Industrial Relations News
November 23, 2024
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Nov. 16, 2024 — Employees struggle when supervisors swing between good and bad ...
Aug. 9, 2024 — Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a key risk factor for employee mental health and, along with information overload, may increase burnout, according to new ...
June 24, 2024 — Rising health care prices in the U.S. are leading employers outside the health care sector to reduce their payroll and decrease their number of employees, according to a new study. The study found that when health care prices increased, non-health ...
June 13, 2024 — Younger workers are struggling with feelings of loneliness and a lack of appreciation at work and tend to feel more comfortable working with people their own age, according to a recent ...
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May 23, 2024 — While work is occasionally stressful for everyone, some people wear stress as a badge of honor. They're taking one for the team and want to tell you all about it. New research found people who brag ...
May 20, 2024 — Using more robots to close labor gaps in the hospitality industry may backfire and cause more human workers to quit, according to a new study. The study, involving more than 620 lodging and food ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study highlights the lasting financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for many working-age adults and their families in the United States. It ...
Dec. 7, 2023 — Once an entrepreneur always an entrepreneur? Not necessarily, says a new study. Former entrepreneurs can transition from being their own boss into successful employees within an organization, ...
Nov. 8, 2023 — Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees' risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. In workplaces that implemented ...
Nov. 2, 2023 — New research is providing insights for business leaders on how work experience affects employees interacting with ...
Oct. 31, 2023 — Researchers found that employees who prioritize career advancement are strongly affected by abusive leadership while employees who prioritized job security remained just as likely to take charge ...
Sep. 18, 2023 — Non-monetary benefits such as independence, autonomy and the ability to work on innovative technologies are among the key selling points for talented ...
Sep. 1, 2023 — People without a secure job contract can likely reduce their risk of premature death by 20 per cent if they gain permanent employment, a study ...
July 4, 2023 — The UK risks a growing divide between organizations who have invested in new, artificial intelligence-enabled digital technologies and those who haven’t, new research ...
Earlier Headlines
Sep. 30, 2024 — Farming is a notoriously hard profession with long hours spent operating dangerous equipment and performing other arduous tasks. New research finds that indigenous farm employees -- many of whom have ...
Sep. 16, 2024 — A new study shows the mood-boosting benefits of Buckeye Paws, a therapy dog program that many health care workers say helps reduce emotional exhaustion and improve work ...
Sep. 3, 2024 — A new study has found that state-level COVID-19 vaccination mandates successfully increased vaccine rates among health care workers, a finding that, while perhaps unsurprising, provides evidence of ...
July 19, 2024 — When it comes to community hypertension interventions, a new study found that pharmacists and community health workers had the best success in lowering blood pressure. These findings support the idea ...
July 17, 2024 — Although devices such as standing desks have been found to alleviate physical symptoms and increase worker productivity, questions remain regarding the best use of the primary types of workstations ...
July 8, 2024 — Why do employees sometimes accept working for an abusive boss? A new study suggests that when a leader is seen as a high performer, employees are more likely to label abuse as just 'tough ...
June 12, 2024 — In the largest study yet of working-from-home professionals, economists reveal that employees who work from home two days a week are just as productive, likely to get promoted, and far less prone to ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — A new study found that employed adults with greater job flexibility and higher job security were less likely to experience serious psychological distress or anxiety. Greater job flexibility and ...
Mar. 14, 2024 — Employers who have introduced team-based rewards systems to foster creativity, collaboration, productivity and sales may want to look again at a system that new research shows can create an ...
Dec. 13, 2023 — New research shows how some workplace gossip could reduce the likelihood of employee turnover and, as a result, potentially boost an organization's ...
June 27, 2023 — New research used data from an employee review website to determine what made remote work successful. Companies that catered to employees' interests, gave employees independence, fostered ...
Apr. 11, 2023 — Gossip influences if people receive advantages whether they work in an office in the U.S. or in India -- or even in a remote village in Africa, a new study found. In a set of experiments, ...
Apr. 6, 2023 — Chemists created a more reliable, robust and efficient way to monitor pesticide exposure and help protect the health and safety of agricultural workers, especially for emerging sectors like the ...
Dec. 8, 2022 — Gig workers, waiters, salespeople and others who rely on fluctuating income may be paying for wage volatility with their health, according to new ...
Nov. 29, 2022 — Imagine a team of humans and robots working together to process online orders -- real-life workers strategically positioned among their automated coworkers who are moving intelligently back and forth ...
Nov. 16, 2022 — The workplace can encourage a more wholesome lifestyle in employees regarding the consumption of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables, but it does not prompt them to exercise more, according to a ...
Nov. 15, 2022 — A new study has shown that people in the early stages of their careers were more likely to be impacted by workplace stress during the COVID-19 pandemic than senior ...
Nov. 9, 2022 — There's no need to panic about a pending robot takeover just yet. Only 14% of workers say they've seen their job replaced by a robot. But those who have experienced job displacement due to ...
Sep. 29, 2022 — Rates of traumatic injury among workers in the Oregon agricultural and construction sectors are significantly higher during periods of high heat compared with periods of more moderate weather, a ...
Sep. 22, 2022 — Up to 1 in 5 women in the postpartum period will experience a mental health disorder like postpartum depression or generalized anxiety disorder. How an organization handles a mother's return to ...
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