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The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouse

Andrew Van Dam
Feb 17, 2019 6:00 AM - How do women get into the 1 percent? Often by marrying a man with good income prospects, according to a new analysis.
Analysis: At fireside chats, the talk is all smoke and no flames

Drew Armstrong
Feb 17, 2019 6:00 AM - The "fireside chat" promises the sort of woodsmoke-infused insight that can only come from stacking several important men next to flaming timber. But one thing is almost always missing -- fire.
Salem Group earns staff management award

Feb 12, 2019 7:50 AM - The Salem Group, a staffing and workforce management company, has earned ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Client Diamond Award, after winning the Best of Staffing Client Award at least five years in a row for providing superior service to their clients.
#MeToo has a Lehman moment as pre-crisis case drags on and on

Claire Boston
Feb 10, 2019 6:00 AM - More than a decade after Lehman collapsed, six women who worked at the bank's subprime-mortgage unit are still accusing a former colleague of sexual harassment -- and still waiting for answers.
Unlimited vacation can burn workers when they quit, get laid off

Jena McGregor
Feb 3, 2019 6:16 AM - If you're laid off from your job or quit to go elsewhere, does your employer owe you the vacation time you've accrued? If your employer has an "unlimited" vacation policy, it may owe you nothing at all.
Tomorrow's jobs demand higher academic degrees as economic fates diverge

Jeanna Smialek
Feb 3, 2019 6:00 AM - This century has already been tough on Americans who have only a high school education. The current decade is poised to add insult to injury.
Harassment safeguards should work against false claims, too

Karla L. Miller
Feb 3, 2019 6:00 AM - The same investigative measures employers use to protect workers against sexual harassment should protect against false claims. Even if the results are inconclusive, the process should make false accusers think twice about making malicious threats in the future.
Do you look like a job hopper? It depends.

Karla L. Miller
Jan 27, 2019 6:00 AM - What matters more to prospective employers than the length of time you spend at previous jobs is the narrative bridge you build from them -- the story of how these jobs made you just the person to fit this employer's needs.
'It isn't nirvana': How four founders managed a four-day workweek

Jena McGregor
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 AM - Lessons from three small business entrepreneurs who've had success with the four-day workweek -- and one who didn't.
Citigroup is releasing pay-gap data most companies don't want to share

Jena McGregor
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 AM - Citigroup revealed a "raw," unadjusted -- and unflattering -- figure Wednesday, showing that median pay for women is 29 percent less than it is for men at the global financial services giant, becoming the first U.S. company to agree to disclose its median pay gap on a global level, an activist shareholder said. In its announcement, Citi also said the median pay for U.S. minorities is 7 percent less than it is for nonminorities.

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