Human Resources
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Lawyer who tackled Uber now suing IBM for age bias
Sep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Shannon Liss-Riordan has been compared to "a pit bull with a Chihuahua in its mouth." In a career spanning almost 20 years, the Boston-based lawyer has gone after corpor...
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This library lends out ties, briefcases, handbags for job interviews
Sep 23, 2018 1:00 am - Most libraries around the country provide much more than books: They have computers and printers, and some even have telescopes and microscopes for patrons to check out....
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Five myths about CEOs
Aug 26, 2018 1:10 am - PepsiCo announced this month that Indra Nooyi would step down as chief executive in October, ending the 12-year tenure of one of the country's most prominent female CEOs...
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Elon Musk is 'poster boy' of a culture that celebrates 'obsessive overwork'
Aug 26, 2018 1:03 am - If ever there were a watershed moment that might help bust the myth that executives can work 120-hour weeks, sleep just a few hours a night and have no regrets, it might...
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CEO pay jumps to $19M annually, as fears mount over the wealthy pocketing gains
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - The top executives of America's biggest companies saw their average annual pay surge to $18.9 million in 2017, according to a report released Thursday, fueling concerns ...
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These are the highest-paying jobs in the U.S. right now
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - For the fourth consecutive year, the technology sector boasted the highest-paying jobs in the U.S., according to an annual report from Glassdoor. Thirteen of the 25 high...
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How your personality traits affect your paycheck
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - What makes really smart people tick? Why do some end up earning so much more than others? And how much do these disparate outcomes have to do with their personalities? A...
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Not just the pay gap - women experience 'punishment gap' too
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - Women experience more severe repercussions for misconduct in the financial advisory industry their male counterparts, research published on the Bank of England's staff b...
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Analysis: Could artificial intelligence fix corporate hiring biases?
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - Artificial intelligence promises to make hiring an unbiased utopia. There's certainly plenty of room for improvement. Employee referrals, a process that tends to leave u...
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Analysis: Why there are still so few minority women CEOs
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 am - When asked in an interview with Freakonomics Radio earlier this year why there are so few female CEOs leading big corporations today, outgoing PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi po...