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Many business owners are suffering from diversity fatigue, as they think it’s too much of an effort to implement diversity. In fact, businesses with a homogeneous workforce suffer a disadvantage in comparative success to more diverse companies by a quarter to a third. Diversity for diversity’s sake is certainly a noble business goal, but it […]

More and more Americans nowadays are beginning to transition into the gig economy, ranging from construction jobs to web development. Rapid development in technology is making it easier to make that transition, and it has led over a third of the American population joining the gig economy as independent contractors, seeking more flexible hours, independence,

Picture this: it is almost your wife’s due date and you need to take paternity leave, or your elderly father has a bad fall and requires long-term treatment. Unforeseeable events like those can occur to any worker, and he or she may need to take time off to attend to their family as a result.

Cryptocurrency is a new technology that allows individuals to collect units of currency and transfer funds without the use of a central bank. While relatively new, there is no doubt cryptocurrency can be considered assets, as it holds value. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has recognized this in a new requirement for some

Picture this: you’ve been working in the same place for several years. You’re diligent, smart, and dedicated; you do good work. But recently, you’ve gotten a new supervisor, and she seems determined to bring you down. Nothing you do is right. You’re criticized unfairly—to the point of being yelled at—every day. You’ve tried to complain

If you work for a company that owns a franchise, you may have to obey many rules to keep your job. But whose rules are they? How and why you’re treated as an employee, and by whom, are the big issues to work out when deciding who is actually your employer under the law. You

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) covers most employers whose workforce is unionized or whose employees are organizing a union, but it also applies in situations where neither is the case. The NLRA is enforced by the federal National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which may get involved if employees, formally unionized or not, take part