Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Workplace Buzz on October 3, 2007 7:13 AM

Workplace Hanky Panky
In an effort to get real handle on what is going on in the workplace, CareerBuilder.com, the job search site, has commissioned polling company Harris Interactive to do a regular survey of the professional workforce called "Workplace Taboos." And the results of the survey, if they are representative, are sure to give you a chuckle. And if you work from a home office, like I have done for the past 11 years and as all of the employees at IT Jungle have done for the past six years, the CareerBuilder.com survey may make you yearn for a little of that old office environment. According to the survey, which was filled out by 5,727 workers in the United States from June 1 through 13, there are a lot of shenanigans going on in the workplace. IT Jungle

Gender Bias
Last February a federal appeals court panel in San Francisco decided, 2-1, to allow the largest class action employment discrimination case ever convened to go forward against Wal-Mart Stores. The class includes the more than two million women who have worked at any of the company's more than 4,000 retail stores nationwide since Dec. 26, 1998. The case, known as Dukes v. Wal-Mart, accuses the retailer of discouraging the promotion of women store employees to managerial positions and of paying them less than men across all job positions. CNNMoney.com

Positive Impact
Companies with more women on their boards perform better than those with very few women, according to a study released on Monday, October 1, by Catalyst, a New York-based consultant. During the four-year span of the reporting for the study, Fortune 500 companies with the highest percentage of women on their boards saw equity returns that were 53 percent higher than those companies with the fewest number of women on their boards. Workforce.com

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