Just after dawn on a recent July day in Rochelle, Ga., Silvia Moreno Ayala steps into a pair of sturdy work pants, slips on a long-sleeved shirt, and slathers her face and hands with sunscreen.
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Companies Requiring Full-Time In-Office Are Struggling to Recruit New Employees
The beginning of 2023 brought the end of some remote-work policies as Disney, Starbucks, and Activision Blizzard all said they would require employees to come into the office more frequently.
What to Know About Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Newly-Signed Laws Restricting Trans, DEI, and Labor Rights
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed numerous bills this week, including some that restrict labor rights, ban transgender women from competing in sports, and bar universities and colleges from having their own diversity offices and training.
What to Do When a Colleague’s Right to Exist Is Under Attack
This year already marks another record-breaking one in the US for anti-trans legislation.
Companies Are Finally Designing Offices for the New Work Reality
When many companies were trying to get rid of their office space to save money during the pandemic, the architecture and design firm NBBJ was doing the opposite.
Return-to-Office Full Time Is Losing. Hybrid Work Is On the Rise
You might have thought that by the end of May, with the pandemic officially over, people would be getting back to the office. But a new report suggests that the share of workers in-office full time is actually shrinking as hybrid work is growing.
How Does Menopause Affect Women in the Workplace?
The U.S. economy is losing $26.6 billion a year due to lost productivity and health expenses resulting from employees who are managing menopause symptoms, according to a new report.
Progressives Love Biden’s Pick for Labor Secretary. That’s Why the Senate Might Reject Her
When President Joe Biden introduced his pick to become the next Labor Secretary two weeks ago, the mood in the East Room erupted with such a raucous welcome, the President seemed briefly taken aback.
No More Mr. Nice Boss: Flexible Employers Were a Pandemic Blip
Were a space alien to have visited the U.S. in late 2020, it might have gotten a very skewed idea about the employee-employer relationship in the world of corporate America.
As People Return to Offices, It’s Back to Misery for America’s Working Moms
I’ll never know what it was like to be a working parent in the Before Times. My son was born in October 2020, and I returned to work—remotely—in February 2021.
As People Return to Offices, It’s Back to Miserable for America’s Working Moms
I’ll never know what it was like to be a working parent in the Before Times. My son was born in October 2020, and I returned to work—remotely—in February 2021.
‘A Failed and Broken System.’ Tech Layoffs Set the Clock Ticking for Foreign Workers
Neha had been working at a start-up in Seattle for seven months when she found out her entire team was being laid off.
The Standoff Between Workers and Their Bosses Is Set To Heat Up in 2023
There’s a very real risk of a recession in the next year, which means it would seem like a bad time to send a letter to your boss, saying you think you deserve more respect.
The Office of the Future Is Greener, More Social, and Might Even Include Childcare
Before the pandemic struck, Lucy Jefferson spent nearly £50 ($57) a day commuting from London, where she had moved in 2019, to Birmingham, England where she worked as a product manager at a large U.K. bank.
A Year After Striketober, Employers and Labor Unions Aren’t Getting Along
A year ago, a wave of workers—emboldened by a strong labor market and sick of feeling unappreciated—walked off their jobs, hastening what some in the media called Striketober.