Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your workplace questions each week for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of SHRM, the world's largest trade association of human resources professionals, and author ...

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The world of work has experienced seismic shifts throughout the past five years. The pandemic ushered in an era of remote and hybrid work. Conversations once deemed taboo in the workplace, like mental ...

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To understand how Americans feel about work, consider two often-cited, but seemingly contradictory, philosophies. First, there’s the American dream—the belief that hard work can bring prosperity. And ...

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