Aggressive employees' behavior in the workplace may be linked to losses in their pay, reputation and authority, according to research by Crucial Learning. Significant repercussions were seen whether the staff members were men or women, and gaps between male and female behavior perceptions may be narrowing, investigators noted.

Six executives describe how their companies are addressing work-from-home and return-to-office issues this year, with some offering hybrid arrangements and others sticking to a fully remote plan. Owl Labs CEO Frank Weishaupt says some large employers that tried to enforce post-pandemic RTO mandates encountered significant staff resistance, noting that "people weren't as willing to work at a company that required them go into the office full-time, [and] many employees would still make sacrifices to achieve flexibility in where they work."

Prolonged workday sitting may raise the risk of early death by 16%, compared with not sitting at work, supporting other research linking sitting to health concerns, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Adding 15 minutes to a half-hour of daily exercise outside of work may help reduce risks, researchers said.

Research reported in JAMA Network Open suggests that families with employer-sponsored health insurance have had to pay out as much as an extra $125,000 over 30 years due to rising plan premiums. KFF research shows that the average cost of family coverage was nearly $24,000 in 2023, and employers paid about three-fourths of that.

Courtney Mauge of NFP offers ways HR leaders can be proactive in cybersecurity efforts and training employees to recognize threats to organizations. HR can also be a target for attackers, Mauge writes, adding that incidence response and policies for remote workers are critical.