"Female managers are 137 percent more likely to experience sexual harassment than their rank-and-file counterparts, according to a recently released study.Even Heather McLaughlin, a sociologist at the University of Minnesota and the primary investigator on the study, was...
The Bank of England had their "Dress for Success" day earlier this week and sent out a memo to female employees outlining precisely what they should and should not be wearing to work. This includes wearing...
opinion by Terri Potratz | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 854 views | 8 recommendations | 5 comments
The US official recessionary status and the continued slide of the global economy means more layoffs – which is understandable, but what if you have to do the laying off? Are your disgruntled employees going...
Force Feed Reform to Car Makers, Add Mass, Personal Transport Systems OhioNewsBureau with John Michael Spinelli Columbus, Ohio: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the popular but polarizing understudy to Republican presidential nominee John McCain, repeatedly asked voters this fall...
Labor Underutilization Rate Adds to Official Jobless Rates, Business Watcher Says OhioNewsBureau with John Michael Spinelli Columbus, Ohio: Balmy summer breezes have been displaced by the onset of winter weather every bit as chilly and foreboding as recent reports...
" Instead, McCain would give families $5,000 refundable tax credit and individuals a $2,500 tax credit. People who lose workplace coverage could use the funds to purchase insurance in the individual...
"When I think of bullies, I usually think of playgrounds and children, or even high-schools. But I never thought that I would find bullies in the workplace. If your boss or even a co-worker is treating you worse...
Adam Hart, a well-known speaker, trainer, author, coach and the founder of Power of Food, a health consultant company that focuses on well-being in the workplace, is slated to give an exciting and informative...
created by Cinci Csere | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 137 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Have you ever been in a workplace environment in which within days you realise you have entered a "hard hat zone" - except nobody warned you! If you have ever spent too long in a workplace environment in the...
created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1494 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Wow, this is a new one. An Englishman has been awarded 20,000 euros ($30,000) because he says he was taunted by his Irish coworkers while working as a pipe fitter in Ireland. He claims that they called him "the Brit" and would consistently recomend that he be sent in for...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 135 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Ever notice that when women express anger at work, they're considered nasty shrews, but when men do it, they're assertive, driven, and passionate about their work? The double standard has negative consequences for working women, according to new research, as it suggests that...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 358 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Screw license plates... if you want to stop recidivism, teach prisoners a real-life skill. In this case, HM Prisons and Cisco are killing two birds with one stone, addressing the aforementioned issue as well as dealing with brain-drain in the skilled-trades sector of...
created by jordan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 198 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Instant messaging are often perceived as an unnecessary means of communication in the office. Although many companies have banned IM at the workplace, they should rethink this banishment as it could...
Now here's an interesting idea. Two human resource pros are attempting to popularize an unstructured work environment called ROWE, where employees set their own hours. It's not the hours that count, but rather,...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 333 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Office relationships are awkward for everyone involved, but now a trend in the States toward company love litigation is making sure they're even awkwarder."Given that even a married couple have to be careful...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 357 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment