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fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 hours ago

No mediocre worker is safe the bar for keeping your job just went up

Companies are replacing underperforming employees with better talent due to constrained hiring budgets and a focus on maximizing performance.
fromFortune
4 hours ago

The Trump administration is blurring the public and private sector workforce, and OPM director Scott Kupor won't rule out conflict of interest risks | Fortune

One of the things that I'm hoping to do a better job on is getting people from the private sector-who've been in the private sector their whole career-who also spend a couple years in government at some point in their career, and learn something.
Non-profit organizations
Law
fromAbove the Law
22 hours ago

DLA Piper Headed To Trial Over Firing Of Mom-To-Be - Above the Law

DLA Piper faces trial over allegations of firing an associate for taking maternity leave, challenging its employment practices and discrimination claims.
US Elections
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 year ago

GOP congressman tells furious federal workers being fired is part of God's plan for them - LGBTQ Nation

Rep. Mark Alford faced backlash from constituents after suggesting job losses by Elon Musk are part of God's plan.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
3 days ago

Here's the severance package Oracle offered laid-off US employees

Oracle's severance package for laid-off employees includes four weeks' base salary plus one week for each additional year of employment, capped at 26 weeks. This offer is smaller compared to other recent severance packages from companies like Block and Meta, which provided more generous terms.
Remote teams
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Firms with more women in top roles more likely to dismiss abusive men, study finds

Companies with a higher number of women in senior roles are significantly more likely to dismiss male perpetrators of abuse against female colleagues, according to recent analysis.
Women in technology
Careers
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 day ago

I used to advise companies on what to pay people. Here are 4 myths you should ignore when negotiating your salary.

Negotiation success relies more on personal value and offers than on market research or salary data.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Washington just banned noncompetes. Will other states follow suit?

Under the law, noncompete agreements will be unenforceable for Washington-based workers and businesses starting on the effective date. Employers will be barred from entering into new agreements and must notify current and former workers in writing by Oct. 1, 2027, that existing noncompete clauses are void.
Washington DC
fromTheregister
4 days ago

ServiceNow salesman sues employer in commission dispute

Costa's then-manager told him that ServiceNow would not pay this commission because the Sales Compensation Department had concluded that Costa had 'overachieved to a degree that was outside normal' in relation to his sales quota. In other words, ServiceNow believed Costa had made too much money, notwithstanding that his commission was only a small percentage of the revenue recognized and received by ServiceNow.
Law
Remote teams
fromAbc
5 days ago

How to approach your employer about working from home and flexible work

Improving access to flexible work arrangements, including working from home, is essential for employees facing rising living costs.
Healthcare
fromDailywire
2 weeks ago

Firm Must Pay $22.5M To Woman Whose Baby Died After Work-From-Home Request Denial

A company was ordered to pay $22.5 million after denying a woman's request to work from home during a high-risk pregnancy, leading to her baby's death.
Careers
fromFast Company
2 days ago

Why the best employees often carry the heaviest burden

The capability curse leads to increased expectations and reliance on capable individuals, often resulting in a heavier burden for them over time.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Agency tasked with protecting workers says it needs more lawyers as Mamdani reverses campaign commitment to double its budget | amNewYork

Mayor Mamdani proposed an 8% budget cut for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, contrary to his campaign promise to double its funding.
Law
fromThe Hill
4 days ago

A $22.5 million warning for the return-to-office era

A jury's $22.5 million verdict against Total Quality Logistics highlights the legal obligation of employers to accommodate pregnancy requests.
Film
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

Fair Pay Feels Good In A Place Like This | Defector

Nitehawk theater workers organized a union to improve conditions at an independent Brooklyn cinema that combines movie-watching with full-service dining, joining a broader wave of service industry unionization.
#layoffs
Mental health
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Burned-out workers sick of toxic bosses are using medical leave as a sneaky extended vacation to job hunt-and it's not actually illegal | Fortune

Workers are using FMLA and medical leave provisions to take extended time off for mental health and burnout, with some abusing the system as paid vacation rather than genuine medical treatment.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

There's Only One Way to Get More Money at Work. Some People Absolutely Refuse to Do It.

Many people do not negotiate their salaries, often accepting initial offers due to fear of appearing greedy.
Law
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

The Workplace Liability Too Many Leaders Ignore

Slip-and-fall accidents can lead to significant legal, financial, and operational challenges for businesses.
Online learning
fromTalentLMS Blog
3 weeks ago

How to Expose Checkbox Training Before It Happens

Checkbox training creates an illusion of capability, erodes trust, and wastes time without delivering measurable business impact or genuine skill development.
Careers
fromFast Company
4 days ago

How can you spot a bad manager fast? Look for this 1 warning sign

Taking credit for employees' work leads to disengagement and is viewed as a detrimental managerial behavior.
Remote teams
fromCity AM
1 week ago

The Debate: Is employee tracking justified in the modern workplace?

Tracking junior employees' work hours ensures accountability and productivity, addressing issues of underreporting and resource allocation.
fromBloomberglaw
3 weeks ago

Punching In: Labor Department Watchdog Pressed on His Future

I'm here on this panel today answering your questions as the inspector general. I hope if you are indeed doing this that you do resign. I am well aware of the Hatch Act. The inspector general is currently heading an investigation into both Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who is accused of committing travel fraud and having an affair with her bodyguard, and the secretary's husband Shawn DeRemer, who allegedly assaulted at least two female department employees.
US politics
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fromFast Company
5 days ago

Toxic bosses don't just hurt people. They hurt the bottom line

Toxic bosses significantly harm organizational culture, employee well-being, and financial performance, making them a critical issue for leaders to address.
Law
fromInquisitr News
1 week ago

Mom Whose Newborn Died in Her Arms After Denied Work-From-Home Request Awarded $22.5M

An employer was ordered to pay $22.5 million after denying suitable working conditions to a woman during her high-risk pregnancy.
Careers
fromFortune
1 week ago

Your employee benefits package is a hostage situation. Here's the proof - and the fix | Fortune

Employers in the U.S. leverage healthcare access as a means of coercion, impacting employee motivation and performance.
fromReadWrite
1 month ago

Underdog job cuts and regulatory challenges mount nationwide

At least 125 employees, which is more than 20% of the company's workforce, were let go as Underdog shifts away from some of its traditional offerings and leans more heavily into prediction markets. Teams in fraud operations, marketing, customer support, and product were among those affected.
Venture
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Psychology of Fair Labor

Decent work—encompassing safety, fair hours, adequate pay, healthcare access, and alignment with personal values—is essential for mental and physical health, while its absence creates chronic stress and undermines overall well-being.
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

What Business Owners Get Wrong About Sexual Harassment

Workplace sexual harassment escalates from minor incidents, necessitating immediate action from leadership to ensure employee safety and reduce legal risks.
Law
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Atlassian in Trouble for Firing Employee Who Mouthed Off to CEO

Atlassian is accused of illegally firing an employee for criticizing its CEO's workforce reduction plan.
Remote teams
fromYahoo Finance
2 weeks ago

Aussie IT worker loses job and legal battle after being caught logging on for just 10 minutes

An IT worker lost his unfair dismissal case after evidence showed he falsified timesheets, logging in for minimal time while claiming full 7.5-hour shifts.
Law
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Can you get fired for calling your CEO a "rich jerk"? This company says yes

The NLRB argued that Atlassian illegally fired an engineer for criticizing the CEO over a restructuring plan, establishing potential protections for employee speech about working conditions.
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Why Expense Policies Fail: A Deep Dive Into Workplace Psychology

Most company policies are written for a hypothetical, 'best-case' employee: rational, attentive, well-rested, and operating in a low-pressure environment. They assume employees will read the rules carefully, remember them, and apply them consistently at the point of purchase. As appealing as this assumption may be, it bears little resemblance to how real workplaces operate.
Business
Online learning
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

The Complete Offboarding Checklist: A Strategic Guide For HR And L&D Leaders (With Examples And Templates)

Modern offboarding protects institutional knowledge, ensures compliance, strengthens data security, and preserves employer brand reputation through structured processes.
Remote teams
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Workers are too afraid of layoffs to take PTO

17.5% of American workers avoid using paid time off due to layoff fears, despite expert warnings that forgoing vacation harms neither job security nor career advancement.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

After Over Two Decades on the Job, I Quit. Then I Got a Weird Letter in the Mail From HR.

