Tag: Workforce
Why corporate diversity statements are backfiring — Podcast
Dannielle Piper, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation https://player.simplecast.com/99d5e829-34b2-412c-933b-d767d5c45faf?dark=true
https://cdn.theconversation.com/infographics/572/661898416fdc21fc4fdef6a5379efd7cac19d9d5/site/index.html
Equity, diversity, inclusion are...
Inflation, workforce participation and real wages: 3 key indicators for monitoring...
Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury; Marlon Williams, University of Dayton, and Melanie G. Long, The College of Wooster
The U.S. economy ended 2021 with...
Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment
Bandy X. Lee, Yale University
Even though mental illness affects one in five adults – and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide –...
Zero-hour contracts take a huge mental and physical toll – poor...
Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, University of Hertfordshire and Janet Barlow, University of Hertfordshire
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts continues to rise in the UK....
Retailers like Walmart are embracing robots – here’s how workers can...
Beth Humberd, University of Massachusetts Lowell and Scott F. Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Walmart recently said it plans to deploy robots to scan shelves,...
How one ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster won out over all the...
Sarah Myers, Saint Francis University and G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University
Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
