The FDNY wants to level the playing field for firefighters and officers accused of discrimination, harassment and misconduct — and they are taking cues from the NYPD to do it.
Archives for July 24, 2023
Gen Zers want to be in the office. But their bosses are at home.
Gen Z is more interested in working from the office than any other generation.
Alcoholic Worker Lacks Bias Claim Over Counseling, Work Conflict
Alcoholism can be ADA disability even when not permanent
Relocating To A Dismal Workplace At Amazon
If you’re looking to dishearten your employees and dismantle your office culture, look no further than the recent move made by Amazon.
California restaurant to pay $140K after making employees confess workplace ‘sins’ to ‘supposed’ priest
Restaurant’s use of supposed priest ‘among the most shameless’ forms of retaliation, according to feds
How Workers Really Spend Their Days
At the office, we kill time by surreptitiously staring at our phones. Working from home, we make breaks about more than mental distraction.
‘We’re going to see workers die’: extreme heat is key issue in UPS contract talks
Teamsters union members are prepared to hold the largest single-employer strike in US history over heat protections
The rise of gig workers is changing the face of the US economy
Lazarus Limo usually starts his day at 10 a.m. ET, driving passengers and delivering food for Uber around Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
A Flood of New Workers Has Made the Fed’s Job Less Painful. Can It Persist?
Federal Reserve officials thought job gains would taper off more, but they’ve remained strong. An improving supply of workers has been crucial.
Employers Need to Go Further to Accommodate an Employee’s Religion
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion in Groff v. DeJoy that effectively made it easier for employees to secure religious-based accommodations in the workplace.
The biggest problem offices have in summer goes beyond getting workers to return
Experts say stagnant work levels in the summer can lead to larger effects into the fall.
USCIS Update: myProgress Tool Expands to Form I-765 and Form I-131
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently announced the expansion of the myProgress tool to include Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and Form I-131, Application for Travel Document.