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The New Get-Rich-Quick Scheme – Work Two Jobs Remotely

Compensation - June 08, 2022

Full time remote employees feel that it is fine to play the system to their advantage. Those working two full time jobs remotely revealed to the WSJ that they “earn a t...

Pandemic Office Romances Breathe New Life Into Work

The rules of workplace dating can be a tricky maneuver. While some companies ban workplace romances outright others just require their employees to keep it professional a...

The Juneteenth Federal Holiday and What it Means for Employers

Leadership - June 03, 2022

A Juneteenth without cultural appropriation will pave the way for a more inclusive and trustworthy workplace that acknowledges the significant contributions of the Black ...

Moderna CFO Exits A Day After Taking Charge With His Annual Pay

Recruitment - May 14, 2022

The internal probe is with regards to whether or not the incentives that were meant to be used to promote the dental supplier’s products were properly accounted for. De...

The LinkedIn DOL Agreement: $1.8 Million in Back Pay for Gender Pay Bias

Compensation - May 13, 2022

As per the DOL, LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, paid their female employees significantly less than their male counterparts in the same departments. ...

Close to 2,500 Carvana Employees Get Laid Off Over Zoom

The layoffs will mainly be for Carvana employees in operational groups as the company seeks to “better align staffing and expense levels with sales volumes.” In a wri...

Fidelity’s Bitcoin 401(k) Makes the Labor Department Frown. Hard.

Employee Benefits - April 30, 2022

The Fidelity investment plan will allow investors to allocate as much as 20% of their savings to a Bitcoin 401(k). Meanwhile, the Department of Labor (DOL) has urged fina...

Amazon Wrongly Fired Four Warehouse Workers, NLRB says

Leadership - April 25, 2022

A National Labor Relations Board court has determined that Amazon broke federal labor law when it fired a worker for pressuring the company to improve Covid-19 safety pro...

Cassone to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

Employee Benefits - April 20, 2022

Cassone Leasing, Inc. to pay $85,000 and to provide other relief to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC. ...

Chick-Fil-A Is Awarding $24 Million in Scholarships to over 12,700 Employees

Chick-fil-A is awarding scholarships of $24 million to over 12.700 employees transferable to any accredited university. ...

Amazon’s Worker Chat App to Ban Words like ‘Union,’ ‘Diversity’ and ‘Pay Hike’

Workplace Culture - April 17, 2022

Amazon has blacklisted phrases like “union,” “restrooms,” “pay hike,” “slave,” and “plantation,” on its new wo...

Yelp to Cover Travel Expenses for Employees Seeking Abortion Access

Workplace Culture - April 13, 2022

Starting next month, Yelp will cover the costs of airfare if an employee or a dependent needs to leave the state to get abortion access. ...

Overpaid CEOs a Huge Red Flag for Company Stability, Shareholder Advocacy Group Says

Compensation - April 11, 2022

A growing number of shareholders opposing pay package proposals may reflect dissatisfaction with how CEOs are overpaid in relation to firm performance, particularly durin...

Texas Lawmakers Attack Citigroup Over Bank’s Abortion Policy

Employee Benefits - April 08, 2022

Texas lawmakers want the U.S. House of Representatives to stop doling out contracts to Citigroup after the banking giant announced its policy supporting abortion. ...

Women Want a Purpose-Driven Career, Gartner Finds

Featured - April 07, 2022

According to a study by Gartner, many women believe that the Covid-19 pandemic affected their perspective on work and its position in their life, which might lead to chan...

EEOC Adds X Gender Marker to Anti-discrimination Form

Workplace Culture - April 06, 2022

The EEOC is adding a nonbinary gender option to its discrimination form in honor of Trans Day of Visibility. ...