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Are you an office ‘detective’ or ‘road warrior’? The five types of workers, according to Slack—and a couple are more likely than the rest to become the next Bill Gates
Think your AI skills aren’t sharp enough to climb up the corporate ladder? Worried you might be too much of an ideas person? Or do you feel like you just spend too much time lingering around colleagues’ desks and not enough in front of a spreadsheet?
It’s Time for Companies to Monitor Workplace Air Quality
When the Canadian wildfire smoke hit New York City in June, I got a call from a senior executive with a pressing question: was the air inside their company’s building safe for employees to breathe?
Got a gap in your resume? Own it, say workplace experts
Believe it or not, career breaks are now more common than ever.
Despite the wave of boomers returning to work after the Great Retirement, there are still 2 million more retirees than America’s workforce can handle
Retirees are known for playing bingo in Florida, watching Jeopardy with religious fervor, and voting at every election. They’re less known for returning to the workforce. But right now, that’s exactly what some forlorn economists are hoping for.
Workers at these 15 companies are happiest with their pay, says new report
Plenty of major tech companies have been under fire in the last year for their surprise layoff announcements, return-to-office battles and a skepticism about whether the Big Tech dream job is still alive.
Companies are demanding employees spend more days in the office, yet they’re also reducing their office space. Here’s why that isn’t paradoxical
Return-to-office mandates are increasingly common, but companies are rapidly downsizing their offices and worried about whether they’ll be able to keep their current one.
Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage
Employers are pulling out all the stops to attract workers as the state’s population grows older, offering a likely glimpse of the country’s future.
Google AI Researchers Found Something Their Bosses Might Not Be Happy About
Is there a hard limit to this type of AI?
Failure to Promote Shortly After Reporting Harassment Was Not Retaliation
An associate professor at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine could not prove discrimination or retaliation when her supervisor said that she would not promote her 27 days after the professor revealed that she had filed a sexual harassment claim.
Court Rules Against Employer in Whistleblower Case
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act prohibits the retaliatory discharge of an employee who files a complaint or initiates a proceeding concerning a violation of a commercial motor vehicle safety or security regulation, the 4th Circuit ruled.
NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule: Do You Want to Control Other Employers’ Workers?
A business’s response to the National Labor Relations Board’s new new joint employer rule may boil down to one question: whether the business would ever need to control another employer’s workers.
Mueller Co. and IH Services to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mueller Co. LLC, a nationwide manufacturer and seller of gas and water distribution products, and IH Services, Inc., which provides cleaning services in Mueller facilities, agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle claims of sexual harassment and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the
Internet Scammers Used My Name to Take People’s Money
As a small-business owner, my reputation is extremely important to my success. If you can’t trust me, you certainly aren’t going to hire me to train your employees or speak at your conference.
So, I was horrified when recruiting expert and The Robot-Proof Recruiter author Katrina Collier reached out to let me
Power At Work Blogcast #25: A Political Directors Roundtable
Listen to Burnes Center Senior Fellow Seth Harris in conversation with three national union political directors exactly one year before the 2024 presidential and congressional elections. Seth is joined by Susan Valentine from Unite Here!, Russ Breckenridge from the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters, and Katrina Mendiola from