Working parents need more than just PTO
Working parents need support that goes beyond leave time. Molly George, CEO and co-founder of public relations agency Kickstand, writes about how her company provided working parents with stipends, family grants, and flexible leave to give them the support they needed in the office, and at home.??
Monitoring employees with webcams may be a human rights violation. This week, a Dutch court ruled that a Florida company will be required to compensate a Netherlands-based employee who was fired for refusing to turn on their webcam, setting a precedent for the legality of remote employee surveillance.
What are your thoughts on required video monitoring for remote work?
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“We don’t have to choose between quiet quitting and burnout.” So says Arianna Huffington, who has outlined three actions employees can take, and four practices companies can follow to seize the current attention around “quiet quitting.”
The future of unionization at Amazon has reached a critical moment. The third shot at unionizing at the world’s largest online retailer is already underway, as about 400 employees at an Albany, New York warehouse cast their ballots. A victory here could prove that the movement is no passing fad.?
Simple tweaks to workflow can promote well-being in the office. Janet Ahn, an experimental social psychologist, and Tessa West, an associate professor of psychology at NYU, lay out five science-based actions companies can take to support the mental health of employees.
Why is good feedback so hard to get? We need feedback to know how we’re doing at work, and also, well, because we’re human. But most managers are never trained on how to give it well. Our second episode of Work Reconsidered , our podcast about the changing workplace, explores the topic of feedback. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!
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