Human Resource Knuggets
Feb 05, 2026
Here are summaries for 8 emails based on the provided text:
- Email 1: ICE Visit at Your Workplace: How HR Should Respond
- Discusses immediate response strategies for HR during an ICE visit at or near the workplace.
- Highlights the importance of calm leadership during uncertain times.
- Offers resources including webinars on total rewards, leave management, emotional intelligence for women in leadership, and termination without fear.
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Emphasizes legal compliance and effective employee support during critical situations.
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Email 2: Powering the People who Power the Olympic Games
- Announces Korn Ferry as the Founding Partner and Official Talent & Organizational Consulting Partner for the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Details the extensive preparation behind the scenes, including workforce planning and leadership development to perform under pressure.
- Stresses alignment of people strategy and creating lasting organizational capabilities.
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Invites readers to reflect on their own organizational readiness for high-pressure performance.
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Email 3: Feb. 4 – HR worker nets $5M in jury trial | Employers ‘in a bind’ without guidances
- Reports on a former HR worker winning over $5 million for retaliation.
- Covers EEOC harassment guidance removal and its challenges for employers.
- Notes Cornell University lawsuit alleging refusal to consider White candidates.
- Discusses employee dissatisfaction with compliance training disconnect.
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Shares key HR trends, resources, industry news, and upcoming webinars.
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Email 4: 📓 country fried cost-cutting chaos
- Critiques Cracker Barrel’s new travel policy forcing employees to eat only at Cracker Barrel on work trips as a poor cost-cutting measure.
- Highlights the irony given customer complaints about poor maple syrup quality.
- Discusses broader workplace issues such as the impact of AI on jobs and climate change’s effect on employee wellbeing.
- Presents PTO data stressing the retention benefits of offering more paid time off.
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Invites HR leaders to join an HR Therapy session on balancing people and payroll decisions and offers community support.
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Email 5: Feb. 4 – HR and C-suite disagree on AI use | AI saves customer support teams time
- Explores differing perspectives between HR and executives on the role of AI in the workplace.
- Shares survey results noting AI’s effectiveness in saving customer support time and reducing costs.
- Reinforces the need for compliance training to be relevant to real workplace scenarios.
- Warns employers of risks due to the absence of EEOC harassment guidance.
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Promotes participation in the 2026 Identity of HR survey.
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Email 6: Updated DOL, EEOC, and ICE Enforcement Focus
- Alerts HR and payroll teams about increasing federal regulatory audits and deeper agency coordination in 2026.
- Provides an interactive 75-minute session to help organizations assess readiness for audits.
- Covers how agencies identify audit candidates, common documentation failures, and compliance risks related to payroll, wages, accommodations, and employment eligibility.
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Offers practical alignment strategies for payroll, HRIS, and manager records to reduce enforcement risks.
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Email 7: Feb. 4 – Men want to be included, too | FTC enters the DEI crackdown conversations
- Highlights a shift in the DEI conversation encouraging inclusion of men as active partners rather than mere allies.
- Reports a lawsuit alleging Cornell University’s exclusion of White candidates in faculty hiring.
- Discusses FTC’s increased scrutiny and warning to law firms regarding DEI certification practices under anti-collusion enforcement.
- Shares Taco Bell settlement related to unchecked harassment claims.
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Encourages participation in the 2026 Identity of HR survey on DEI and workplace issues.
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Email 8: The 3 Cs of high-performing teams
- Introduces top three conditions (“3 Cs”) essential for building strong, high-performing teams to sustain organizational success.
- Suggests shifting from role-centric to skills-first organizational models for future readiness.
- Provides tips on designing skill-powered organizations and highlights relevant sponsored content about building workplace resilience.
- Covers legal and practical advice on salary adjustments, menopause workplace support, and return-to-work mandates.
- Promotes AHRI membership for professional development and community support among HR practitioners.
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