Walt Disney has reached a $100 million settlement with workers who allege company participation in a no-poaching "gentleman's agreement" with other studios to not hire one another's employees to suppress wages. Disney and three units are the last defendants in the case, in which DreamWorks Animation paid $50 million and two Sony Pictures units and Blue Sky Studios paid $19 million total.

A startup called Apres is helping women re-enter the workforce. The company offers career coaching and other assistance to women, and it provides employers with a database of talented potential hires.

Managers can gain self-awareness about how they lead and find ways to improve or capitalize on strengths by answering questions in this flowchart. The chart leads to six leadership styles, including visionary, democratic and commanding.

Pay incentives based on work performance might not increase productivity because the extra work put in by employees is offset by stress and dissatisfaction, according to a study by the Human Resource Management Journal. "As a consequence, performance-related pay may be considered exploitative, or a management strategy that increases both earnings and work intensification," said Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, the study's lead author.

Many manufacturing jobs require deeper skill sets and higher levels of education than the available workforce possesses. Several companies are joining with schools and community colleges to train students in the technical and hands-on skills they will need.

Sheryl Palmer, CEO of the home-building company Taylor Morrison, takes her shoes off whenever she can because it makes her feel more authentic and accessible in her working life. "As silly as that sounds, that's who I am, and the day that I have to change who I am to do my job will be the day I really don't want to do it anymore," she says.