Study: 43% of households don't earn enough for basics | How bad employees reveal hiring process flaws | NBA star Paul on building team chemistry, giving back
Forty-three percent of households struggle to afford basic living expenses, including food, housing, transportation and health care, according to a study by the United Way ALICE Project. The study finds that 16.1 million households fall below the poverty line and that 34.7 million households earn less than what they need "to survive in the modern economy." CNNMoney (5/18)
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How bad employees reveal hiring process flaws Managers spend nearly a quarter of their time in a workweek coaching underachieving employees, according to a survey from Robert Half. A bad hire may point to a flaw in an organization's hiring process, says Paul McDonald, senior executive director for Robert Half. Ladders (5/16)
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Opinion: Amazon tips its hand with employee tuition program The fact Amazon's tuition-reimbursement program for employees covers unrelated business sectors is telling, writes Larry Robertson. "Chances are that if you're an employee who leaves for a field Amazon isn't in today, you'll be there tomorrow when the tech giant makes an entrance," he writes. Fast Company online (5/15)
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Uber drops forced arbitration for some sexual misconduct cases Uber says it "will no longer require mandatory arbitration for individual claims of sexual assault or sexual harassment by Uber riders, drivers or employees." The policy shift does not apply to class-action lawsuits. ABC News (5/16)
