn to internal mobility and upskilling Summary Facing lower turnover and widespread hiring freezes, HR teams are shifting from external recruitment to internal mobility, reskilling and upskilling, according to a Careerminds survey of 600 HR managers and supporting labour-market data. Quit rates have dropped to around 2%, and many organisations […]
FTC warns healthcare companies about restrictive noncompete contracts Summary The Federal Trade Commission, led by Chair Andrew Ferguson, has sent letters to a number of large healthcare employers and staffing firms asking them to review employment agreements for restrictive noncompete clauses. The letters urge companies to discontinue any noncompetes that are unfair or anticompetitive and […]
Kroger faces FMLA, PUMP Act lawsuit after allegedly transferring employee returning from parental leave Summary A former assistant store manager has sued Kroger in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the PUMP Act. The […]
