Tag: Workplace
Tech helping you keep distance in workplace, but what about privacy?
As we emerge from the coronavirus lockdown, those of us who still have a workplace may not recognize it. Businesses, eager to limit liability...
PBN summit: Communication, transparency, goodwill key to reopening workplaces
Reopening workplaces as states allow it and as COVID-19 fades will be a delicate process heavily dependent on expert guidance, excellent communications and transparency...
What do you miss the most about working in your office...
After several weeks of working from home, some workers may have trouble remembering what parts of their corporate offices and workplaces look like.
There are,...
Rules for respect
Thomas Jefferson arrived alone on horseback at a hotel in Baltimore and asked for a room. The landlord of the hotel, named Boyden, looked...
Long work hours a waste of time
In the sitcom “The Office,” a bumbling manager spends much of his time distracting the hapless employees of a paper company’s local sales branch....
It’s not only younger workers who want flexible hours
The problem with younger workers today, I’m often told, is that they’re entitled. Today’s 20-somethings expect flexible hours, big raises and short commutes. They...
Data show remote work pays off
IN 2018, for the first time, people who took public transportation to work in the U.S. had higher median earnings than those who drove...
Culture shift to wellness at Children’s Friend
Healthiest Employers of Rhode Island 2019
150-499 EMPLOYEES #1: Children’s Friend
CEO (or equivalent): David Caprio, CEO and president
Number of employees: 380
For the past 185 years,...
PBN on WJAR-TV, July 22, 2019
The state is stepping up enforcement of labor laws, but are the penalties for misclassification tough enough?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears...
Retreats can resolve workplace conflicts
Workplace dysfunction takes many forms. Conflicts between co-workers, or between manager and employees, are among the most common.
Sometimes, they’re relatively hidden. They show up...
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