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For employer-sponsored health plans, annual family premiums rose 5 percent to an average of $20,576 this year, a Kaiser Family Foundation annnual survey shows. On average, workers are contributing $6,015 toward the cost of family coverage. Since 2009, average family premiums have increased 54 percent and workers’ contribution have risen 71 percent.

Seeking to cut back on workers sneaking access to social media, some employers are considering designating specific times to indulge their obsessions.

Over the past year, a series of incidents convinced Kickstarter employees that they should have a bigger voice within the company. When staffers started talking about collectively organizing—even though no major tech company has yet to form a union—they thought that given its professed progressive bona fides, there was a good chance that Kickstarter wouldn’t put up roadblocks. They were wrong.

Does the new government data tell us what workers really think about the economy?

Most importantly, continuous monitoring will keep employees, customers, and the broader public safe from malicious actors.

It’s been exciting to see the background screening industry evolve over the past 25 years, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

Many workers remain uncomfortable asking for the training they need out of fear of seeming incompetent or unprepared.

Employers have a reprieve on training in the West but protections expanded elsewhere

"It appears, however, to be only a matter of time before Plaintiffs' counsel manages to get it right" regarding actionable facts, the court said in its ruling.

While the report connected burnout with a lack of agility and resilience, other studies connected it with toxic culture and overly large workloads. 

Emerging technologies are vastly expanding the array of new-skilling options for companies and their workers.

The plaintiff said her complaints were sabotaged by the Michigan Department of Corrections' harassment counselor.

It can feel awkward and intimidating when you’re asked to talk about your strengths and weaknesses in an interview. But if you prepare—and keep a few basic principles in mind—you can nail your answers.

To put it simply, psychopathy is a spectrum of behaviors that can lead people to do things that are good for themselves and bad for others.

Employers violate the ADA if they claim an employee with medical restrictions poses a safety risk but cannot show a "direct threat," EEOC has said. 

The restaurant delivery model could be upended, raising costs for operators.

The image damage resulting from employing a problematic worker now spreads faster

Our labor laws are weak enough as they are—and technology is constantly helping companies find ways around the ones that do exist to more closely monitor and analyze their workers.

The twist is that employers are now experiencing from candidates what job seekers have complained about in the past. Job seekers have historically complained about being ghosted by employers, who they said did not acknowledge applications, failed to call back to arrange an interview or did not inform candidates about a hiring decision. 

The best way to deal with violence is to stop it before it occurs, Potratz said. To mitigate violence perpetrated internally, employers will need to train workers and managers to spot behavior that could indicate violence. "It's really important that workers understand when someone is behaving in a way that is a red-flag signal," Ford said. It's equally important they take some type of action after witnessing that behavior, potentially by reporting it to a supervisor, to HR or to law enforcement.

Employers need to be aware of both federal and state child labor laws, as they can vary widely by locality.