Jennifer McCollum is president and chief executive officer of Catalyst, a global nonprofit focused on advancing women in the workplace. Previously, she served as CEO of Linkage, a leadership development firm, and held leadership roles at CEB, now Gartner, and ...
Dive Brief: Workers on average spend an hour and a half talking to or using artificial intelligence daily, adding up to about 47 days per year, according to a recent BambooHR survey. But nearly half of that time — equivalent ...
Dive Brief: Having a flexible schedule is the most important workplace policy when it comes to determining whether mothers will continue to be employed full-time following the birth or adoption of a child, according to a study led by Sacred ...
Most companies are holding the line on executive benefits, but persistent economic uncertainty isn’t the main cause, new research suggests. In a new survey of 273 executive benefits decision-makers by consulting firm NFP, an Aon company, 80% said their organizations ...
Dive Brief: A former employee of energy company Southern Company Services accused the company of discriminating against him based on his age and interfering with his Family and Medical Leave Act leave after it fired him one day after his ...
Dive Brief: Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina discriminated against a pregnant worker when it fired her for needing to take time off work and not immediately being able to produce a doctor’s note, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
Dive Brief: Accounting giant Ernst & Young announced Monday that it is investing $100 million to reward U.S. employees who develop “future-focused skills, advance the firm’s culture, drive innovation, and deliver exceptional client service.” Among others, the program targets individuals ...
Dive Brief: Williams-Sonoma plans to share some of the proceeds of the roughly $200 million in refunds it has received for defunct tariffs with vendors and employees, according to its Q2 earnings report published Wednesday. Although the kitchenware and home ...
Summer ebbs and flows, but work is eternal. In honor of the upcoming Labor Day weekend, I asked my colleagues to share some thought-provoking songs on the world of work, and they did not disappoint. A lot of the songs ...
Worker personality may matter as much if not more than worker skills, according to survey results published Wednesday by Express Employment Professionals and The Harris Poll. In fact, 86% of the more than 1,000 U.S. hiring decision-makers surveyed said the ...