Weinstein Criminal Trial on Rape Charge to Open 2 Years After #MeToo Movement Started January 5, 2020 By Patricia Hurtado and Rebecca Greenfield More than two years and a lifetime ago, Hollywood’s open secrets about Harvey Weinstein finally spilled into public view. Few...
Employers May Have to Begin Reporting Gender Pay Data This Spring March 6, 2019 By Rebecca Greenfield, Jeff Green and Paige Smith Companies with more than 100 employees will have to report to the U.S. government data about how much workers are...
Insurer Offers Employee Benefit Deal: Student Loan Relief for Unused Vacation Time February 7, 2019 By Rebecca Greenfield Starting next year, U.S. employees at insurance company Unum Group will have a choice: The company will put money toward...
Lawsuit Alleges Marriott Failure to Protect Employee Against Guests’ Sexual Misconduct January 30, 2019 By Rebecca Greenfield Leticia Vallejo, a housekeeper at a Marriott hotel in Irvine, California, said that back in the summer of 2017, a...
Employers, Employees Disconnect Over #MeToo Effect October 26, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield Ask employers how they’re doing on sexual harassment in the workplace and most will say pretty well. Employees have a...
#MeToo Brings Positive Changes and Unintended Consequences to Workplaces October 9, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield Has the workplace changed in the year since New York Times reported the first allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein?...
Startup’s Newest Employee Benefit, Stem Cell Storage, Could Last Forever August 28, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield As MyCrypto mulled what benefits to offer employees, the new blockchain startup asked them what they wanted. “Surprisingly, we found...
More Employers Offering Paid Parental Leave Benefit June 29, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield More than one in three U.S. employers offers paid maternity leave beyond the amount required by law, up from one...
Why Companies Are Relaxing Employee Drug Testing March 6, 2018 By Jennifer Kaplan and Rebecca Greenfield Employers are struggling to hire workers in tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington,...
Workplace Wellness Programs Are an Exercise in Futility, Latest Research Finds January 26, 2018 By Rebecca Greenfield Workplace wellness programs have two main goals: improve employees’ health and lower their employers’ health-care costs. They’re not very good...