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Employers such as Goldman Sachs, Meta and Ford have taken different approaches to laying off staff. Can they avoid lasting damage to morale?

More US states and cities are forcing companies to disclose wage data, to improve equity. But it’s not a complete solution to closing wage gaps.

Many employees are completing under-the-radar tasks after hours to get ahead. This kind of overwork has become normalised – and while not all bad, there’s an insidious dark side.

These days, workers expect to exceed their job descriptions if they want to get ahead – or even keep their positions at all. How did we get here?

In major cities across the globe, including New York City, rent prices have gone through the roof. It’s putting the squeeze on some renters in unmanageable ways.

The youngest employees are already feeling pressured and exhausted – even in the earliest stages of their careers.

Employees have long threatened to walk if employers call them back into the office. Now, the dominoes are starting to fall.

As remote work has left many offices empty, developers are turning these spaces into private homes – hopefully reviving dying business districts as the same time.

Sick days used to mean resting, not working. Now, however, more employees are logging in from home as they fight illness – after all, if people are remote already, why take time off?

Remote working during the pandemic shrank employees’ worlds. Now, some colleagues feel like they simply don’t exist in workers’ daily lives – and it's having an effect.