US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's fiscal 2019 figures show a slight decrease in the number of workplace discrimination cases filed, to 72,675. Equal pay complaints increased and retaliation continued to be the top complaint.

Some employers are choosing not to hire smokers, citing health insurance costs, physician Paul Hsieh writes. In this commentary, Hsieh writes that this problem can be fixed by eliminating the tax gap between employer-provided and individually purchased health insurance.

Employees with a happy home life are more productive at work and are more likely to stick around, writes John Hall, co-founder and president of Calendar. Show this commitment by offering benefits such as flexible schedules, paid family leave and concierge services, while adopting wellness programs and family-friendly culture to reduce stress, Hall writes.

Hybrid jobs, which combine data skills with soft skills such as communications and empathy, are the new "super jobs," writes Sheryl Estrada. "In this new world of hybrid roles, there isn't a huge talent pool out there that has a resume showing both an analyst's critical thinking and a designer's creativity," says Larry Clark of Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning.

A woman traveling from New Jersey's Newark International Airport to Denver earlier this month was stopped by a United Airlines employee for wearing a top that was "too revealing." Eventually the woman, who was also wearing a scarf and cardigan over a low-cut top, was allowed to board.

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