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The semiconductor manufacturer Micron Technology is pursuing an AI-driven transformation that poses major implications for its workforce.

Micron, which makes the memory chips that store data needed to run AI tools, has inked deals with other major companies in the semiconductor ecosystem, such as Nvidia. And it recently broke ground on a semiconductor manufacturing site in Clay, New York that’s expected to be the biggest in history. The Clay campus is part of a $250 billion investment to boost domestic chip manufacturing; Micron expects this investment to create 90,000 jobs throughout the US.

Against this backdrop, Micron recently revamped its recognition program to award employees more consistently throughout the year, according to a recent report published by the Josh Bersin Company.

For more on how Micron overhauled its recognition program, keep reading here.—CV

      

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Is AI actually helping organizations?

The jury’s still out. Only 23% of leaders believe their workforce is “fully ready for AI,” according to a recent report from IT infrastructure services firm Kendryl, down from 29% last year.

“We see some of the confidence dropping in the readiness of organizations to face the challenge,” Mark Paulek, Kendryl’s CHRO, told HR Brew. “I think that’s really more of a matter of them getting closer to the mountain and seeing how high it is.”

What’s more, just 32% of leaders said they’ve accomplished “one of their top two AI goals”; 11% have achieved both.

HR pros can help their organizations make the most of AI by thinking of employees as “business athletes,” who require training to build skills and feedback to grow, Paulek said.

For more on where HR teams can focus on supporting AI goals, keep reading here.—MC

      

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After a federal judge in June blocked a $100,000 fee that would’ve significantly raised the cost of H-1B visa petitions, the Trump administration is continuing to issue policies that may nonetheless make the sponsorship process more costly for employers.

On Aug. 10, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule requiring certain employers to pay fees toward a biometric entry-exit system in cases where they were previously exempt. The rule, which takes effect Sept. 9, applies to employers with 50 or more employees who employ more than one-half of their workers on either H-1B or L-1 visas.

Since 2015, these employers have had to pay a $4,000 or $4,500 fee for H-1B and L-1 visa petitions, respectively. According to the DHS, the supplemental fees are intended to help the department implement an automated biometric system for immigrants entering or departing the US—a priority that dates back to the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

The new rule expands the cases under which employers will have to pay these fees.

For more on the DHS changes to the H-1B, L-1 programs, keep reading here.—CV

      

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Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: Some 55% of small businesses aren’t aware that ICHRAs—a special arrangement that allows companies to reimburse employees for purchasing their own health plans—even exist. (Employee Benefit Research Institute)

Quote: “If this is done in a way that is just pushing a fad, the risk is that it’s lowering productivity…You get a displaced worker, and it’s not clear I made the process more productive.”—Laurence Ales, an economics professor at Carnegie Mellon University, on how delegating parts of automotive jobs to robots might go wrong (the New York Times)

Read: Should SpaceX acquire Tesla, the bar would lower for CEO Elon Musk to receive a pay package valued at $1 trillion. (the Wall Street Journal)

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