Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is targeting wage inequity with a plan that includes having companies provide data on their pay practices and receive an "equal pay certification" from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Companies that do not obtain the certification would be fined 1% of their profits for every 1% wage gap found.
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Companies win when they encourage, develop and promote women, writes Joel Garfinkle. "When enterprising, motivated and brilliant women see themselves represented amongst the ranks of your leadership, they'll know they've found a place where they too can achieve great things -- a win-win for employees and the company," he writes.
Training on mental health issues should help nurture a safe workplace and open dialog, write Bernie Wong and Jen Anderson of Mind Share Partners. Wong and Anderson offer five components for productive training, including helping employees identify signs of mental distress and teaching managers about Americans with Disabilities compliance.
Starting salary and location are the top two concerns for 2019 graduates searching for a job, according to a new Monster survey. Some 47% say they're looking at job postings in industries that interest them, while 43% say they are networking with family and friends who may know of job openings, the data show.
The work of managers isn't easy, but any manager can communicate vision and values to inspire teams to work toward a common goal, argues Julie Zhuo, a Facebook executive and author of a book on managing.