A 26-year employee quit after a company merger introduced policies that eliminated vacation grandfathering, restricted break locations, and prevented taking the same vacation week annually, culminating in cancellation of a 60-year family tradition.
#immigration-enforcement
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Officer who ran pizza company on sick leave fired

well enough to work but not well enough to serve the public in any capacity
Miscellaneous
Careers
fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

Why I Cancelled a Candidate's Interview 15 Minutes Before It Started

Candidates who present problems without attempting solutions demonstrate they lack the problem-solving initiative employers increasingly value in today's workplace.
Remote teams
fromUNILAD Tech
1 month ago

Cop fired after being caught using 'deceitful' work-from-home hack

A police officer was terminated and banned from law enforcement after using a photo frame device to fake activity on her work-from-home laptop by generating artificial keystrokes.
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

You've Been Fired. What Do You Tell Job Interviewers? | Fortune

There is only one strategy for having been fired, and that is to immediately admit it. I love it when someone says, 'I was fired.' It shows me I'm dealing with an honest person. Someone who explains a firing by blaming someone else is not mature enough to work here.
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fromEntrepreneur
3 weeks ago

Half of Your Employees Don't Trust You. Here's How to Change That

Leaders build trust by showing up physically, remaining present, inviting difficult questions, maintaining transparency, communicating consistently, living their values, and empowering teams with genuine ownership and decision-making authority.
Remote teams
fromForbes
1 month ago

How To Ask For Flexible Work, Even If Your Company Enforces An RTO

Employees should reframe flexible work requests as strategic business discussions rather than personal favors, emphasizing productivity gains and cost savings for employers.
#workplace-ethics
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

My Friend Helped Me Get Work When I Needed It. I Hate What I'm About to Do to Him.

Accept the full-time job offer despite feeling guilty about your friend Barry who referred you, as career opportunities are scarce and you should prioritize your own employment needs.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

My Friend Helped Me Get Work When I Needed It. I Hate What I'm About to Do to Him.

Accept the full-time job offer despite feeling guilty about your friend Barry who referred you, as career opportunities are scarce and you should prioritize your own employment needs.
US news
fromFast Company
1 month ago

What even is a 'low-hire, low-fire' environment?

The U.S. labor market shows low hiring and concentrated large layoffs, producing mixed signals of modest job gains alongside fewer available jobs and slower reemployment.
Privacy professionals
fromFast Company
2 months ago

My employee didn't tell anyone she was pregnant

Prioritize a visibly pregnant employee's privacy, avoid assumptions or unsolicited questioning, and provide discreet accommodations while allowing the employee to disclose when ready.
Careers
fromAol
3 weeks ago

13 Quiet Signs Your Company Is Planning to Let You Go (#7 Is The Worst)

Employers increasingly use quiet firing—subtle methods to push out employees—rather than overt termination, with 54% of workers experiencing this practice.
#employment-rights-act-2025
Public health
fromBloomberglaw
1 month ago

Workplace Injuries Plunge After Enforcement, Culture Shift

US nonfatal workplace injuries fell to 2.5 million in 2024, the lowest since 2003, driven by fewer workplace illnesses and strengthened safety measures.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Lawyers argue Apple worker's firing over 'tramps and whores' remark at work went too far

Lawyers have argued that an alleged "informal and somewhat vulgar working environment" at tech giant Apple meant a worker should not have been sacked after a colleague complained about him talking about "tramps" and "whores" in Portuguese.
Apple
fromBustle
1 month ago

The Office Romance Is Making A Comeback - And HR Is Surprisingly Chill

Laura and Todd, both journalists, had been out for an evening of drinks with colleagues following a particularly horrific day covering the news. Gradually, the herd had thinned out until it was just the two of them, alone at the bar near 3 a.m. with a sudden weight of sexual tension between them. They'd worked together for a couple of years at this point, and each had emerged from a relationship in their early 30s to be newly single.
Relationships
Careers
fromMoneyLion
4 weeks ago

Warning Signs That a Job Offer Is a Scam

Remote job scams use red flags like unprofessional emails, grammatical errors, vague descriptions, and requests for personal information or upfront payments to deceive job seekers.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Safe Separation Strategies for the Pink Slip

The method of employee dismissal significantly affects mental health and risk, and threat assessment professionals can mitigate adverse reactions.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Yes, You Can Be Fired While on Maternity Leave | The Walrus

A former Google Canada employee alleges she was wrongfully dismissed days after announcing her pregnancy, and is suing for pregnancy discrimination under Ontario law.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Fired Rockstar employees' plea for interim pay denied

Despite being refused interim relief today, we've come out of last week's hearing more confident than ever that a full and substantive tribunal will find Rockstar's calculated attempt to crush a union to be not only unjust but unlawful,
Business
Privacy professionals
fromSupercar Blondie
1 month ago

What your employer can actually see when you're browsing at work is a truth everyone should be aware of

Employers can often monitor most browsing activity on company devices, VPNs, or work Wi‑Fi, and may access corporate app data even when working from home.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

80% of employees struggle with this hidden workplace bias. Here's what employers can do

