How HR Can Support Working Parents During Back-to-School Season

​Back-to-school season is a hectic time when parents are focused on ensuring their children have everything they need to succeed in the academic year ahead. Employers of all sizes should be aware... Read more »

How to Implement an Effective Return-to-Office Strategy

​While many companies have embraced remote-work arrangements, others have identified a need to bring employees back to the workplace, whether in a hybrid or entirely in-person fashion. Once the decision has been... Read more »

The Great Compromise: Return-to-Office Gains Steam

As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes further into the rearview mirror, business leaders and HR professionals find themselves navigating the next great challenge: bringing employees back to the office. Many companies are at... Read more »

Why CEOs Want Employees Back in the Office

​When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, millions of office workers packed up their laptops, went home and haven’t seen a five-day office workweek since. But even during those peak pandemic years,... Read more »

The Great Compromise: Return-to-Office Policies Are Evolving

​There’s a new lounge in the administrative offices at Ability Beyond where employees can take a break or hold an informal meeting. There are also quiet offices for private conversations and heads-down,... Read more »

What Women Want from the Workplace

?Women left the workforce in droves during the COVID-19 pandemic. While federal data shows that employment and labor force participation among women have returned to pre-pandemic levels, women have continued to quit... Read more »

Remote Work Associated with Rise in Substance Use Disorders

?”Why don’t we do a little day drinking? Blame it on the workday,” sings country band Little Big Town in its 2014 hit “Day Drinking.” Whether they’re country music fans or not,... Read more »

Defense Contractors Are Learning to Accept Remote Work

?The defense contracting community is not known for making big changes to standard operating procedure. But like many other employers, these firms—which work with U.S. military and intelligence agencies and employ people... Read more »

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends, But Some Pandemic-Era Accommodations May Continue

?Despite the federal government recently ending the COVID-19 public health emergency, organizations can continue implementing many pandemic-related practices. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in May updated its COVID-19 technical guidance... Read more »

Worker Productivity Is Down. Is Remote Work the Cause?

?U.S. worker productivity year-over-year has declined for five straight quarters for the first time on record. Does that support the arguments made by critics of remote work that traditional, in-person work produces... Read more »
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