With many companies eyeing “hybrid” workplace strategies this year, Facebook is looking to bolster its Workplace platform to make collaboration easier. Workplace executive Ujjwal Singh explained what’s coming and why.
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Trump’s parting gift to federal workers: Thinner paychecks
The president forced 1.3 million federal workers to defer their payroll taxes in late 2020. Now the bills are coming due.
Many workers will get 4 extra weeks of unemployment benefits. Here’s how
The $900 billion Covid relief law gives workers an extra 11 weeks of unemployment benefits through March 14.
Dollar General Will Pay Workers to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine
Retailer is one of the first to dangle extra pay to staff to encourage them to get coronavirus shots once available
Unilever gets vaccine partnership offers as it plots worker safety strategy
Unilever is strongly encouraging employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible and floated the idea that it could buy shots to share with people in poorer countries.
THE DEATH OF THE OFFICE DESK IS UPON US
It has been the centerpiece of corporate life for decades, but as companies reshape workplaces, many may find dedicated individual work areas no longer make sense
Return with confidence: Using tech to create safe offices, post-pandemic
How can technology help companies worldwide return to work safely when lockdown ends?
The CROWN Act Makes Waves Across The Country To End Hair Discrimination
Visible acts of racial injustice and police brutality have sparked a global awakening to the experiences Black Americans have faced for centuries, including efforts to dismantle systemic racism in corporate workplaces.
Five Ways To Impress Your Boss In 2021
We are all looking forward to the end of the pandemic.
My Boss’s Stress Is Affecting Everyone Around Her
Dear Boss: I’m my manager’s only direct report, and I’m the first full-time person she’s managed.
YOUR NEXT BOSS MAY BE MORE OF A COACH THAN A DICTATOR
More direct reports and less administrative work will push managers to go from authority figures skilled at the business to ‘social-emotional experts’
The 7 Personalities Of Bad Bosses Who Think They’re Good Bosses
Be careful. Is your bad manager a rescuer, a people-pleaser or a numbers person?
Here Are the 8 Policies Smart Companies Will Keep in 2021
Businesses had many, many headaches in 2020–as did all their employees. From new laws to shutdowns, protests, and illness and death, every company and every employee had new challenges last year.
As such, your company adopted new policies. (With changing laws, you had to adopt at least some changes
What to Know About Worker’s Compensation
Workers’ comp can help you collect lost wages and medical benefits in the event of an on-the-job injury or illness.
When You Know Layoffs Are Coming…
Waiting for bad news can take a major psychological toll.