A Tesla worker said this week at a National Labor Relations Board hearing that after he sought to distribute information on forming a union, he was asked to leave the factory. If the NLRB finds that Tesla violated workers' rights, the company might be required to inform employees that it was judged to be engaging in unfair labor practices.

Despite headlines about a tight job market, many people still cannot find work or have elected to stay in a lower-skill position out of fear of not finding another job, recruiter Jack Kelly writes. Moreover, most employers aren't raising pay and aren't competing with other companies to woo talented candidates, Kelly writes.

An international survey found 63% of employees said the noise level from working in an open office negatively affected their work and wellness, and 75% said they had to take a walk outside to get away from the distractions. The report from Oxford Economics and Plantronics found half of executives surveyed said workers had the tools needed to prevent distractions but only 19% of workers said they were able to mitigate noise.

Single mothers who earn an associate degree and work full time, year-round, after graduation will earn more than $329,000 more over their lifetimes than those with a high-school diploma and bachelor-degree holders will make more than $610,000 over high-school graduates, according to a study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research. The data also show that just 13% of single mothers with degrees live in poverty.

Being entrepreneurial and innovative is what every manager talks about with new and prospective employees, but they should instead be honest about the jobs that are just meant to be busywork, argues Ted Bauer. The author and anthropologist David Graeber has classified such work as "paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence even though, as part of the conditions of employment, the employee feels obliged to pretend that this is not the case."

Rob Reiner stopped by the SmartBrief office in Washington, D.C., on Monday to discuss how he makes movies and manages egos, why he co-founded Castle Rock and his newest project, "Shock and Awe." Check out the interview.