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+41 +1It's time to boycott Amazon
Jeff Bezos has built an empire based on exploitation.
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+3 +1I’m a female chef. Here’s how my restaurant dealt with harassment from customers.
In the years since implementation, such harassment has ceased to be a problem.
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+20 +1German workers win right to 28-hour week
Millions of German workers are winning the fight for a 28-hour work week. Labor union IG Metall secured an unprecedented deal this week to give a large portion of its 2.3 million members more flexible working hours and a big pay rise. From next year, workers at many of Germany's top engineering firms -- such as Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler (DDAIF) -- can opt to work 28 hours a week for up to two years, before returning to the standard 35-hour week.
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+30 +1Andrew Sullivan: It’s Time to Resist the Excesses of #MeToo
Honor complexity. Make meaningful distinctions between offenses. Defend due process, privacy, and sex itself. A month or so ago, a friend and I mulled over when exactly the backlash to the then-peaking #MeToo moral panic would set in. Mid-January, we guessed, and sure enough here we are.
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+20 +1Porsche to block work-related emails between 7pm and 6am
Uwe Huck, the head of Porsche works council and deputy chairman of its supervisory board told DPA (a news agency) that any work-related emails between 7pm and 6am should be returned to sender, because they imply a stressful unpaid working time. This opinion has also been confirmed by Kai Bliesener, the spokesman of the car-maker’s works council, who said: “I’m sure this will be part of the new contract negotiated next year with management”.
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+12 +1The team-building rituals that companies love can actually tear workers apart
After-work drinks and quarterly retreats can split employees into in-groups and out-groups.
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+36 +1Ellen Pao: This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley
My lawsuit failed. Others won’t.
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+1 +1Oklahoma gets ‘F’ in workplace safety; labor commissioner shocked
The state of Oklahoma is getting a failing grade on the safety of workplaces across the state. The finding is not sitting well with state leaders. The labor commissioner sent a letter to the authors of that report, demanding that they change the state's score. “When I saw the media reports that the state had received an F rating in the workplace safety, I was shocked,” Labor Commissioner Melissa McLawhorn Houston said.
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+6 +1How to build the workplace of the future
In the world of intelligent spaces, engaging experiences enable employees to maximize effectiveness, seamlessly and securely anywhere, anytime. Here's what you need to build that world.
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+15 +1Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment
More than two dozen women in the tech start-up industry spoke to The New York Times about being sexually harassed by investors and mentors.
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+29 +1‘Purposeful leaders’ are winning hearts and minds in workplaces, study finds
People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found. The growing importance of what is being described as ‘purposeful leadership’ for the modern workplace is outlined today in a new report for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development.
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+15 +1The Impact of Nature in Modern Workplace Design
As the health benefits of working outside—and bringing the outdoors inside—become widely recognized, employers are paying greater attention to biophilic design as a thoughtful way to promote employee wellbeing.
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