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White House emails federal workforce offering easy way to quit
The email is the most sweeping effort yet by the new Trump administration to shrink the ranks of government employees.
Senate probe finds Amazon manipulated workplace injury data
The firm discouraged injured workers from seeking outside medical care and ignored internal safety recommendations, a panel led by Sen. Bernie Sanders found.
Companies that mandate RTO see slower workforce growth, data shows
Firms that have mandated RTO since July 2022 have experienced slower workforce growth than companies that allow flexible work, analysis from Revelio Labs shows.
Biden moves to end subminimum wages for people with disabilities
The Biden administration is moving to phase out a Depression-era program that allows some employers to pay disabled workers far less than minimum wage.
Review | Americans work too much and are miserable. Can we change?
Brigid Schulte’s ambitious “Over Work” tackles policy, culture and the legacy of the pandemic’s disruption to chart a better way to work and live.
Port strike freezes shipping on East Coast, dealing blow to economy
The strike is disrupting ports that handle more than half of U.S. trade in shipping containers, with the economic bite growing worse if the standoff drags on.
What to expect if port workers strike, and how it may affect the economy
Negotiations between longshoremen and port operators broke down in June and the two sides have barely been speaking. The current contract expires at midnight Monday.
Opinion | A big problem for young workers: 70- and 80-year-olds who won’t retire
With five generations in the workforce, it’s harder for beginners to get hired or promoted.
Work Advice: How to tell a retirement-age colleague she’s making mistakes
Co-workers stress over having to monitor and ‘snitch’ on an older worker’s increasingly frequent, high-stakes mistakes
Job rate for women in tech has hardly budged since 2005, EEOC finds
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair urges companies not to pull back from efforts to promote workplace diversity and inclusion.
Work Advice: How to deal with the post-Labor Day blues
More workers are coming back into the office, but what’s behind those numbers?
Work Advice: Office ‘conversation hogs’ talk back
Timers, arm-touching and other tested solutions can help manage over-talkers at work
The Marshmallow Test and other predictors of success have bias built in, researchers say
Scientists are finding problems with how we measure executive function — a collection of essential human cognitive skills.
Has everyone at work lost their minds?
Complaints of bad behavior and petty sabotage in the office include stolen lunches, spandex office gear and a lack of basic hygiene. “People got so used to working alone,” said one expert.