Women earn less than men, on average, but their pay increased by 6 cents for every dollar men made from 2017 to 2020, with the biggest gains for women ages 25 to 30, according to a report released Wednesday on Equal Pay Day in the US. "It's critical that policy proposals allow employers flexibility to reward employees based on business factors such as education, qualifications, skills and relevant experience," says Emily Dickens, SHRM chief of staff, head of government affairs and corporate secretary.
Forty-two percent of male workers asked for a pay raise in 2020, compared to just 27% of women, and 27% of those men received a raise, compared to just 13% of women, according to a Glassdoor survey. In addition, 33% of women accepted the salary they were offered in a new job, compared to 29% of men.
Grow your self-leadership skills by clearly asking others for what you need, accomplishing your goals far ahead of deadlines and asking for feedback, writes Susan Fowler. "Self-leadership means you have the mindset and the skillset to accept responsibility and take the initiative to get what you need to succeed," Fowler writes.
Email was central to the way employers and employees communicated in 2020, with one study saying volume increased 72% compared with 2019, but the influx came at a price, and former Amazon executive Kristin Graham suggests finding a balance. Even though all those employer emails were genuine attempts to connect, "the impact of those intentions has been to put more heavy rocks on our employees to carry around all day long," says Graham.
Some of the habits people have at home are unhealthy and contribute to the creation of breeding grounds for germs and bacteria, which is why our home offices have more germs than work offices, experts say. Charles Gerba, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona, advises people to avoid working in the kitchen, bed or on the living-room couch, declutter their desk, disinfect with the right cleaning products, ensure proper ventilation, keep pets away from the workspace and not eat at their desk.
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service's office in Amarillo, Texas, have concluded a March 13 tornado absorbed another one. A tornado merger is rare, but what's even rarer is how it happened.
