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What self-care is truly all about (probably not what you think)
Self-care isn't just about bubble baths and massages. So what exactly is it, and why is it so important? Expert Ellen Rondina guides us through what it REALLY is and why we need it.
Take her self-care assessment to...
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The thinking behind the Dignity At Work Act, aimed to give workers protections from abuse at work
Dignity At Work Act author, president of the National Workplace Bullying Coalition, and university professor Jerry Carbo has spent years researching workplace abuse and what laws abroad help protect worker dignity. On...
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We're all in this together? Doesn't look like Amazon is
Amazon higher-ups fired Staten Island warehouse supervisor Chris Smalls after he spoke up about lack of protections for workers amid COVID-19. According to Smalls, higher-ups required all workers to report to work...
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How COVID-19 exposes workplace abuse
Termination for wearing personal protective equipment in hallways. Lip service about protections in grocery stores. Lack of paid family leave, sick leave, or hazard pay. These tactics are just some of the ways...
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Owning our power to question the world and create our realities
"I've always been driven by the idea that life is a state of mind. That's not to say that we don't have forces within us or that act upon us that can make life challenging. The idea is that, despite our circumstances,...
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What at-will employment is — and how banning it would drastically help workers
At-will employment means you're at the will of your employer. So your employer doesn't need just cause — or any cause at all — to terminate you so long as they don't discriminate against you. That's a pitiful...
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Ending bullying starts with our kids
Children's book author Chad Hunter wrote Zack & the Zombie – No Bulliez Pleaze! as a way to open up the conversation about bullying with kids in a safe way. Find out what motivated him to write this book that led...
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What the COVID-19 pandemic shows about workers' rights we need — and have needed all along
While the COVID-19 outbreak shows a dire need for worker support, it exposes a need that's been there all along. Global crises aren't the only types of crises that shake up our lives. Personal and family crises can...
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How employers have major legal advantages
The legal system is a game that favors employers over employees. Listen to four major ways in which there's a huge asymmetry of power that give plaintiffs far less control and less support from their attorneys...
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Secrets companies won't tell you about your fate
What do your values have to do with whether or not you'll keep your job at a company? I sat down with Janice White, blogger and founder of The Empowered Employee, to go over Cynthia Shapiro's book Corporate...
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How race influences obtaining a lawyer in a discrimination case
Legal representation is crucial for winning a legal case. But what happens when your race both affects your ability to search for a lawyer and lawyers' implicit bias in who they select as clients? In this episode, I...
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How one target of workplace abuse went from rock bottom to living in her power
Favoritism. Sabotage. Removal of responsibilities.
It all happened to a superstar sales manager at a major corporation.
Listen to how she overcame the depression, her mindset now, and advice she has for targets of...
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