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Home Depot (NYSE:HD) is cutting about 800 corporate jobs as part of a broad restructuring. The company is requiring corporate staff to return to the office five days a week. Home Depot is rolling out a Material List Builder AI tool aimed at professional customers. The retailer is expanding sustainable offerings with a nationwide launch of organic seeds. For you as an investor, these moves touch both the front and back of the Home Depot story. The company is a major US home improvement…

OTTAWA — Thousands of workers across the federal public service have received notices that their jobs may be cut, many of them just in the last week.

Plus, what’s some actionable advice for both Gen Z job-seekers and employers to bridge the readiness gap?

A small, growing number of employers are putting health insurance decisions entirely in the hands of their workers. Instead of offering traditional insurance, they’re giving workers money to buy their own coverage in what’s known as Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements, or ICHRAs. Advocates say this approach provides small companies that couldn’t afford insurance a chance to offer something.

Asking employees to compile a weekly progress report can be counterproductive for businesses.

A relatively new buzzword is making the rounds in workplaces: coffee badging. This trend is reshaping how people engage with office culture and if you’re a hybrid worker, you might be part of this movement without even realizing it. So, what exactly is coffee badging? It occurs when employees visit the office just long enough to prove their presence. After saying hello to some coworkers, getting a coffee and swiping their badge, they return home to finish work. Coffee badging gives workers the f

That’s costing the British economy a staggering $176 billion.

Gen Z workers are rejecting the traditional “climb-the-ladder hustle”. Here’s why.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether it should be more difficult for workers from “majority backgrounds,” such as white or heterosexual people, to prove workplace discrimination claims. The justices took up an appeal by Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, seeking to revive her lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services in which she said she lost her job to a gay man and was passed over for a promotion in favor of a gay woman in violation of federal civil rights law. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided last year that she had not shown the “background circumstances” that courts require to prove that she faced discrimination because she is straight, as she alleged.

For younger workers, in their 20s and 30s, retirement may seem so far off on the horizon that thinking about things such as Social Security may barely register. Be Aware: 2 Changes Are Coming to…

Ageism is one of the last socially acceptable forms of prejudice in our society. Here’s what I’ve seen firsthand, and discovered through research.

Shorts, heels and neckties are out, but fashionable sneakers are in.

HOUSTON, October 01, 2024–As the workplace benefit enrollment period approaches for many employees this November, a new survey from Corebridge Financial suggests workers who are already preparing for the process are more likely to feel positive about their retirement plans. With more than 75% of respondents saying they begin preparing for their benefits selection at least one week prior to open enrollment, those who plan ahead are twice as likely to have a positive outlook on their retirement p

The employee allegedly responded to a question about being White by saying he ‘identifies as an American who believes the US is the greatest country in the world’

Investors are turning their attention to a slew of economic data in the weeks ahead after the Federal Reserve initiated its first interest rate cut in four years.