Tech giants were some of the first to send workers home. Now they’re figuring out how and whether to bring them back.
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For Black workers, age discrimination strikes twice
Once when they’re entering the workforce, and once when they’re nearing retirement
The economic recovery is getting messy. Just ask working women
April’s weak jobs report proved even more dismal for working women, highlighting a complicated path to economic recovery
In the shadow of COVID-19, a toll on entertainment workers
Like so many, the pandemic upended life for actor and dancer Rena Riffel. The Los Angeles-based performer needed help with rent, utilities and counselling when jobs suddenly dried up.
My old job was erased when I was on medical leave. Doesn’t the job I return to have to be the same?
An ‘equivalent position’ needs to offer the same pay and benefits — and the same status and responsibilities
The union’s defeat at Amazon is shaking up the labor movement and exposing a rift between organizers
The labor movement is working to regroup, with emotions high after a veteran organizer wrote a sharp critique of the union’s tactics in Alabama
Carolyn Hax: She’s avoiding telling co-workers how old her son is
Dear Carolyn: I had my son, “Mark,” when I was 15. I raised him with enormous help from my parents and the father’s parents; the father not so much, but that’s not why I’m writing. I’m very proud of Mark and love him so much.
Employee benefits in the post-vaccine world are changing
Metro and parking subsidies may not make as much sense for employers with a remote workforce, but subsidies for cellphones and office equipment might.
The union drive at Amazon signals a potential sea change for the labor movement. Will it last?
In the 1930s and 40s, a big upswing in union organizing in the United States was marked by successful campaigns at high-profile companies like General Motors, Ford, US Steel and AT&T.
A pagan says she faced religious discrimination while working at Panera. Now, she’s suing.
A Pennsylvania woman has filed a lawsuit against Panera Bread, alleging that she was discriminated against and fired because of her pagan beliefs.
Should health-care workers be required to get coronavirus shots? Companies grapple with mandates.
The workers at 22 assisted-living communities run by a company called Silverado help people with receding memory — dementia or other waning.
Corporations are working with social media influencers to cancel-proof their racial justice initiatives
Companies like Procter & Gamble, Sephora and Snap are seeking help to stay ahead of cultural moments and avoid embarrassing gaffes
Amazon admits it was wrong to suggest its workforce never needs to pee in bottles on the job
Last week, in an unusually combative tweet response to a congressman, Amazon insisted that its workers did not urinate in bottles.
Ask Amy: Nightmare bosses bust through boundaries
Dear Readers: Every year during this time I step away from my column to work on other creative projects. I hope you enjoy these “best of” questions and answers from 10 years ago, which I’ve retrieved from my advice vault.
Miss Manners: Tricky but necessary: Telling boss about new job
Dear Miss Manners: I was in my previous job for almost seven years, working under a boss who wasn’t the best.
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