US District Judge John Bates on Tuesday told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to reconsider two components of employee wellness program regulations, but did not strike them down, saying it could be too disruptive. Bates sided with the AARP, which contended the EEOC had not explained how it determined when wellness programs are voluntary under federal law.

Executives at advertising agencies share tips on how to boost staff loyalty and motivation, including the simplest advice of all: Let employees know when they do a good job. Create a bereavement policy that includes extended family and pets, establish a peer-to-peer rewards program and recognize the importance of paying people for a job well done.

Hourly employees at Amazon's fulfillment centers are entitled to the same amount of paid parental leave as salaried staff at the company's corporate offices. The e-commerce giant retooled its policies on parental leave in 2015, and benefits now include 20 weeks of paid leave for new moms who work more than 30 hours per week.

How women perceive their own femininity may affect the majors they choose in college, leading to increased gender stratification in, not only degrees, but later in the workforce, according to a study. Gender conformity, researchers say, may lead women to eschew degrees in science, technology, engineering and math and instead favor majors in arts and the humanities.

Jeanne Meister, founding partner of The Future Workplace, suggests how HR should accommodate millennial employees, adapt to the remote-working trend and take a digital marketing and consumer approach to improving workers' experience. "Being employee-centered and digital is about having a new set of consumer-focused and technological skills, as well as a new mindset, one that is iterative and takes a human-centered approach to creating new solutions," she says.