If the two years of the pandemic have taught us anything, they have shown that many of us can do our jobs remotely and on a schedule that conforms to our responsibilities and lifestyles.
Now that a number of companies are requiring their workers to return to the office, they should realize that happy workers are productive workers and would be wise to listen to their employees' feedback.
(CNN) -- The healthcare work force in the US had huge turnover at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic but seems to be getting back to prepandemic levels, although it's not there yet, JAMA study says.
The slap heard 'round the world—except for those 20 seconds of real-time on network television, when your screen went blank, while an angry Hollywood celebrity was expressing his feelings with colorful language. (That's why we have the internet).
I will leave the pundits in Hollywood to figure and configure the outcomes of the Will Smith/Chris Rock contretemps. But that exchange suggests that we might want to discuss anger in the workplace. How do we manage or fail to manage anger?
Higher productivity among employees is linked to workplaces that have higher degrees of diversity and inclusion, according to a new report released Wednesday by the United Nations' Geneva-based International Labour Organization (ILO).
The report, which collected data last summer amid the coronavirus pandemic, said on-the-job innovation and performance, employee retention, and employee well-being were also reported at higher levels in workplaces with greater diversity. Even so, researchers said "too little is being done" to encourage diversity, which leaves companies and employees "missing out on considerable potential benefits."
A California judge has struck down the first law in the nation mandating diversity on corporate boards, a measure many workplace diversity experts had heralded as transformative and necessary.
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport has laid off people working in two top administrative positions, hospital CEO Kent Nicaud confirmed to the Sun Herald Tuesday.