A recent study in the United Kingdom indicates that age discrimination against job applicants in the U.K. is just as prevalent as in the United States. Reports from around the world also suggest that older workers around the globe struggle to find jobs.

​A federal judge temporarily blocked a 2018 policy penalizing foreign national students for overstaying or violating the terms of their visas.

Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.

iPhone assembler Foxconn is poised to nominate its chip unit head as group chairman to succeed Taiwan presidential hopeful Terry Gou, in what is internally seen as a surprise move, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

​Many employers in New York City will no longer be able to test job applicants for marijuana or THC—the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis—under a law that was just adopted in the Big Apple. The new law will take effect in May 2020.

Beginning Sept. 1, 2019, retirement plan sponsors can ask the IRS determination letter program to review the qualifications of hybrid cash-balance plans and certain merged plans. This opportunity will last 12 months for hybrid plans and is ongoing for merged plans.

Most U.S. employers are working to resolve pay inequities based on gender, race or other demographic factors, but there is still room for improvement—especially when addressing women’s under-representation in top-level jobs.

Managing headcount—and workforce planning overall—is one of HR’s most important priorities, yet so many HR and talent acquisition (TA) leaders shy away from it.