A technology group planned a digital protest against Palantir, claiming the company's software has been used to coordinate deportation of people crossing the US-Mexican border. The plan included posting of messages urging Palantir engineers to refuse to work on projects involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Job shadowing, in which candidates interact with current employees, can be a valuable part of the hiring process. "Not only does the candidate get to feel the team dynamic firsthand and also ask questions, but the team also gets a sense of the candidate's understanding of the work culture," said Rebecca Cenni-Leventhal, CEO of Atrium Staffing.

The House Financial Services Committee has unanimously passed a bill to protect whistleblowers from retaliation by employers. The measure would redefine "whistleblower" to make a worker who reports misconduct to an employer but not to the Securities and Exchange Commission protected by an anti-retaliation provision of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Managers have many tactics available for creating informal professional development opportunities, including offering a higher volume of focused work, finding ways to fill in organizational gaps and encouraging volunteer work, writes Julie Winkle Giulioni. "You and the employee must align with growth goals and develop a plan to create not just business but also developmental outcomes," she writes.