ABM Industry Groups, LLC (ABM), a facility management services company, has settled federal charges of sexual harassment filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $310,000 and other injunctive relief, the federal agency announced today.
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Op-Ed: Labor unions three years after Janus
For years, cities, counties and states spent millions of dollars paying full time salaries and benefits for employees that were obligated to belong to labor unions.
The Retail Workforce Is About To Go Through Some Radical Changes
Brick and mortar retail has done far better during the pandemic than most experts predicted.
Three Ways To Close The Pay-Benefits Gap And Celebrate Your Workforce
It’s high time to celebrate the American workforce. While there are pockets of differentiation by industries, by and large, the average worker is making well-deserved gains.
Workplace cafes can play a role in your weight loss, study finds
As we head back to work, we again come face to face with delicious diet-breaking temptations we were able to avoid at home.
Liberty Warehouse and Restaurant Group to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
A restaurant group that includes Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y. wedding venue, agreed to pay $125,000 and provide extensive non-monetary relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. That restaurant group includes the Manhattan restaurants and event spaces called The Water Club, The River Café, and Pershing Square.
100 Isn’t a Magic Number, So Why Is It Part of the Vaccine Mandate?
The threshold of 100 employees adds to a patchwork of small-business rules. It shows up in no other major small-business laws. The reasoning behind the number is a mystery.
Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple
Hundreds of current and former Apple workers are complaining about their work environment, a rarity for the once tight-lipped company.
In The Fight Against COVID, Health Workers Aren’t Immune To Vaccine Misinformation
As new data shows 1 in 500 Americans has died from COVID-19 and the delta variant continues to surge across the country, the next challenge many health care leaders face is within their own staffs: the 27% of of U.S. health care workers who have not been vaccinated against the disease as of July, according to a study by The COVID States Project.
The Nationals fired employees who wouldn’t get vaccinated. Two now plan a legal challenge.
Two former minor league coaches for the Washington Nationals planned to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday over the termination of their contracts, which came after they did not comply with an organization-wide vaccine mandate that was implemented in August.
Evergrande Gave Workers a Choice: Loan Us Cash or Lose Your Bonus
The Chinese property giant owes $300 billion and is on the hook for as many as 1.6 million apartments. It may owe tens of thousands of its employees money, too.
Viewpoint: If we are serious about change, we must fix the workplace, not women
The adage that “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good,” is sadly true in the workplace.
Make Room For Moms: What HR And Business Leaders Can Do To Better Support Moms In The Workplace
There’s a pandemic raging on within the Covid-19 pandemic — a “she-session,” otherwise known as a mass exodus of women, many of whom are working mothers and caregivers, from the workforce.
Home or office? The future workplace doesn’t have to be all or nothing
Workplace Mental Health In 2021: How Can Leaders Build Enduring Change?
The crises, challenges, and trauma of 2020 and 2021 have put mental health front-and-center for employers like never before.
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