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Will the 2020s bring an end to the era of open offices?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 31, 2019
Blamed for everything from decreased productivity to increased flu cases, the majority of workers hate them, a survey says.
Collaboration or constant distraction? Google employees work in an open office in Berlin in January.
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The mechanical time clock is itself clocking out

by Jim Burress
Nov 29, 2019
Employees all across America once punched into work with Lathem time clocks. The company is now moving with the times.
The break room at Lathem Time's headquarters features most of its current lineup, from mechanical time clocks to biometric fingerprint readers.
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Employers, ignore the nuances of Gen Z at your peril

by David Brancaccio , Candace Manriquez Wrenn , Erika Soderstrom and Daniel Shin
Nov 22, 2019
No, they're not millennials.
Jonah Stillman (L) and David Stillman founded Gen Z Guru.
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Ask a Manager: Send us your workplace questions

by Rose Conlon
Oct 27, 2019
What do you wish you could ask a manager?
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Supreme Court considers LGBTQ rights in the workplace

by Rose Conlon and David Brancaccio
Oct 8, 2019
The court considers whether employers can discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on October 8 as the court hears oral arguments in three cases concerning workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees.
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How would you write your company's obituary?

by Marketplace Staff
Sep 13, 2019
Josh Levine, co-founder of CultureLabX, thinks a work obituary might help if you're suffering from workplace malaise.
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The complex relationship between workers and expense reports

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Sep 9, 2019
Most workers avoid filling-out their expenses, but they shouldn't.
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Finland's flexible work blueprint

by Anu Anand
Aug 14, 2019
Finland's Working Hours Act allows employees to adjust their schedule to work three hours earlier or later.
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"Brilliant jerks" may deliver the goods, but can create a toxic work environment

by Candace Manriquez Wrenn and David Brancaccio
Aug 7, 2019
We've all worked with a "brilliant jerk."
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Real diversity or "racial outsourcing"?

by Kimberly Adams and Rose Conlon
Jul 24, 2019
Are companies putting an undue burden on black employees to reach "diversity"?
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