The high financial price paid by victims of sexual harassment
A new study by Time's Up and the Institute for Women's Policy Research examines the financial impact of sexual harassment.
Workplace safety and security
Trans employees need more support from their employers
As offices move forward with reopening strategies, the dedication to create more inclusive workplaces is more important than ever.
This app may be the key to making your workspace safer for employees
With the help of this tech, employees will be turned away from the office if they’ve reported concerning health conditions.
BlackRock revamps bias and harassment policies after review
The asset manager is adjusting policies and practices after employee complaints and allegations.
Office reopening strategies don’t include mandated vaccinations
Employers may not be enforcing inoculation, but they are finding other ways to encourage a safe return.
Benefits Think Combating addiction will improve workplace safety
Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace is responsible for 65% of on-the-job accidents.
Yusuf Sherwani, M.D.
Quit Genius
Benefits Think How to protect your employees from online harassment
Online harassment is on the rise, and it may be preventing your most vulnerable employees from bringing their whole selves to work.
Rob Shavell
Abine
Facebook to bring back NYC office workers starting in July
The long-awaited return to work is starting to become a reality for some employees.
Masks at the office? Employers’ new rules vary
As the return to work becomes a reality, rule about mask-wearing will vary across industries and across companies.
A new Amazon program will focus on holistic healthcare for employees
Early adoptions of the program helped decrease musculoskeletal-related injuries by 32% from 2019 to 2020.
How this HR director is bringing holistic wellness to banking
Emotional and physical wellness is a top-priority during COVID for the human resources director of First Carolina Bank.
No vaccine, no desk: Firms weigh whether to make shots mandatory
Vaccines loom large as U.S. companies dial up plans to bring more workers back to the office and cities ease COVID-19 restrictions.
Benefits Think Health and safety concerns have a big impact on business
Occupational health and safety is part of being a good employer that ensures your employees are not in any type of danger because of the job they do for you.
Refusing the COVID vaccine is legal but could still cost you your job
Most non-union companies have a good deal of latitude to impose vaccination requirements, because in almost all U.S. states employment is presumed to be “at will.”
CVS working with corporate America to vaccinate employees
Employers increasingly are expected to play a key role in getting U.S. adults inoculated, with the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. starting to slow.
SAP launches new programs to make returning to the office safe
The software platform is offering new tools to help employers make important decisions around reopening plans.
Heading back to the office? Ask for air filters, not bleach
Employers are touting measures to curtail the risk of infection with COVID-19, but not every action is equally effective, according to experts. Some of the most widely adopted steps may not help much at all.
CEOs become vaccine activists as back-to-office push grows
Vaccination will facilitate a return to the office after a year of working from home that’s strained corporate cultures and spawned a new epidemic of Zoom fatigue.
Employees want to get paid to get vaccinated
Employers should move with caution when it comes to their office safety strategy as over a third of Americans do not plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Marriott will pay hotel employees who get COVID-19 vaccines
The company will provide the equivalent of four hours pay once the workers have completed the vaccination course.
