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Guardian

Does your boss have the right to time your bathroom breaks when you work from home?

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) How long does it take you to go to the bathroom? And does your boss have any right…

Gene MarksOctober 26, 2025

Guardian

First the great migration, now the big hold: why workers are staying put

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) The tide has turned. The great migration — when the shift to remote work prompted people to quit their…

Gene MarksAugust 31, 2025

Forbes

Business Tech News: Is Microsoft Using Your Office Docs To Train Its AI Applications?

(This column originally appeared in Forbes) Here are five things in tech news that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss…

Gene MarksDecember 8, 2024

Guardian

Think twice before ordering work-from-home employees to return to the office

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Over the past few months, major corporations such as Disney, Apple, Starbucks and Amazon announced new policies mandating their employees to cut back on…

Gene MarksNovember 17, 2024

Philly.com

How small businesses can leverage remote work to attract talent

(This column originally appeared in the Inquirer) In the past few months big companies like Amazon, Starbucks, Dell, Walmart and JP Morgan Chase have started requiring their employees to come back to…

Gene MarksOctober 1, 2024

Guardian

Do you care if your employees are high at work? I don’t.

(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Cannabis. Caffeine. Adderall. Xanax. Ritalin. Vicodin. Tito’s and Jameson. These are all legal substances in most states. Some can…

Gene MarksApril 14, 2024

Philly.com

How small businesses benefit from partnering with ‘fractional’ executives to boost sales and marketing strategies

(This column originally appeared in The Inquirer) Thanks to the pandemic, as well as an expanding remote workforce, better online tools, and the desire…

Gene MarksApril 2, 2024

The Hill

How to avoid being laid off

(This column originally appeared in The Hill) You read the news. You know that the tide has turned. Corporate employers are laying off workers…

Gene MarksMarch 15, 2024

Washington Times

It’s illegal to fire an employee who refuses to come to the office

(This column originally appeared in the Washington Times) National Labor Relations Board admonishes Elon Musk for asking workers to show up The National Labor Relations…

Gene MarksOctober 24, 2023

Philly.com

This Philly company is managing remote-work stress by gamifying employee rewards

(This column originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer) More people are working remotely than ever before. That can be an attractive benefit for employees and…

Gene MarksAugust 9, 2023