A ‘Strong Travel Culture’ Pays off for Companies
The survey conducted by Harvard Business Review and Analytic Services included 587 business leaders. 58% of the respondents agree that having a strong travel culture brin...
Americans Don’t Have Access To Retirement Plans
We’re getting older. But that’s not the ugly, unspoken truth. For the first time, Americans as a whole aren’t saving nearly enough for retirement. According to data...
US Jobless Claims Fall; Single Mothers and Minorities Face Lower Barriers in Jobs Market
US Jobless claims dropped to 209,000 in the week ended July 6, which included the July 4 holiday, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The closely watch...
Asian Cities Most Expensive for Expats, New Mercer Survey Finds
Hong Kong ranks first in Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey for the second consecutive year. Eight out of the top ten costliest cities for expats are Asian cities. ...
Organizations Strengthening Sex-Partition in the Workplace
Survey: Men in workplace evading solo interactions with women Sixty percent of male managers are uncomfortable participating in common work activity with a woman, such as...
Flexible Jobs Can Make Work Life Balance Harder, Study Finds
Flextime is supposed to promote and facilitate work-life balance. A study from Germany suggests otherwise. Men and women with children reported that flexible working left...
Should Women Always Wear High Heels In The Workplace?
A 17th-century law in Massachusetts, which was later introduced into the British parliament, placed penalties on women who lured men into marriage using high heeled shoes...
CEO Turnover Rate Has Hit a Record High
According to a new study by Strategy&, the consulting arm of PwC, CEO turnovers reached 17.5 percent last year, the highest since the inception of the survey in 2000....
Forced to Smile at Work? Fake Smiling at Work May Lead to Heavier Drinking, Study Finds
A group of researchers at Penn State University at Buffalo conducted a study on the drinking habits of people in the service industry and found that workers who are force...
Employees Don’t Trust Anti-Retaliation Statutes
Corporate compliance officers already know that violation of anti-retaliation statues is an unjustifiable risk. The magnitude of this significant problem is outlined in E...
Overtime: What Proposed DOL Overtime Exemption Could Mean For Employers?
Raises the salary threshold from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $679 per week ($35,308 per year). The 2019 rule is expected to affect the exempt status of more than ...
Vienna Tops Mercer’s 21st Quality of Living Ranking
The Austrian capital tops the list for the tenth running year. Western Europe takes eight of the 10 highest-ranking positions on Mercer’s new safety ranking with Luxemb...
Amazon is Hiring 3,000 Work-From-Home Workers in 18 States
Amazon revealed plans to hire 3,000 remote workers in 18 states earlier this month. On the March 4th, the company posted a job listing for customer service associates, wh...
Workplace Restrooms To Be Based On Gender Expression In New York
A newly approved gender nondiscrimination law in New York will change the way employees in the state select restrooms starting Monday, February 25. Signed into law by the...
The 9-To-5 Workday Might Need to Change Due to “Night Owls,” Study Finds
The 9-to-5 workday is generally accepted despite being originated in the 1800s by American labor unions. However, the eight-hour workday which seems to be a normal schedu...
Walmart is now paying truck drivers $90,000 in addition to new benefits
Walmart will be raising the salaries of truck drivers to an average of $87,500 a year, starting from February. The raise is coming amid the nationwide shortage of truck d...
