The Trump administration has frozen a regulation that provides for the assessment of civil penalties against federal nuclear contractors for retaliating against whistleblowers. The move, which will last until March 21, is part of President Donald Trump's "plan for managing the Federal regulatory process at the outset of the new Administration," the Energy Department said.

BBDO's 60-second spot for General Electric fantasizes about a world where female scientists are as feted as celebrities. The spot showcases Millie Dresselhaus, the first female to be awarded the National Medal of Science in Engineering, as part of the brand's overall campaign mission to tout its promise to have an equal gender split in its technical entry-level positions and to recruit 20,000 women in STEM roles by the end of the decade.

President Donald Trump may not find it easy to keep his promise to cut the federal workforce, despite public support for the idea, writes ICF International Senior Vice President Jeff Neal. He says that the public will resist cuts to programs and agencies they support, that proposed additions to defense and homeland security forces may outstrip staff cuts elsewhere, and that members of Congress will hesitate to cut jobs in their own districts.

Only 29% of the manufacturing workforce is women, and part of the solution to this is helping women believe in themselves, writes Kathleen Buse, director of the Leadership Lab for Women. Employers can encourage women to take on leadership roles by connecting them with a mentor and give them work that challenges them to learn more.

Two bills introduced in the House seek to block Labor Department rules aimed at smoothing the path for state and city governments that want to create private-sector retirement savings plans for workers whose employers don't provide retirement plans. The rules make it clear the plans wouldn't be required to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

A federal judge has approved a settlement in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case against St. Louis-based Foresight Energy, which allegedly denied coal production and underground work jobs to women. Foresight must pay $4.25 million to women who say they were denied certain jobs and must hire a minimum of 34 women for coal production work.

The NFL is using high-tech chips in shoulder pads to track players' speed, location and movement. The data is abundant, but teams and players have yet to figure out how to convert the data into real-life tactics and strategy.

HiringSolved's RAI, an artificial intelligence assistant for finding job candidates, will handle the task of finding and contacting people for jobs quickly, freeing up recruiters' time, says Shon Burton, co-founder and CEO of HiringSolved. RAI will be available to commercial users in April, Burton says.

Having a person in senior management who breaks the leadership mold by being sarcastic or using humor to transmit messages can benefit an organization, writes Manfred Kets de Vries. An office "fool" helps challenge the status quo by telling it like it is and ensuring others don't act on hubris.