Human Resource Knuggets
Dec 16, 2025
Here are summaries for 6 emails based on the provided content:
- Email 1: 6 End-of-Year Reminders That Save HR Time
- Focuses on a 6-step HR checklist to avoid year-end payroll errors, FSA forfeitures, and January hassles.
- Includes articles on pitfalls of office holiday parties and their avoidance.
- Sponsored webinars on Excel dashboards and retention strategies amidst a US turnover crisis.
- Updates on Arkansas PBM law and personnel document retention compliance.
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Encourages early preparation to reduce HR administrative strain in the new year.
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Email 2: Dec. 15 – Trump Order On AI, DOL Kickback Uncovered
- Highlights Trump’s executive order seeking to override state AI regulations.
- Covers court ruling that Verizon dealer did not violate ADA related to employee depression.
- Reports on DOL’s findings of wage kickback schemes by a subcontractor.
- Notes that more workers, especially in tech, healthcare, and Gen Z, plan job hunts in early 2026 amidst tight competition.
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Features resources on benefits trends, GLP-1 benefits strategy, AI compliance in driver hiring, mentoring programs, and agile compensation.
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Email 3: Dec. 15 – Employers Risk Losing Progress for Women, Leadership Trainings Needed
- Reports on a report showing reduced diversity commitments and declining promotion ambitions among women.
- An opinion piece suggests new leaders should not be left to sink or swim without training.
- Economic factors, not AI, expected to drive cautious hiring in 2026.
- Similar notes that more workers plan to job hunt in 2026 with tight competition.
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Highlights reading materials on labor laws, DEI challenges, and social media screening expansions.
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Email 4: You Need Rest – Why and How to Prioritize it at Work
- Discusses the importance of rest as a necessity, not a reward, emphasizing the risks of exhaustion and burnout.
- Debunks myths: rest is not a reward, rest does not kill momentum, and slowing down doesn’t cause falling behind.
- Defines different types of rest: cognitive, emotional, creative, physical.
- Suggests practical tips: scheduling breaks, blocking uninterrupted time, honoring true time off.
- Stresses organizational/system changes needed: boundaries, clarity on priorities, permission modeled by leaders, and slack time for recovery.
- Encourages building a “restful future” culture to sustain healthy teams.
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Also promotes community Safe Space discussions and upcoming HR gift guide.
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Email 5: Dec. 15 – JPMorgan Fake Interviews Lawsuit, Liberty Mutual Age Bias Verdict
- Reports lawsuit alleging JPMorgan conducted sham interviews discriminating against Black candidates.
- Updates on a $103M jury verdict against Liberty Mutual for age discrimination, possibly largest in US history.
- Covers Florida AG lawsuit against Starbucks alleging illegal race-based DEI.
- Opinion piece on how FLSA misclassification is frequent, costly, but avoidable.
- Reports $11.5M verdict against SHRM for racial bias and retaliation, with an appeal planned.
- EEOC claims process opens for $21M Columbia University settlement over harassment of Jewish employees.
- AT&T drops DEI policies to secure acquisition approval.
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Additional reading on legal updates, EEOC nominations, and hiring algorithms.
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Email 6: Getting the Most Out of Your Professional Mentoring Relationships
- Explores how mentoring builds a stronger HR profession by creating safe spaces and enabling strategic conversations.
- Features advice from a mentoring pair on what makes relationships effective.
- Provides guidance for both mentors and mentees.
- Includes content on legally navigating flexible work requests after notable court rulings.
- Additional articles on recruitment strategy adaptations for AI and redesigning work for digital futures.
- Sponsored content highlights tax-effective salary packaging and discounted HR system subscriptions.
- Promotes AHRI membership benefits supporting career development and networking.
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Stay Well!
