Worker advocates hailed the executive order, saying it was the first step in reorienting OSHA toward more stringent safety protections
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After months of trauma, vaccinated health-care workers welcome a surprising emotion: hope
For weeks, the long-term care facility where Linda Green works as a nurse looked to her like a battlefield hospital, swathed in plastic drapes separating the ill from the uninfected.
Trump’s parting gift to federal workers: Thinner paychecks
The president forced 1.3 million federal workers to defer their payroll taxes in late 2020. Now the bills are coming due.
Trump administration seeks to undo decades-long rules on discrimination
The Trump administration is pushing in its final days to undo decades-long protections against discrimination, a last-ditch effort to accomplish a longtime goal of conservative legal activists.
Six ways your office will be different in 2021, assuming you ever go back to it
The office changed forever in 2020. What workplace experts say we should expect next year.
After suffering abuse from two narcissistic bosses, I’m leery of working for others
Review your experiences and research prospective employers to weed out bad bosses
The first millennials turn 40 on Jan. 1. That’s old enough to sue for age discrimination.
On Jan. 1, the oldest millennials, born in 1981, will turn 40 and officially become eligible to sue employers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967.
The covid-era workplace: Hard questions, no easy answers
The pandemic has been a stress test for us all, but the results can tell us what needs to be fixed.
America’s biggest companies flourished during the pandemic but put 100,000 out of work
A Post analysis found 45 of the 50 biggest U.S. companies turned a profit since March. The majority of firms cut staff and gave the bulk of profits to shareholders.
Employers start preparing for the coronavirus vaccine with a question: Can we require it?
With vaccines on the horizon, employers are asking if they can be mandated — and how well workers would comply
University of Michigan reaches settlement with women who reported sexual harassment by former provost
The University of Michigan reached a $9.25 million settlement Wednesday with eight women who reported they were emotionally and sexually abused by the school’s former provost, according to the school and an attorney for the women.
It’s hard to get rid of a bad boss. Instead, try a ‘soft coup.’
Our manager is so incompetent he creates more work for his team, but his boss says she can’t do anything.
You can carry a gun into the Michigan Capitol. Democrats say it’s a workplace hazard.
Michigan state Sen. Sylvia Santana’s husband sent her to work with a bulletproof vest on April 30, in advance of a protest at the Capitol.
I think my old boss is sabotaging my job search
You don’t need to know all the bad things a reference is saying about you to assemble a good defensive line.
Our co-workers had coronavirus, but our boss never told us
Employers walk a fine line between protecting workers’ health and avoiding a panic.
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