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'Simpler & faster' | Uber to cut more than 3,000 jobs in drive to reduce management layers

Uber plans to eliminate more than 3,000 jobs worldwide as the ride-hailing and delivery company seeks to remove management layers, consolidate smaller...
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  • 4 mins

AI anxiety | Thousands of Google staff demand better protections against layoffs

A petition to CEO Sundar Pichai has received over 4,500 signatures, calling for provisions including guaranteed severance and a rethink of performance ratings...
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  • 5 mins

‘Penalized’ | Meta sued over alleged use of discriminatory AI tools during layoffs

A group of Meta staff argue that workers who took disability or parental leave were 'disproportionately selected' for layoffs earlier this year...
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  • 4 mins

‘Talent refresh’ | Ford rehires human staff after AI quality-check tools fail to deliver

A Ford VP revealed that AI tools lacked the 'hard-earned wisdom' of veteran engineers who left the company before their knowledge was...
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  • 4 mins

‘Lonely’ | Tokenmaxxing & worker isolation - the unintended AI impacts plaguing employers

As employers scale AI adoption, executives are reporting unintended consequences, from the misuse of expensive tokens to low employee morale...
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Editor’s letter | 'My ultimate HR advice' - from 100 CHROs & people leaders

100 of the world's top CHROs and people leaders, from PepsiCo to JPMorgan, share their ultimate advice, hacks, & tips - plus an album recommendation...
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Podcast | VP of Global Learning, Alorica: Inside our Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program

Angel Villarino, VP of Global Learning at Alorica, speaks to the HR Grapevine about the Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program...
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Ee Lyn, Chief People Officer at Avalara
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CPO, Avalara | Adaptability is the new stability: How can HR rebuild workplace systems?

Ee Lyn, Chief People Officer at Avalara, sets out three vital steps for HR leaders to create systems that support adaptability in the workplace...
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  • 7 mins

CPO, Equinox | Craft, community, connection: The new competitive advantage for employers

Gretchen Koback Pursel, Global CPO at Equinox, argues that the companies that will win are not the ones that replace humans, but the ones that deploy humans more meaningfully...
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HR Technology

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  • 4 mins

FIFA fakes | How cyber criminals are using World Cup fever to scam employees & employers

Cybercriminals have set up counterfeit FIFA recruitment pages, complete with fake career portals, stolen recruiter profiles, and invasive calendar booking tools...
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Alex Laurs, Chief Learning Officer for EY Americas
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Podcast | Chief Learning Officer, EY Americas: Why 'skills intelligence' is shaping the future of learning

In this episode of the HR Grapevine Podcast, Alex Laurs, Chief Learning Officer for EY Americas, explains how the firm is building a skills-powered organisation, balancing human and technical capabilities,...
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  • 4 mins

Monitoring | Meta scales back AI employee monitoring tool after staff backlash

Meta has scaled back a controversial employee monitoring program designed to help train its AI systems, following workplace surveillance concerns...
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  • 3 mins

'Bossware' | Employee monitoring data being shared with tech giants

A Northeastern University study found employee monitoring software is sharing worker data with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and dozens of third parties...
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People Analytics

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COO, Moxie | Open enrollment: How HR can simplify benefits to maximize engagement

Kate Connor, COO at Moxie Communications Group, leads people operations - and argues open enrollment is an underutilized tool for employee engagement...
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  • 3 mins

'Trust risk' | How AI adoption is forcing employers to rethink performance-based pay

AI is reshaping pay for performance, with new data showing both productivity gains and rising risks around fairness, bias, and trust in compensation decisions...
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  • 4 mins

Surveillance fears | Meta to track employee clicks & keystrokes for AI agent training

Meta's new AI tracking push raises workplace surveillance concerns as employers expand monitoring to reshape work...
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New flavor | What will Coca-Cola's new Global CPO bring to the party?

All change at Coca-Cola as the drinks giant names a successor to long-serving HR head, Lisa Chang, who is stepping down after seven years in charge...
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Podcast | CPO, Cohesity: How our leaders build trust & engagement during change

Rebecca Adams, CPO at Cohesity, joins the HR Grapevine Podcast to discuss leadership can navigate change, upskilling, and transformation without compromising engagement...
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CHRO, Cotality: Our human-centric approach to leadership, culture & transformation
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Podcast | CHRO, Cotality: Our human-centric approach to leadership, culture & transformation

Kendra Angier, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cotality, joins the HR Grapevine Podcast to discuss the company’s human-first culture...
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Learning Resources

HR Conversational Agent: Do's & Don'ts

HR Conversational Agent: Do's & Don'ts

HR chatbots are everywhere. But answering “What’s my vacation policy?” is only the beginning. The real value of conversational AI starts...
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Data That Empowers Decision Making

Data That Empowers Decision Making

Many employers struggle to identify high-risk employees before costs escalate. Traditional reporting often looks backward, highlighting costly claims after...
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The Hidden Workforce Impact of Paid Leave Policies

The Hidden Workforce Impact of Paid Leave Policies

More states are rolling out paid FMLA policies, and for multistate employers, that makes leave costs harder to predict. Historical data alone won’t...
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Turning workforce data into early warnings for high-cost employees

Turning workforce data into early warnings for high-cost employees

Many employers only learn about high-cost claims after the fact, relying on annual health plan reports that provide little opportunity for prevention....
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