Human Resources
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Paylocity acquires video platform companyApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - HR and payroll software company Paylocity said Monday it has acquired video platform provider VidGrid fro an undisclosed amount. VidGrid enables peer-to-pee...
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As coronavirus spreads, so do reports of companies mistreating workers
Apr 05, 2020 6:21 am - She could wear her protective mask while seeing her patients. Many were, after all, elderly, with respiratory problems, susceptible to getting severely sick from the nov...
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Can my employer force me to go to work during the pandemic?
Apr 05, 2020 6:10 am - A lot of "good guy/bad guy" narratives are emerging about how employers are treating employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are a couple of first-person account...
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American parents now have the world's most distracting co-workers
Mar 29, 2020 6:18 am - On Monday, Amanda Goetz found herself stuck alone inside her 1,000-square-foot Manhattan apartment with three kids under 7. The coronavirus had canceled school for her 2...
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Working from home reveals another fault line in America's racial and educational divide
Mar 28, 2020 6:24 am - At the Bath Iron Works on Maine's Kennebec River, workers are showing up by the hundreds to build ships for the Navy. At Mike Doherty's auto repair shop in Everett, Wash...
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My co-worker burps loudly and engages in self-talk
Mar 22, 2020 6:00 am - A couple of pre-coronavirus queries to remind us what office life was like in the not-too-distant past. - - - Q: My younger co-worker, "Richard," is extremely difficult ...
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The work-from-home era is creating its own boom market
Mar 22, 2020 6:00 am - A few years ago, Marc Rosenberg of Deerfield was trying to figure out what to do with his life after a career marketing toys for the likes of Hasbro Inc. He fancied hims...
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Coronavirus means many US workers are making no-win choices
Mar 21, 2020 6:18 am - When Javier Parodi returned home from a nightmare vacation in Egypt complete with several days of quarantine on a coronavirus-infested ship, he yearned to go back to wor...
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One approach to coronavirus: Staffers work 20 hours a week, get paid for full-time
Mar 21, 2020 6:11 am - As employees across the country juggle remote work and childcare, the nonprofit that operates Wikimedia has told workers they can work just 20 hours a week and continue ...
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How companies have campaigned against sick pay for years
Mar 15, 2020 6:11 am - Marty Flynn knows Orlando's restaurants. The son of a bartender is 29 and has already worked at six. Chili's. Bahama Breeze. Crave. Johnnie's Hideaway. The Meatball Stop...