Around the office, people clutch coffee like a life raft, waiting for their brains to come online and cursing the 8 a.m. meeting. And the cheerful colleague. But at least they got in early enough to find parking and grab coffee before it ran out-this time. Now: which person are you? The early riser, or the one watching them, wondering why you can never feel that awake at this hour no matter how hard you try?
Mental health
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fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Pay Transparency Is Changing the Rules for Employers - Here's What You Need to Know

Pay transparency laws are expanding across states and cities, requiring employers to disclose compensation ranges in job postings and promotions to combat wage discrimination and create equitable hiring practices.
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
2 months ago

Where to Look for Ethical Risk Inside a Company

Unchecked integrity gaps—overlooked conflicts of interest, offensive behavior, or aggressive sales practices—can escalate into severe reputational and financial harm.
#federal-workforce
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Trump admin green lights rule making it easier to fire thousands of federal employees

fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Trump admin green lights rule making it easier to fire thousands of federal employees

Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

My Boss Keeps Asking Me to Dock Money From My Own Paycheck. The Reasoning is Absurd.

Employees must be paid for time spent on work-related tasks, including resolving technical issues and retrieving equipment, under applicable wage-and-hour rules.
Careers
fromhttps://scoop.upworthy.com
1 month ago

Company tried to fire employee without severance. He used their own AI against them and pulled off the ultimate holiday coup

An employee used the company's promoted AI to craft a defense and had a wrongful firing reversed shortly before a major layoff.
#remote-work
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers

In October 2020, President Trump unveiled a plan to grant himself the power to fire vast numbers of civil servants for any reason should they get in the way of his agenda. Five and a half years later, that plan has come to fruition, despite vast public opposition. Starting March 9, an unspecified number of federal employees could lose their current job protections and be converted into at-will employees at Trump's discretion.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

'New Racist' Judge Now Newly Unemployed - Above the Law

Some people really struggle with distinguishing between individual and systemic responsibility when both are at play. For example, as important as it is to make sure that individual drivers obey speed limits and pay attention to the road and that pedestrians look both ways before they cross the street, intersections are a structural factor that can amplify harms depending on how they're planned and built.
US politics
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fromIndependent
1 month ago

If I apply for a sabbatical will I still be able to take voluntary redundancy?

Voluntary redundancy provides a financial payment to employees who choose to leave, typically offered during company restructuring or downsizing.
fromhttps://scoop.upworthy.com
2 months ago

Boss called her 'unproductive' and forced her to return to office. When she stopped replying after work hours, he knew he messed up

Several offices have lifted the work-from-home mandate after the pandemic ended, claiming that workers are more productive in offices. A user who goes by u/furrows_diocese-8q shared a post on January 18 about how their sister dealt with the situation when her boss made the same claim. The crew was doing their job well and were content with their prior remote arrangement, but were forced to come to the office.
Remote teams
fromThe Cut
1 month ago

'How Do I Quit My Job?'

I'm looking for advice on how to pursue a new job discreetly, particularly when the interview process requires multiple rounds and my current workplace has very little flexibility. I've been with my current employer for ten years. I started here before I even graduated from college, and I've grown tremendously. It's a well-regarded organization with a prestigious name, and I genuinely believe they care about their people.
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fromFast Company
1 month ago

My job offered me a voluntary severance. Here's what my decision taught me

A voluntary separation package offering months of pay and health coverage pressured employees to choose between leaving with security or staying through a strategic realignment.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

I Need Leave for an Unconventional Reason. I'm Terrified My Job Won't Give It to Me.

Request bereavement or compassionate leave to support a nonlegal parental figure, seek alternative time-off arrangements, and involve HR if a biased boss refuses.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

I Made a Very Bad Hire at Work. Now I'm Reaping the Consequences.

Document and escalate a chronically unprofessional coworker's misconduct, including pranks and missed deadlines, to protect yourself and build evidence for HR or legal action.
Careers
fromFast Company
2 months ago

'Overqualified' isn't a compliment. It's a hiring risk label

Highly qualified applicants are less likely to be hired because employers fear their motives, labeling them "overqualified" and avoiding potential disruption or turnover.
Careers
fromHarvard Business Review
2 months ago

When There's Nowhere to Promote a Star Employee

Design personalized growth paths, explore lateral or external moves, and use candid career conversations plus stretch assignments to retain senior talent lacking promotion paths.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

My Workplace Has Banned a Simple Practice That Comes With Finding a New Job

Strict company no-reference policies can hinder job mobility; pursue permitted verifications, seek alternative referees, or obtain formal permission when necessary.
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