This workplace perk could make it easier to save for emergencies
From today’s CNBC News: If your car breaks down or you get sick, do you have enough money saved to cover the unexpected expense? If you’re like many Americans, the…
Want to Close the Pay Gap? Pay Transparency Will Help
From today’s New York Times: Here’s what we know about salary transparency: Workers are more motivated when salaries are transparent. They work harder, they’re more productive, and they’re better at…
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L.A. teachers set to strike Jan. 10. Union says it has no plans for more negotiating
From today’s Los Angeles Times: A labor agreement is not the only thing dividing the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers. One missing element crucial to coming together…
New Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice
From The Nation Magazine: There are about 2 million domestic workers in the country, a workforce that is only growing larger as baby boomers age and millennials have children. But…
Sex Workers Say Incel Campaign to Report Them to IRS Won’t Work
From today’s Rolling Stone Magazine: A few angry men on the internet have launched a campaign encouraging others to report sex workers to the IRS for failing to report income…
G.M. to Idle Plants, Cutting Thousands of Jobs in North America as Sales Slow
From today’s New York Times: General Motors announced Monday that it planned to idle five factories in North America and cut roughly 14,000 jobs in a bid to trim costs.…
As Immigrant Farmworkers Become More Scarce, Robots Replace Humans
From today’s New York Times: As a boy, Abel Montoya remembers his father arriving home from the lettuce fields each evening, the picture of exhaustion, mud caked knee-high on his…
Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination
From today’s New York Times: If you are a Verizon customer on the East Coast, odds are good that your cellphone or tablet arrived by way of a beige, windowless…
Overworking is overrated and unhealthy. Why so hard to respect work-life balance?
From today’s Washington Post: Why does our society perpetuate the idea that people must be constantly working in order to be worthy of respect? I get tired of the way…
With 8 Years of Gains, Unemployment Is Lowest It Has Been Since 1969
From today’s New York Times: The unemployment rate fell to a nearly five-decade low in September, punctuating a remarkable rebound in the ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers…