The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will address the legal gray area of employers offering Covid-19 vaccination incentives, after lawmakers and employer groups requested the workplace civil rights agency weigh in.
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U.S. Government Is Preparing an Emergency Rule to Protect Workers From Covid
Observers say a standard is coming soon; here’s what it might look like.
Chipotle’s Bosses Get Extra $64.4 Million From Tweak to Results
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s five most-senior executives received an additional $64.4 million of awards last year after the company’s board tweaked bonus calculations to exclude abysmal sales from the first few months of the pandemic lockdown.
Work Shifting: What Work Looks Like Next
The pandemic has seen a monumental shift in where and how people do their jobs. Bloomberg’s Anna Edwards dives into what the future of work looks like.
Diversity Drives Are Wasted Without the Data
Investor pressure could help companies do more to promote workplace fairness than relying on the dubious benefits of unconscious bias training.
Discrimination Against Working Mothers Must End
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that denying women jobs on the basis of motherhood violated their civil rights, systemic bias still exists against working mothers, writes Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Verizon, Ford, Waste Management HR Execs on Next Phase of Work
Discussion about the incredible events of the past year, the lessons they have learned along the way, and what their companies’ plans are as we move into the next phase of reopening.
Google Promises Not to Muzzle Staff on Pay, Settling Labor Case
Google promised not to silence workers who talk about their pay, part of a settlement resolving one of the first legal complaints filed by a new union representing hundreds of employees and contract workers at the internet giant.
Biden Urged to Spend $4 Trillion by Labor, Environment Groups
Labor unions and environmental groups are joining forces to lobby the White House and Democratic congressional leaders to back $4 trillion worth of spending in the coming long-term economic plan — in a sign that sometimes testy relations between the two constituencies are thawing.
Virus Worker Safety Rule Tests Biden After Trump DOL Nixed Draft
Career officials at the U.S. Department of Labor drafted an emergency rule last spring to impede the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace, but it was scuttled by Trump appointees—a previously undisclosed development that sheds new light on the Biden administration’s delay in releasing a similar regulation.
Microsoft Survey Finds Most Bosses Are Thriving During Pandemic
Microsoft Vice President Jared Spataro talks about a survey that found the majority of workers are struggling during this global pandemic.
Bosses Are Clueless That Workers Are Miserable and Looking to Leave
A Microsoft study finds 41% of workers may quit this year, while business leaders are “out of touch.”
Who Helps Pay Amazon’s Low-Wage Workers? You Do
Taxpayers pick up the tab for employees at big companies whose paychecks won’t cover basic necessities.
Former MoFo Attorneys Want New Look at Dismissed Leave Claim
Former Morrison & Foerster LLP lawyers suing the firm over alleged gender discrimination want the Northern District of California to let them argue it applied the wrong standard when it granted summary judgment for the firm on one of the associate’s maternity-based claims under the Family Medical Leave Act.
At Long Last, Wall Street Sees Path to Return to the Office
New York City is reopening, vaccinations are accelerating and spring brings with it an air of optimism. For Wall Street’s banks, that means a return to offices may finally be in sight.
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