Bloomberg has created the Gender-Equality Index to measure corporate efforts across sectors in adopting best practices for treatment of employees. The index covers 104 companies that participated in a voluntary survey.

Relying on GPA, scripted interview questions and instincts about job candidates hurts employers' search for talented candidates, Come Recommended founder Heather Huhman writes. Huhman details four replacement strategies, including personalized interviews and proper data analysis, to create a diverse hiring pool.

All employees at the new Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., have been given standing desks, which CEO Tim Cook says is better for their lifestyle. The new campus also has a gym and fruit trees that provide fruit, which is served in the company cafeterias.

Education, including web-based training, is key to helping employees safeguard organizations from cyberattacks, Alex Thomas writes. "If we can start to help our own people and provide them with the right skills and resources then we can turn the tide on cyber threats with proactive measures," Thomas writes.

Research presented at the American Society for Nutrition's annual meeting found workers add an average of 1,300 calories to their diet each week by eating foods obtained at work, with more than 70% of those calories coming from free food. Nutritionist Samantha Heller said employers could benefit by offering healthy foods at work to help employees feel better and have more energy.