Opinion

By Marta Rychert, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Kate Diesfeld, Auckland University of Technology, and Lois Surgenor, University of Otago We all make mistakes at work. And many…

By Cary Cooper, University of Manchester Over the last few weeks, after a massive defeat at the UK general election, several senior staff in the Conservative Party have reportedly taken…

By Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, University of North Dakota Despite ongoing worries about how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, research shows that employers increasingly value something that only human workers…

By Fiona McQuarrie, University of The Fraser Valley In August, Australia joined Ontario, France and several European and Latin American countries in passing a “right to disconnect” law. This law gives workers the right to…

Have you noticed how busy HR departments are? Not so much in terms of workload, but because it’s so crowded in there. Companies and organizations of some size typically have…

If you’ve ever worked in retail, you know you can count on one thing: People are unpredictable. For every kind customer that walks through the door, there’s another who’s rude,…

By David Spencer, University of Leeds The UK government has announced a proposal that would give workers the right to request a four-day working week. On the surface, it appears…

By Bruce Campbell, York University, Canada On Aug. 24, Canada’s federal labour board ordered the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPK) railways, along with over 9,000 workers,…

By Henry Tran, University of South Carolina As the U.S. becomes increasingly polarized, diversity, equity and inclusion – also known as DEI – efforts have been touted as a way…