Organizations may gain an advantage by not investing in worker health, instead simply replacing burned-out employees with new ones in order to ensure a supply of healthy employees.
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Canada needs a taxonomy that’s more sophisticated and updated — one that can better describe the different types of jobs and workers that make up Canada’s modern labour market.
Understanding and supporting employees with dyslexia is crucial not only for the individual success of employees, but for workplaces to be more effective.
No video game workers are currently unionized in Québec, but a new labour partnership is looking to change that.
Global climates are changing and the world is rapidly warming. Canada’s labour laws must keep pace with the rate of change to protect workers.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
Voters, city council and even local business leaders have tried to raise the city’s minimum wage, but face pushback from the state legislature in Harrisburg.
Canadians can make National Caregiver Day count by celebrating carer-employees and supporting the creation of carer-friendly supports in the workplace.
For many people, speaking up at work can be a nerve-wracking experience because it leaves them exposed to judgment, ridicule and rejection.
India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
Recent waves of layoffs shine a light on the systemic issues in the game industry and the post-graduation promises universities are making to students.
Could the adverse effects of anti-work rhetoric spread beyond one’s own job perception? A sociologist’s recent research sheds light on the question.
When employees are able to reconceptualize jealousy as a motivating force, this opens up new venues to address, overcome, and even capitalize on the feeling.
Young Black men are being denied employment for multifaceted reasons, and when they do find work, are often trapped in low-paying jobs.
Job listings now often demand that applicants have degrees and experiences that were previously unnecessary, with some job requirements even surpassing the qualifications of current employees.
While teleworking can come with many benefits, being alone at home can leave us feeling isolated and unmotivated.
Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
Unions are arcing up about cabin crew being filmed without consent during flights. Some airlines have brought in new rules aimed at curbing the practice.
It’s been a big year for industrial action but what’s in store for 2024?
The rise in union support can be explained by the growing recognition people are having of their own disadvantages, and the anger they feel about it.
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Affiliate Research Associate, School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor and Director of Labor and Employment Studies, San Francisco State University
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Associate Professor of Strategic Management, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Management, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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Leiden University
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Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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