A Little Bird Told Me
October 31, 2019
Two former Twitter employees were recently exposed as spies for Saudi Arabia. The employees had access to personal information and account data for millions of Twitter
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Civility in the Workplace
October 31, 2019
In a recent podcast, author Christine Porath speaks to incivility in the workplace, and its effect on work environment and morale. Porath emphasizes that (1) incivility is
The Changing Workday
October 31, 2019
Recent experiments with shortened workweeks (and fewer work hours per day) suggest that we are going through a work transformation. Author and professor Cal Newport suggests that “work today
A Good-ish Idea
October 31, 2019
We all like to think of ourselves as good people; however, such thinking may be detrimental, according to psychologist Donny Chugh. Individuals assuming that they
McDonald’s CEO Makes Supersized Mistake
October 31, 2019
McDonald’s recently fired its CEO, Stephen Easterbrook, following the discovery that Easterbrook and another McDonald’s employee had been engaged in a consensual sexual relationship. Even
The Dwindling Wisconsin Workforce
October 31, 2019
U.S. Census data suggests that Wisconsin is losing working-age men and women and that the under-18 population is also decreasing. Such population changes could indicate
The Work Environment’s Role in Attracting and Retaining Employees
October 31, 2019
A Comcast call center in Delaware improved its employees’ work environment and experience by adding live plants, a fish tank, quieter rooms, games, and more. This stands
California’s Strict Employee Classification Law: Coming Soon to a State Near You?
October 31, 2019
In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law which introduced strict new rules for employee classification. Under the new law, workers will
New Illinois Labor Laws
October 31, 2019
Chicago recently passed the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinancewhich addresses employee concerns about irregular schedules, short notice of shift changes, and other unpredictable elements of their work.
Recent Family and Medical Leave Act Decisions
October 31, 2019
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) recently upheld a lower court’s decision, finding that a plaintiff’s termination one day after
