Since last week, when a Federal District Court in Florida struck down the Center for Disease Control’s Mask Mandate for public transportation, many local jurisdictions have announced an end to mask mandates. Indeed, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) removed transportation and transportation hubs from California’s Mask Mandate which previously had relied on the CDC’s order.
Archives for April 2022
What to Know Before Becoming a Boomerang Employee
Workers are returning to jobs they left during the Great Resignation. But is it ever a good idea to be a boomerang employee?
Find Joy in Any Job: How Do I Get My Team to Love Work?
Part four of our special series with Marcus Buckingham on how to craft a job around the things you love.
Supreme Court Bans Recovery for Emotional Harm in Discrimination Suits
Splitting 6 to 3, the court ruled that facilities receiving federal money cannot be sued under four federal laws for discrimination that causes emotional distress.
Is Anxiety Legally a Workplace Disability?
A jury awarded $450,000 after a birthday party induced a panic attack at work.
How Severed Is Your Workplace Personality?
Many of the world’s employees have been separated from their workplace for a large chunk of the past two pandemic-disrupted years, and it seems most of us aren’t too keen to go back.
Workplace Weary: Are You Emotionally Out of Shape?
How to manage your emotional responses when you return to the office.
Workplace Evolution: How has the workplace changed since the pandemic?
As mask mandates are lifted and this pandemic is hopefully starting to wane, one big question that remains is what happens to the business world? The pandemic shoved millions of workers out of offices and into their homes, and now, it looks like most of them aren’t coming back, at least not full-time.
‘Zero regrets.’ Six months after quitting, these workers are thriving.
Workers who joined the ‘Great Resignation’ six months ago tell me they’re mostly better off emotionally and mentally, if not financially.
Workers Are at a Marketplace Advantage, but It Won’t Last
As the labor force expands, consumer demand cools, and the ‘great resignation’ proves illusory, the balance will shift toward employers.
The Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
Since the Great Recession, the college-educated have taken more frontline jobs at companies like Starbucks and Amazon. Now they’re helping to unionize them.
“Articulate” As a Compliment? We Need to Talk
In the weeks leading up to and during the historic confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the first Black female justice was repeatedly recognized by a number of senators for being so “articulate” while being questioned. The “compliment” resonated at the same frequency as
Hands Off My CROWN! What Employers Should Know About the Rise of Hair Discrimination Laws
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The CROWN Act would prohibit workplace discrimination based on a person’s hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race
I-9 Flexibility Extended to End of October 2022
I-9 flexibility is extended until October 31, 2022, due to continuing COVID-19 precautions.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidance remains the same and preparing for the possible end of the flexibility is still advised. Indeed, DHS stated, “[E]mployers are encouraged to begin, at their discretion, the in-person verification of
How do “right to recall” laws impact hiring?
How do “right to recall” laws impact hiring?
Good news – the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be waning, and our economy is re-opening. Employees are being hired, but for some businesses in some industries, there are new requirements in place which were not there at the start of