Workplace management

Some experts say the labor secretary’s departure could expedite the department’s regulatory agenda.

Acosta’s deputy, Patrick Pizzella, will become acting DOL secretary and is regarded as being more aggressively pro-business than Acosta.

Employers have to navigate through an ever growing patchwork of state laws surrounding cannabis use and the workforce.

The e-commerce giant said it will retrain 100,000 workers by 2025 to allow employees move into more highly skilled jobs within the company.

Technology is expected to help bosses find ways to better coach and assess their workforce in the present, rather than focus on the past.

Research points to automation, robotics and advances in safety as contributing factors to a decrease in claims frequency. However, severity is up — and wearables could help.

This generation has a different understanding of workplace loyalty.

Employees plan to strike during the online retailer’s summer sale, a sign that unrest persists even after the company committed to paying all employees at least $15 an hour last year.