Three female employees have filed a lawsuit against Synapse Financial Technologies and CEO Sankaet Pathak, saying they experienced a pattern of harassment and intimidation at the startup. Their complaint also says that Pathak was intent on "breaking" female employees to rebuild them as ideal workers.

With unemployment low and employee turnover rates high, the amount of time and cost of resources to find new talent is constantly rising, says Eightfold.ai CEO Ashutosh Garg. One company boosting their recruitment is Bank of America, which uses career and leadership development programs to attract talent.

Payday-advance apps, such as Earnin and Instacash, let users access their pay early, with optional tipping and no hard fees. Experts have expressed concerns over these apps -- which monitor users' bank accounts -- saying they "share the same DNA" as payday lenders, keeping users in a perpetual cycle of borrowing.

As only the fifth woman to command a mega cruise ship, Kate McCue says she approaches her job like a CEO, complete with running a business, being in meetings and living on call for three months straight. No two days are alike, she says, and the close quarters and long hours bring crew members closer at sea than most people are on land.

Workforce polled its readers to learn which employer was the Worst Employer of 2019. The top spot went to Bobby Paul Edwards of South Carolina, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution to an intellectually disabled employee who he abused and forced to work excessive hours for no pay.