Human Resource Knuggets
Mar 20, 2026
Subject: Compliance made simple: Your 2026 month-by-month guides
Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com
Content:
WEX just released the 2026 Compliance Calendar—a month-by-month guide to help benefits leaders stay ahead of federal regulations such as the new $3,400 FSA contribution limit, 1095-C reporting, PCORI fees, and critical deadlines. Download your copy to navigate 2026 without penalty risks or missed dates. WEX provides clarity and compliance support for your plans and employees.
Download your 2026 WEX Compliance Calendar now.
Subject: Ho-Hum Pay for AI Skills | Everyone’s a ‘Founder’ | Smarter Job Searches
Sender: kf.institute@kornferry.com
Content:
Despite AI skills’ importance, Korn Ferry’s survey reveals AI-skilled workers get only 5%-15% pay premiums. Learn also how to boost your job search in an AI-influenced market and explore the rise of “founders” amid layoffs and dim hiring. Additional coverage includes leadership lessons, hedging in commodity markets, and organizational adaptation to workplace transformation. Listen to their Briefings podcast on the robot revolution.
Sign up for the weekly leadership newsletter and read more on Korn Ferry’s site.
Subject: What Brené Brown and I Will Never Agree On
Sender: adamgrant@substack.com
Content:
Welcome to The Curiosity Shop podcast hosted by Adam Grant and Brené Brown, who share their history of disagreement and reconciliation about authenticity. They discuss healthy authenticity, trust, and their continuing debates. New episodes drop Thursdays blending right-brain and left-brain views on culture, evidence, and big questions. Watch or listen on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or your preferred platform.
Subscribe for more thoughtful discussions and share your comments.
Subject: March 19 – When is a PIP discriminatory? | City of Tulsa evades race, age bias lawsuits
Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com
Content:
Courts affirm PIPs (Performance Improvement Plans) aren’t always discriminatory under SCOTUS’s relaxed bias test, limiting some job discrimination claims. The City of Tulsa avoided age and racial bias claims in a management hire case. The Conference Board notes growing importance of CHRO and CTO roles, recognizing talent and culture as enterprise risks. Learn about adoption benefits, structural and psychological factors in the gender wage gap, and AI’s impact on worker productivity and trust.
Access guides for managing leave laws and explore top employee engagement and benefits trends.
Subject: March 19 – Urban hubs back as top talent source | Can March Madness ease burnout?
Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com
Content:
Major cities like NY, LA, Chicago, Houston, and SF are again the top talent sources post-pandemic per Deel. Companies are encouraged to embrace March Madness to reengage burned-out workers rather than resist distractions. Reports analyze the gender wage gap’s structural and psychological roots. PIPs may not be discriminatory under recent court rulings. Additional reads include leadership pitfalls and manufacturing job growth.
Sign up for Talent daily and access resources on employee engagement, rewards, and HR tech trends.
Subject: Promoting mental health in the workplaces
Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com
Content:
Mental health is now a strategic priority to boost performance, reduce burnout, and enhance talent retention. Highlights include Kaiser’s settlement for mental healthcare failures, over half of US workers feeling lonely disrupting productivity, and only 35% reporting resilience. HR leaders should integrate well-being into business strategy. Access in-depth Trendline reports and sponsored insights focused on mental health at work.
Learn about sponsorships, get resources, and stay informed with HR Dive.
Subject: March 19 – Workers could quit over mental health | CHROs among the highest-paid
Sender: newsletter@divenewsletter.com
Content:
One in four workers considered quitting due to mental health strain, with under a third receiving workplace mental health training. CHRO positions grow strategically important, now viewed as enterprise risks. AI investments are driving cuts to worker pay in some companies. GuardDog Telehealth admitted improper medical record access; meal break monitoring was ruled non-compensable in a recent suit. The hospitality industry experiences a stalled gender pay gap.
Participate in the Identity of HR annual survey and explore resources on benefits and compensation.
Subject: Your coaching isn’t working. Here’s why.
Sender: content@hrmorning.com
Content:
If repeated performance conversations with employees yield no change, it’s time for a new coaching approach. A 60-minute session will teach managers how to coach to real behavioral change by helping employees self-identify gaps, encouraging ownership, and coaching in real-time without slowing workflow. Includes live Q&A to address your specific coaching challenges. Stop losing time spinning your wheels and start seeing improvement.
Reserve your spot for Coaching That Actually Changes Behavior.
Subject: Step inside a psychosocial risk investigation
Sender: hrmonline@ahri.com.au
Content:
Explore a fictional psychosocial risk investigation to understand how such risks arise and how HR should manage each stage. Learn when HR professionals can be personally liable for workplace law breaches, with five key situations detailed. Discover labour market trends illustrating shifts toward capability building in recruitment. Get advice on supporting employees disclosing neurodivergent conditions with empathy and privacy protection.
Register for AHRI’s workplace misconduct investigations course and join their member lounge to connect with HR peers.
Subject: 📓 Your blanket policy is illegal
Sender: ihateithere@workweek.com
Content:
Background screening in 2026 requires careful compliance to avoid discrimination and legal risk. Tailor checks to job roles—not all candidates need the same packages. Obtain proper written consent per FCRA before running checks, and follow adverse action protocols if deciding not to hire. Implement ongoing monitoring for high-risk roles. Avoid using AI for final hiring decisions due to bias and legal concerns, and do not impose blanket disqualifications for criminal records; individual assessments are required. Stay updated on complex state and local regulations.
Mitratech’s AssureHire platform supports compliant, tailor-made, continuous, and fair background screening integrated with HRIS systems.
Subject: ADA Reasonable Accommodation Requirements: Update for Employers
Sender: content@hrmorning.com
Content:
This 75-minute course provides practical guidance to comply with ADA accommodation mandates for both applicants and employees, including remote work considerations. Learn what is required and what to avoid in providing reasonable accommodations. Also, join actionable workshops like Coaching That Actually Changes Behavior. Get HR recertification credits applicable toward multiple certifications (PHR, SPHR, GPHR, etc.).
Register now for these premium sessions offered by HRMorning’s educational series.
Subject: Excel PivotTables: View and Organize Data Quickly and Easily
Sender: content@resourcefulfinancepro.com
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Join a 90-minute live workshop on Excel PivotTables with demonstrations, exercises, and interactive Q&A designed to enhance your data management skills. Also available: Microsoft Excel Intermediate Training for finance professionals. Programs are expert-led, practical, flexible, and provide accredited CPE credits approved by NASBA to maintain professional credentials like CPA.
Register now for these educational offerings from Resourceful Finance Pro’s Premium Workshops.
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