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More and more bellwether employers, not just startups or tech firms, are saying the future is hybrid. washingtonpost.com/business/…

The hybrid office is here to stay. The shift could be more disruptive than the move to all-remote...

The new "hybrid" workplace will be more structured than many people think. Companies will have to make sure teams are on site at the same time, while avoiding the perils of pre-pandemic remote work...

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Zoom calls replace seat 1A, international cuisine and the quiet productivity of being at 40,000 feet. Some hardened road warriors fear business travel will never return to its platinum era. washingtonpost.com/business/…

One year in, these grounded frequent fliers want back up in the air

Zoom calls replace seat 1A, international cuisine and the quiet productivity of being at 40,000 feet. Some hardened road warriors fear business travel will never return to its platinum era.

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Six ways your office will be different in 2021, assuming you ever go back to it washingtonpost.com/road-to-r…

Six ways your office will be different in 2021, assuming you ever go back to it

We asked human resources advisers, workplace designers and compensation analysts to share predictions for a year that could bring back some normalcy while returning people to workplaces that may...

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Trump’s crackdown on training about white privilege draws broad opposition washingtonpost.com/business/…

Trump’s crackdown on training about white privilege draws broad opposition

The Sept. 22 executive order has met pushback from groups across the political spectrum.

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Urged to back up pledges for racial justice, 34 major firms commit to disclose government workforce data washingtonpost.com/business/…

Urged to back up pledges for racial justice, 34 major firms commit to disclose government workforce...

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who advises the city’s public retirement funds, said Monday that 34 companies -- some of which had refused to release their government diversity reports as...

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Hot new job title in a pandemic: ‘Head of remote work’ washingtonpost.com/business/…

Hot new job title in a pandemic: ‘Head of remote work’

Some tech companies are carving out new jobs for executives to act as advocates for virtual workers and to think more broadly about a more lasting remote future.

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As a new school year looms and working parents again find themselves juggling work and virtual learning, employers are coming up with new solutions and new perks to help stressed out parents washingtonpost.com/business/…

Big firms offer stressed parents new perks such as subsidized tutoring

With many school districts online and parents stressed, some employers are offering perks for parents of K-12 students for the first time.

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The outdoor retailer REI is planning to sell the new campus it never occupied as work from home becomes the new normal washingtonpost.com/business/…

REI plans sale of unused eight-acre headquarters campus as the retailer embraces remote work

Company is abandoning its headquarters even before employees move in. It had planned to occupy the space starting this summer.

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Economists and human resources experts said the job cuts at LinkedIn were further evidence that hiring for white-collar jobs has stalled and did not bode well for a short-term recovery. washingtonpost.com/business/…

LinkedIn’s cut of nearly 1,000 jobs is a sign more pandemic pain is coming to white-collar workers

Economists said the job cuts at LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft and caters to professional job seekers, were further evidence that hiring for white-collar workers has stalled

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The Business Roundtable is weighing in on the debate over policing reform, calling on Congress to act and endorsing a ban on chokeholds except when deadly force is warranted, a national police misconduct registry, and other changes. washingtonpost.com/business/…

Top CEOs endorse calls for police reform, another sign of momentum on the issue

The Business Roundtable, representing CEOs of large companies, calls for Congress to pass a bipartisan plan for change.

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“It feels like 70 percent of our orders has a mask in it,” said the founder of one swag supplier. “Everybody wants it.” washingtonpost.com/business/…

The new corporate swag: Branded masks, sanitizer spray bottles and Zoom vanity light rings

For businesses such as Lemonade, whose executives appeared in branded masks for their IPO, it’s a chance to demonstrate their socially conscious identity

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“The optimistic view is we’re finally going to change our view of ... the ideal worker,” said one legal expert. “The pessimistic view is we’re going to have an avalanche of lawsuits as we discriminate against adults with caregiving responsibilities.” washingtonpost.com/business/…

As workplaces reopen, coronavirus could unleash an ‘avalanche’ of lawsuits over family leave,...

Legal experts expect more companies could face discrimination lawsuits from parents struggling to cope with household and child-care duties while working from home.

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The post-pandemic workplace will hardly look like the one we left behind washingtonpost.com/business/…

The post-pandemic workplace will hardly look like the one we left behind

Contact-tracing apps for co-workers, elevator “safe zones,” infrared body temperature scanners — businesses are beginning to re-imagine office spaces after the coronavirus.

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Wikimedia’s approach to coronavirus: Staffers can work 20 hours a week, get paid for full-time washingtonpost.com/business/…

Wikimedia’s approach to coronavirus: Staffers can work 20 hours a week, get paid for full time

The foundation's chief executive said the decision was made to give its 400 employees and contractors a realistic sense of what’s expected.

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UnitedHealth Group told employees Sunday to go to work unless they are part of a high-risk group, experiencing any symptoms, or face certain other obstacles. washingtonpost.com/business/…

UnitedHealth Group tells employees to go to work unless they are in a high-risk group, have...

The guidelines, shared in emails on March 15 to its 325,000 employees, differ from broad-based policies other large employers have issued that have asked or strongly encouraged employees to work from...

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Real-time flight disruptions, stolen face mask shipments and no more hot towel service: @jenamcgregor spent a morning inside Delta's command center during the week the coronavirus escalated to a pandemic. washingtonpost.com/business/…

Inside Delta’s command center the week the coronavirus devastated the airline industry

Airlines and the travel industry scramble to protect crews and customers from a virus that is attacking from every direction.

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One lawyer was helping a company put together a coronavirus response plan when an HR manager had to step out of the meeting: An employee in Britain's wife had just been diagnosed. "From where things were a week or two ago, it's like a different world." washingtonpost.com/business/…

How IBM, Goldman Sachs, PwC and others are responding to the coronavirus threat to the global...

IBM is asking workers in coronavirus-affected regions to ‘work at home wherever possible’

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New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims washingtonpost.com/business/…

New database aims to expose companies that make employees arbitrate sexual harassment claims

Activist who campaigned for boycott of retailers carrying Trump family products turns to company policies on sexual harassment complaints

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Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep washingtonpost.com/business/…

Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep

Some employers are shifting from simply talking about better sleep — or giving employees tools to track it — to helping them with what to do about it.

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The CROWN Act, which Cherry gave a shout-out to in his acceptance speech, is now being considered or enacted in at least 25 states. washingtonpost.com/business/…

Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination

The CROWN Act, banning race-based discrimination hair discrimination, is being considered or has become law in at least 25 states.

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