Jena McGregor
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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleepFeb 24, 2020 12:53 pm - New Balance, the Boston-based athletic shoe company, wanted to help its employees sleep better. So in October, it rolled out Dayzz, a mobile app that offers personal rec...
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Neumann's billion-dollar exit package from WeWork is lesson in giving founders too much controlOct 28, 2019 5:51 am - Adam Neumann's eye-popping deal with SoftBank to exit WeWork is being described by corporate governance experts as a prime example of the issues with dual-class shares, ...
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More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at workSep 23, 2019 8:29 am - In 2017, at a gala luncheon hosted at the opulent Cipriani 42nd Street in New York, Minda Harts found herself seated next to a recruiter for corporate board positions. O...
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Forbes named 99 men and only one woman on its list of 'most innovative leaders'Sep 17, 2019 11:02 am - Forbes Magazine may be best known for its lists of the world's wealthiest billionaires, but its recent ranking of the most innovative CEOs is the one that has been getti...
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New law bans salary questions in job interviews. What to say if you're asked anyway.Aug 20, 2019 6:32 am - It's the interview question job candidates love to hate: What's your salary history? The good news is that in a growing number of states and cities, that question is now...
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Employers prepare for a gender non-binary worldJul 08, 2019 12:41 pm - Last week, one of the biggest of the Big Law firms - places that have been getting more scrutiny for lagging on diversity - announced a novel approach to measuring the g...
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#MeToo backlash? More male managers avoid mentoring women or meeting alone with them, survey says.May 22, 2019 6:54 am - The unintended consequence of the #MeToo movement — that men are now more fearful of working one-on-one with women — is getting worse. Much worse. Or at least, that's th...
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In NASA's spacesuit saga, women see their own workplace experiencesApr 10, 2019 5:02 am - A spacesuit may not look much like what most women wear to work. But as plans changed for an all-female spacewalk last week because of spacesuit sizing issues, many work...
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Unlimited vacation - the one benefit workers want more than anythingApr 10, 2019 10:29 am - Employees have a new favorite perk, and it's not free craft-brewed beer, student loan repayment benefits or eco-friendly roof gardens at the office. It's much simpler: M...
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Why US Steel and others are expanding paid family leaveApr 01, 2019 10:28 am - United States Steel Corp. said recently it was expanding its paid leave benefits for nonunion employees and rolling out a slew of new benefits such as gender reassignmen...