Workplace culture
NBA suspends Suns owner Robert Sarver for a year over workplace harassment, use of racial slurs
Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns takes notes inside the lottery room during the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. Jennifer Pottheiser | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million […]
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Companies are slashing parental leave benefits as their ‘purse strings have tightened.’ Here’s how to prepare
After boosting paid parental leave during the pandemic, many companies are now cutting or reducing the popular employee benefit. In 2022, organizations with paid maternity leave dropped to 35% from 53% in 2020, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s employee benefits survey. And fewer than one-third, 27%, now provide paid paternity leave, down […]
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A travel pro’s ‘secret’ for easing into work mode after a long vacation
Remote work makes it easier than ever to take a working vacation — you can travel to a new location, log in during the day and essentially get away without having to use your PTO days. But a lot of people are coming back from these “breaks” even more burned out than when they left. […]
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Four-day week? These firms say they’ve nailed the new working model and profits are good
When Alice Will and her team at Edinburgh-based food and drink marketing agency Lux decided to trial a four-day working week back in January 2020, they chose not to tell clients as a way of testing its effectiveness. “If our clients don’t notice, then that’s a huge measure of whether it’s working … none of […]
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Stressed and burned out? Quitting your job may not help
The Great Resignation is set to continue, and young and burned out workers will be leading the charge. That’s according to the Deloitte Global 2022 Gen Z and millennial survey. Burnout was cited as one of the top three reasons for why young people are leaving their jobs, according to the global survey which found […]
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How companies are shifting their office spend to lure reluctant workers back
As companies and workers continue to try to figure out where and how work will take place in a hybrid environment, the costs being spent on existing office spaces previously built around the 9-to-5, five-day workweek are being closely examined. Flexibility has become the buzzword for both sides of the employee-employer power dynamic. Workers have […]
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Top recruitment and tech execs give their tips for getting ahead at work
AndreyPopov | iStock | Getty Images Executives at leading recruitment and technology companies have shared with CNBC their top tips for getting ahead in the workplace. Workers continue to hold most of the cards in the labor market, with the “Great Resignation” still underway. Nevertheless, it’s still important to understand the best ways to maximize […]
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Calling a man bald counts as sexual harassment, UK judge rules
A U.K. employment tribunal argued that the use of the word “bald” as an insult related to a “protected characteristic of sex.” Michellegibson | E+ | Getty Images Calling a man bald can now be classed as sexual harassment, a U.K. employment tribunal judge has ruled. Three members of the tribunal who decided on the […]
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Women are doing more thankless tasks at work — here’s how to help fix the problem
Morsa Images | Stone | Getty Images Lise Vesterlund felt she was “spread too thin” at work, but it was only when the economist started discussing it with friends that she realized the source of the problem — “non-promotable tasks.” Vesterlund, the Andrew W. Mellon professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh, coined the […]
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Law firm says employees can work from home full-time – but only if they take a 20% pay cut
shomos uddin | Moment | Getty Images A U.K. law firm has decided to offer its employees the option of working from home full-time, but on the condition that they take a 20% pay cut. The London-headquartered law firm Stephenson Harwood has also offered its employees the option of a hybrid model, working up to […]
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