Amrita Puniani is a senior principal, research at Gartner Inc. CEOs’ top strategic business priority for 2025 is to foster growth, primarily by embracing emerging technologies, according to a July 2024 Gartner survey of 110 global CEOs and senior business ...
Dive Brief: Sales associates for luxury retailer Saks & Co. failed to plausibly allege that “no-hire” agreements Saks had with certain high-end brands sold in its stores violated federal antitrust laws, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held March ...
Dive Brief: While the average workday is about 36 minutes shorter than in recent years, it is also 2% more productive, according to a March 11 report from ActivTrak Productivity Lab. ActivTrak used anonymized user activity behavior recorded from 2022 ...
The healthcare industry demands resilience, dedication, and precision from its workforce. Yet, many healthcare professionals face a challenge that directly impacts their well-being and performance: financial stress. Studies show that 68% of healthcare workers feel overwhelmed by their personal finances, ...
As benefits managers look to expand their offerings beyond the basics, it might help to consider taking a holistic approach that includes the more nuanced — but equally as important — needs of their employees. This is important because employees ...
“Reverse discrimination” — a bias against majority-group members — is not a new concept. It has origins that date back at least 47 years to Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, a U.S. Supreme Court case in which ...
Radical agreement on ‘reverse discrimination’ is yet another reason to review DEI, training programs
Jonathan Segal is a partner with Duane Morris and managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute. To prove discrimination, does a “majority” plaintiff have a heavier burden of proof than does a “minority” plaintiff? Jonathan Segal Permission granted by Jonathan ...
Dive Brief: A federal judge granted summary judgment on March 12 to 3M in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a White male former employee who alleged he was fired over policy violations for which Black female employees were not similarly ...
Employee confidence dropped to a new low in February, reaching the lowest point on record since Glassdoor started tracking the sentiment in 2016, according to a March 11 report from the company. Based on Glassdoor’s Employee Confidence Index, 44.4% of ...
To battle employee disengagement, companies should address the root causes that prevent workers from thriving, according to a March 12 report from the Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership. Focused on women in particular, the report suggests addressing three barriers ...