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Analysis: Why there are still so few minority women CEOs

Jena McGregor and Rachel Siegel
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 AM - Researchers point to a lack of executive "sponsors" willing to advocate for women of color, the "emotional tax" or strain minority women face when being themselves in the workplace, and even the actions of white male colleagues.
Management Association takes new name

Daily Herald Report
Aug 2, 2018 11:10 AM - The Management Association, a Downers Grove-based association of 1,200 Chicago-area employers, is now doing business as HR Source.
Employers are finally ready to talk about how much they pay

Rebecca Greenfield
Jul 15, 2018 1:05 AM - Employers have long discouraged talking about money at work, in part because obscuring salary information keeps compensation costs down. But that attitude is starting to change.
For digital nomads, work is where the laptop is

By Mike Plunkett
Jul 14, 2018 1:00 AM - More people are joining a community of digital nomads who have moved their lives and work to distant locales -- often sun-soaked and always with a solid digital infrastructure -- to take advantage of a lower cost of living.
Some good news for working women

Katherine L. Milkman
Jul 14, 2018 1:00 AM - Some new research offers a much-needed dose of encouraging news: If women can overcome early career challenges and establish themselves as high performers, it seems they may actually reap more career rewards than their male peers.
How America's trucker shortage could undermine our economy

Heather Long
Jul 1, 2018 1:10 AM - As the nation grapples with a historically low level of unemployment, trucking companies are doing what economists have said firms need to do to attract and retain workers: They're hiking pay significantly, offering bonuses and even recruiting people they previously wouldn't have considered. But it's not working.
Amid trucker shortage, Trump team pilots program to drop driving age requirement to 18

Heather Long
Jul 1, 2018 1:00 AM - The Trump administration is advancing a program to let some younger workers drive big trucks across state lines, signaling an openness to lowering the driving age more broadly amid a massive trucker shortage.
What to do about lonely older men? Put them to work

Dawn Fallik
Jul 1, 2018 1:10 AM - Men's Sheds -- an international program described as sort of like Boy Scouts for adults -- is now expanding in the United States, with groups in nine states. The goal of the program is to give men, usually of retirement age, a place to go, something to do and people to chat with. The men learn new skills and work together on community projects.
Can investing in veterans be profitable? This man wants to prove it

Aaron Gregg
Jul 1, 2018 1:15 AM - One veteran's solution for helping those who have served: Give them jobs, bonuses and a support network.
We need paid parental leave. But we also need flexibility and understanding bosses.

Lisa Lombardi
Jun 24, 2018 1:00 AM - Some bosses get it, and some don't. And it's not always the ones you would think.

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How a Kavanaugh Court could affect labor and employment law

When it became clear on July 9, 2018, that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh (53), of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, was to be nominated to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, the immediate question for many employers--and those of us who provide legal advice to employers--was "how will a Kavanaugh court affect my workplace?"