Fired college football coaches get multimillion-dollar buyouts | Working mothers face bias-related challenges at work | Millennial managers push workplaces to evolve
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Colleges are paying fired football coaches -- including University of Florida's Jim McElwain -- millions of dollars in buyouts. A report from USA TODAY estimates that 12 Bowl Subdivision schools who sacked coaches this season owe more than $70 million. Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) (11/30),USA Today (11/28)
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Recruiting & Retention
Working mothers face bias-related challenges at work The "Maternal Wall" can affect working mothers in the form of lower salaries and greater difficulty in finding new positions or earning promotions. Despite the incorrect assumptions of many employers, motherhood can actually help you improve your empathy and productivity, writes Julianne Pepitone. Glassdoor (11/27)
Few companies emphasize mental health in wellness programs A study of 8,000 companies found that 51% of the 100 healthiest use apps, web portals or similar tools to track employees' efforts to stay healthy. Many of the top 100 make wellness a core value, but only 8.5% also focus on mental health, the study revealed. Entrepreneur online (11/30)
The HR Leader
3 key factors that lead to sexual harassment Masculine, hierarchical work settings where sexual harassment is not publicly denounced and discouraged are more likely to have problems with harassment, writes Marianne Cooper, citing research. "Not only are the costs of litigation high, but in environments that are more hostile to women there can be more team conflict and reduced workgroup productivity," Cooper writes. The Atlantic online (11/27)
Workplace Chatter
Google takes "plant-forward" approach to feeding staff Google is working to reduce the amount of beef it serves employees in an effort to reduce its environmental footprint. One way the company is achieving this goal is by focusing its menus on "plant-forward" foods, said Global Program Chef Scott Giambastiani. One Green Planet (11/29)
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