Perhaps you’ve heard of “quiet quitting.” It’s telling that the phrase has taken off on social media — but this is the fakest of fake “workplace trends.”
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More workers are back in offices. It’s still nothing like before.
The uptick shows that return-to-work mandates are having some impact, but the future of the office remains up in the air
12 questions to measure your workplace happiness
Do your opinions count at work? Does your job feel important? Do you have a close friend at the office?
All About Age Discrimination at Work and Why Successful Lawsuits Are Rare
Discrimination against workers based on their age is illegal in many countries.
Why labor unions are more popular than they’ve been in six decades
Today’s record-low unemployment makes workers more aware of the benefits unions offer
How to promote culture in a remote workplace
Companies that have operated remotely since inception offer their best advice for creating and maintaining company culture with a distributed workforce
On Wall Street, the pandemic is over, at least according to bosses
Citing lower risk from the virus, firms such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are dispensing with covid protocols
4,000 Google cafeteria workers quietly unionized during the pandemic
The tech giant is known for its free lunches for employees. The people who make those lunches have joined unions en masse.
Bosses say remote work kills culture. These companies disagree.
Julia Cummings, a Los Angeles-based remote worker for a software start-up, said that in her job, she has access to nearly anything she might need.
Bosses want workers back by Labor Day. They’re not going in without a fight
When the emails first started piling into Latitia Jackson’s inbox about heading back to the office after Labor Day, she and her colleagues figured it wouldn’t really happen.
Starbucks illegally withheld raises from union workers, labor board says
The coffee chain has been trying to tamp down a national organizing campaign
When remote workers live far away, who pays for their office visits?
Employers need to consider what’s legal, cost-effective and fair when approving expenses for office travel for remote workers
As temperatures rise, industries fight heat safeguards for workers
Extreme heat is making work more dangerous. But beyond the West Coast, the fight to protect workers faces head winds.
Inflation is helping gig companies like Uber — and hurting their workers
Workers on tech platforms like Uber, Lyft and Doordash are struggling to cope with rising prices
Got a Labor Shortage? Make It Easier to Work
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell insists that the tight US labor market isn’t primarily to blame for today’s high inflation, pointing instead to other culprits such as commodity prices, supply chain problems and the war in Ukraine.
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