Workplace culture

The new Greenlight for Work program allows employers to provide working parents with financial education for their whole family.

Many U.S. companies — including JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Apple — have drawn attention for increasing pressure on employees to show up more at the office as COVID-19 concerns ebb. Some credit unions have taken similar steps, while others still insist a hybrid schedule is better for recruitment.

A major hurdle for employees who want to speak out about workplace sexual harassment is poised to be removed — with significant ramifications across Wall Street, which has lagged behind the rest of corporate America in scaling back nondisclosure agreements.

Goldman Sachs Group paid out well over $12 million to a veteran executive who complained internally about a toxic workplace for women in the highest echelons of Wall Street's most prestigious firm.

Bank of America has told its global markets employees that they're required to be in the office almost every day as the Wall Street firm seeks to restore some of the culture that prevailed before the pandemic.

Refining internal processes and reassessing daily workflows is more important than ever at a time when bankers are frequently asked to do more with less.

Exclusive Arizent research found that more than 95% of employees think they have something to learn from people who are different from them. But only 66% think that diverse companies make better decisions. We explore the disconnect.

JPMorgan Chase agreed to resolve a suit by a former vice president in its anti-corruption unit claiming she was marginalized, mistreated and then fired from the bank for complaining about compliance failures.

The nation's three largest lenders — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group — said they are allowing more flexibility, eschewing a minimum number of office days per week, as experienced elsewhere.

A former Deutsche Bank managing director said she was put up for redundancy purely because of her age and gender, just as executives in London feared the COVID pandemic would hit lending to the bank's wealthy clients.