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Hong Kong ranks first in Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey for the second consecutive year. Eight out of the top ten costliest cities for expats are Asian cities. The survey measures the comparat...

Organizations Strengthening Sex-Partition in the Workplace

July 7, 2019

Survey: Men in workplace evading solo interactions with women Sixty percent of male managers are uncomfortable participating in common work activity with a woman, such as mentoring, working alone, or soc...

Flexible jobs can make work life balance harder, study finds

July 6, 2019

Flextime is supposed to promote and facilitate work-life balance. A study from Germany suggests otherwise. Men and women with children reported that flexible working left them with less free time than working ...

Should women always wear high heels in the workplace?

Diana Coker

June 7, 2019

A 17th-century law in Massachusetts, which was later introduced into the British parliament, placed penalties on women who lured men into marriage using high heeled shoes. Though ‘chopines’ (a platform that rai...

CEO Turnover Rate Has Hit a Record High

May 28, 2019

According to a new study by Strategy&, the consulting arm of PwC, CEO turnovers reached 17.5 percent last year, the highest since the inception of the survey in 2000. The study, which analyzed CEO successio...

Forced to Smile at Work? Fake Smiling at Work May Lead to Heavier Drinking, Study Finds

April 30, 2019

A group of researchers at Penn State University at Buffalo conducted a study on the drinking habits of people in the service industry and found that workers who are forced to smile at work, drink more after hou...

Employees Don’t Trust Anti-Retaliation Statutes

April 27, 2019

Corporate compliance officers already know that violation of anti-retaliation statues is an unjustifiable risk. The magnitude of this significant problem is outlined in ECI’s Global Business Ethics Survey. It ...

Overtime: What Proposed DOL Overtime Exemption Could Mean For Employers?

April 25, 2019

Raises the salary threshold from $455 per week ($23,660 per year) to $679 per week ($35,308 per year). The 2019 rule is expected to affect the exempt status of more than 1 million employees. Raises the to...

Vienna tops Mercer’s 21st Quality of Living ranking

April 22, 2019

The Austrian capital tops the list for the tenth running year. Western Europe takes eight of the 10 highest-ranking positions on Mercer’s new safety ranking with Luxembourg topping the list. Despite B...

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Amazon is Hiring 3,000 Work-From-Home Workers in 18 States

March 16, 2019

Amazon revealed plans to hire 3,000 remote workers in 18 states earlier this month. On the March 4th, the company posted a job listing for customer service associates, which uncovered that the role pays $15 per...

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Workplace Restrooms To Be Based On Gender Expression In New York

Diana Coker

February 25, 2019