A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Prime calls attention to underreported cases of sexual harassment in the trucking industry. Meanwhile, a judge in Iowa is allowing unsealing of documents in a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 100 female truck drivers, who allege sexual misconduct, threats and retaliation from male drivers at CRST International.

Refugees have a higher retention rate compared with employees overall, increase diversity in the workforce and provide a wider pool of job candidates, according to a study by Tent and the Fiscal Policy Institute. Challenges highlighted in the study include dealing with developing language skills and managing cultural differences.

Replacing bonds with annuities in target-date funds and encouraging employers to make matching contributions to annuity purchases would make 401(k) plans better tools for providing retirement income, said J. Mark Iwry, who worked on retirement policy in the Treasury Department during the Clinton and Obama administrations. Proposed legislation in Congress would relieve some plan sponsors of their concerns that they would be sued if the annuity provider they select for their plan gets into financial trouble.

Higher-education leaders must adopt "demand-driven education" to equip students with the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly technological workforce, say the authors of a report from Pearson and JFF. Joe Deegan, a co-author of the report and senior program manager at JFF, says institutions need to "meet learners where they are," including adult students who may be changing careers.

HR teams can come together by identifying policy inconsistencies and working together to find common ground in policy and the reasoning behind it, writes Charles Goff-Deakins. "It is essential to make sure the process is repeated regularly, even as a standing item on your monthly team meetings, for example," he writes.