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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

Workplace Insight

has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. days per year ( BMJ , 2012). For example, a recent survey of companies in the UK found that 47 percent have no supportive policies for employees struggling with fertility ( FertilityFamily , 2023).

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

A 2012 study conducted by Yale researchers revealed that even science professors—male and female—evaluate the information on a résumé more harshly when the applicant is a woman. All of those policies, procedures, norms—written and unwritten—kind of control the culture,” says Donovan’s business partner and co-author Mark Kaplan. “If

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

In this book, she presents evidence that while large philanthropic donations and headline-making policy changes may get most of our media attention, they are not the only tools to achieve peace. Hard to believe, but in 2018, only roughly 3 percent of US employees worked from home, reports management researcher David Burkus.

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