Courtney Vinopal
Senior Reporter at HR Brew
Reporter @HR_Brew | @MorningBrew, writing about the changing world of work. Stories in @WSJ, @washingtonpost, @NewsHour, @qz, etc. 📧: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
hr-brew.com | Courtney Vinopal
Thousands of former federal employees are now looking for work due to job cuts carried out by President Donald Trump’s administration during the first few months of this year. The layoffs were directed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk. DOGE targeted consulting firms among its next spending cuts, and the moves seem likely to spur another outflow of employees with federal sector experience looking for new work.
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2 weeks ago |
hr-brew.com | Courtney Vinopal
Human resources professionals across Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies were laid off last week, part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to slash spending and personnel across the federal government. In a fact sheet about layoffs, which are expected to affect some 10,000 workers, HHS said HR would be centralized with a number of other departments, including IT, external affairs, and policies.
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3 weeks ago |
hr-brew.com | Courtney Vinopal
President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) to end collective bargaining with unions representing an estimate of over one million federal workers, arguing national security interests justify the move. The EO, dated Mar. 27, applies to federal unions representing workers in a wide range of agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and Treasury. Police and firefighters were exempted from the order.
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3 weeks ago |
hr-brew.com | Courtney Vinopal
Despite recent efforts to lower the price of US prescription drugs, most Americans are still worried about affording them, according to a KFF poll. Several lawsuits highlight employers’ role negotiating health plan contracts with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that include pricey prescription drugs, and seek to hold them accountable under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The most recent lawsuit was filed by JPMorgan employees on Mar.
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3 weeks ago |
hr-brew.com | Courtney Vinopal
When Stephen Patscot, HR practice leader with executive search and leadership consulting firm Spencer Stuart, talks to CEOs about the CHRO role, he often says it’s the “second-hardest job in the C-suite.”While they may laugh this off, Patscot’s serious about the complexity of the role. “At any given time, there’s five constituencies that could take this person out...and all of them have competing and sometimes conflicting needs,” he said.
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