Too often, diversity and inclusion work leads to burnout rather than a promotion.
Archives for January 18, 2021
Gig Workers Are Employees. Start Treating Them That Way.
The Biden administration has an opportunity to restore basic labor protections to the people who deliver our groceries and drive for Uber and Lyft.
What to Do If Your Team Doesn’t Want to Go Back to the Office
…but company leaders are insisting on it.
Toward a Racially Just Workplace
Diversity efforts are failing black employees. Here’s a better approach.
5 strategies to smoothly handle a workplace confrontation
The act of confronting someone can be awkward and stressful. Here are a few strategies to skillfully approach the encounter.
Creating a more equitable workplace: Don’t forget your health plan
To truly create a more equitable workplace, employers need to tailor health plans to fit the needs of all employees.
After months of trauma, vaccinated health-care workers welcome a surprising emotion: hope
For weeks, the long-term care facility where Linda Green works as a nurse looked to her like a battlefield hospital, swathed in plastic drapes separating the ill from the uninfected.
Use This Trick To Instantly Win Over Your Boss
If you want to win over your boss, never bring them only one solution to a problem; bring them two or even three potential options.
A wristband that tells your boss if you are unhappy
At first glance the silicone wristband could be mistaken for one that tracks your heart rate when you are doing exercise.
Age Bias Could Lead to Job Loss This Year, Many Workers Fear
AARP survey finds that older workers are worried about job security
How to Spot a Psychopath in Your Workplace
Human beings are simplifiers. We are cognitive misers, exerting the least amount of mental effort that we can in making decisions.
It’s complicated: Lawyers weigh in on COVID-19 vaccination legalities in workplace
Countless Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and millions more are awaiting shots in the arm aimed at curbing the country’s health crisis.
Troubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people
Negative interactions at work, even small ones, can weigh heavily on depressed or bipolar colleagues, according to new research.
EEOC Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Wellness Program Rules
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued its revamped proposed rules governing employer-sponsored wellness programs. These proposed rules have been a long time coming, with the EEOC’s prior rules on the topic having been invalidated by a court and then partially revoked. In this current proposal, the EEOC
Fifth Circuit Sets New Standard for Certifying FLSA Collective Actions
On January 12, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision rewriting the rules for obtaining certification in collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).