More than two-thirds of managers report that they’re under immense pressure to squeeze more out of their workers, according to a recent Slack survey of 18,000 knowledge workers.
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New York anti-bias laws cover nonresidents seeking employment, state’s top court rules
New York’s top court ruled Thursday that laws banning workplace discrimination cover people who are applying for jobs in New York but live elsewhere.
Employers who spy on their remote workers do so at their own peril
In the brave new world of hybrid work, where the lines between office and home are blurred, employers are navigating uncharted waters.
Return-to-office mandates will be worse for federal employment than leaders realize
For many months, public sector unions warned about the damaging consequences to federal employee retention and recruitment posed by the federal government’s planned mandate to force staff to return to the office.
Watch out — California’s damaging gig workers law is going nationwide
In 2019, I was a California writer-consultant, reinvention coach and E-RYT 500 yoga instructor and programs lead whose life was upended by the passage of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) into law.
Cuomo files suit against James for access to sexual harassment report materials
Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) filed a lawsuit against the state’s attorney general Thursday over access to a 2021 report on sexual harassment allegations against the then-governor.
Telework is actually rescuing the federal workforce; its abolition won’t be pretty
Under heavy pressure from Republicans in Congress, and from the Democratic mayor of Washington, the Biden administration has been pressing federal agencies to get their staff back into the office.
Big Labor systematically lies to forced dues-paying workers
Throughout last month’s first-ever U.S. House hearing on national right-to-work legislation in the Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP), the dividing line between the panel’s Republican majority and its Democratic minority was very clear.
Starbucks labor report — demanded by shareholders — calls for better training on union issues
Starbucks should better communicate its commitment to workers’ collective bargaining rights and train its employees to respect those rights, according to an independent assessment released Wednesday.
Auto workers’ grand slam in Detroit is a home run for the US workforce
The United Auto Workers union has just hit a grand slam. Instead of the World Series, we’re talking about the turbulent national auto talks between the Detroit Three and the United Auto Workers union.
Lizzo seeks dismissal of sexual harassment lawsuit from former dancers
Popstar Lizzo on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by three of her former backup dancers, claiming that the group is only looking for a “quick pay day.”
Lawmakers are finally taking menopause seriously. Workplaces should too.
Menopause may finally be having a moment in government — as many are saying — with more attention turning to the experience of 2 million women who enter this phase of life each year.
How a new EEOC harassment rule could cost employers
And the regulations on businesses keep coming.
You’re not wrong if you think you get less done in the office
For decades, research has found that open-plan offices are bad for companies, bad for workers, bad for health and bad for morale.
The EEOC is trying to make ‘misgendering’ a thought-crime
A federal government obsessed with gender ideology has decided that “misgendering” is now a thought crime. And it is dead set on muzzling religious objectors.