Performance reviews can win you a raise or get you laid off — and managers and employees alike are turning to ChatGPT to write them.
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The downside of having America’s lowest unemployment rate
Nationally, the pandemic-era worker shortages that rocked the job market are over. But zoom in, and you’ll find one state where it’s still worse than ever: Maryland.
Walmart adding store manager perk after hiking pay, bonuses
Walmart will start giving its store managers stock grants this year on top of new pay raises, the retailer announced Monday.
Walmart raising store manager and hourly worker pay
Walmart is increasing pay for store managers and said Thursday it will hike the current average manager salary from $117,000 to $128,000 starting Feb. 1.
Health insurance premiums are eating into workers’ wages
Share of compensation going to health care premiums, by income level
The return-to-office wars are over
Just 6 out of 158 U.S. CEOs said they’ll prioritize bringing workers back to the office full-time in 2024, according to a new survey released by the Conference Board.
Poll: Discrimination against Asian Americans is rampant but ignored
Share of Asian adults in the U.S. who say they’ve faced each microaggression in their day-to-day interactions with strangers
Scoop: Inside the Biden White House’s aggressive back-to-office push
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, facing huge numbers of federal workers who aren’t coming to the office, is privately pushing Cabinet secretaries to break their staffs’ stubborn work-from-home habits.
UAW launches organizing campaign at 13 non-unionized automakers
The UAW is launching a campaign to organize 13 non-unionized automakers as it bids to extend its momentum from a strike against the Detroit Three manufacturers.
Management, take notice — employees have the upper hand
Your boss would probably rather you didn’t know this, but workers have a lot of leverage right now.
Gen Z shakes up workplace communication
Why it matters: The labor force’s youngest members are revamping the workplace with internet speak, attention to well-being and uncanny realness.
What’s next for the movement to ban caste discrimination
Following the veto of a caste discrimination bill in California that sparked nationwide debate, Asian American civil rights advocates say they plan to build on the momentum to educate more of the country on a form of bias they say is overlooked.
American workers savor quicker commutes than before COVID
The share of workers with relatively speedy commutes has increased compared to pre-pandemic times, per a new Axios analysis of census data.
Ford executive: “We have reached our limit” on UAW strike offer
Ford executives said Thursday that they’re not prepared to offer more economic value to the United Auto Workers union in contract talks.
Why Wells Fargo is the only big bank where workers are trying to unionize
For at least a decade, labor organizers have tried to make inroads at the nation’s banks, but Wells Fargo is the only big one where workers are actually trying to unionize.