Human Resources
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Companies face pressure to keep benefits for same-sex partners
Nov 12, 2017 6:17 am - After the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, some big companies stopped offering domestic-partner benefits, assuming that committed same-sex couples woul...
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Would you take a pay cut to work for a more 'just' company?
Nov 12, 2017 6:16 am - Americans prioritize one thing above all others when evaluating whether a company is a good corporate citizen: How they treat their workers. That's according to a survey...
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Q&A: What Marine training can teach workers about leadership
Nov 12, 2017 6:15 am - Courtney Lynch is a lawyer, a leadership coach, a former Marine and one of three authors of the book, "SPARK: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success," that a...
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What to do if you're a contract worker who's been stiffed
Nov 05, 2017 7:17 am - Q: I have been working as a contractor for a pet-sitting business. I have not been paid in full for a couple of jobs. Each time I followed up, I heard one excuse after a...
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Apprenticeships are coming to white-collar office work
Oct 22, 2017 7:19 am - Andrew Skelnik grew up in what he calls a "strong blue-collar background" in Chicago. His father was an electrician, his uncle was a carpenter and his first job out of h...
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Survey: White men rule the business world but still feel left out at work
Oct 22, 2017 7:18 am - More than a third of Americans in a new national survey said they think the heightened focus on diversity at work has overlooked white men, according to the consultancy ...
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Essay: Working at Google seemed like a dream job. But the reality?
Oct 21, 2017 7:17 am - The banner atop the Google Careers portal caught my eye back when I was one of 3 million hungry applicants: "Do Cool Things That Matter." It speaks at once of the tech i...
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Survey: Sharp divide in how men, women view corporate efforts at gender equality
Oct 15, 2017 7:19 am - Corporate executives like to say gender diversity is one of their top priorities. They mount publicity campaigns, tout their equal pay measures, start up women's network...
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Are biased workers entitled to protections?
Oct 01, 2017 7:16 am - In the early days of this column, I responded to a reader about socializing at an office party with a "bigot" of a co-worker who subjected others to "talk of collecting ...
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5 types of jerks at work and how to cope with them
Sep 24, 2017 7:22 am - Ten years ago, the typically sober and staid management book genre welcomed an off-color title to its shelves. Despite a name unable to be printed in a family newspaper,...