There's never been a better time to be a worker saving for retirement.
Companies, as part of an effort to retain and recruit workers during the Covid-19 era, are dramatically improving their employer-sponsored retirement plans, according to Pensions & Investments, a trade publication.
Office culture can be as much a consideration as COVID-19 concerns for employees returning to work in person after years of working from home.
That can be especially true for employees of color and the ways in which they experience racism at work. Several studies have focused on the racism Black people specifically face at the office. Since the pandemic began, 42% of Black respondents in a survey from Project Include about remote work in the tech sector said they'd experienced an increase in race-based hostility at work.
"Long overdue." "It will help us fix a broken system." "You're going to have a chance to be heard differently."
That's how lawmakers from both parties are describing the workplace harassment legislation that passed the Senate on Thursday after years of deliberations. It now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature, and the White House has expressed full support for the measure.
But what does the legislation specifically seek to address, and how could it affect your workplace moving forward? Here's what you need to know.
Companies are paying higher wages, offering signing bonuses, and adjusting schedules to attract and retain talent. A growing number of companies now pay student debt benefits, hoping to keep good workers from hopping to other employers.
"We're seeing a lot of churn in the jobs market," Nela Richardson, said chief economist at payroll processor ADP. "But one thing we are seeing is that hires are higher. They're not leaving the jobs market, they're leaving for other jobs in the same industry."
The opportunity for American workers has never been greater, and they're getting rewarded for quitting.
While much has been said about employees wanting to remain at home and never go back, there is a large swath of workers who want to get out of their homes and return to general office spaces for various reasons. At many businesses, large and small, office life will probably never look like it did re-pandemic. But the desire to work from an office is still there.
Improving and maintaining a healthy sense of well-being is linked with a return to activities in real life (not over video calls), and a sense of well-being is higher among employees who have already returned to the workplace, indicating the benefits of working together in person, according to a new report from Lululemon Athletica.