With life’s fast pace, it's more important than ever to combat excess stress at work with improved eating, exercising, and sleeping habits. You do your best when the pressure is on. But there are some natural, healthy practices you can add to help relieve stress at work both for yourself and coworkers.

Nearly $800 million in state contracts were granted to small, diverse businesses in Pennsylvania last year, according to the governor’s office.

So called “no-poach contracts,” can no longer be used to prevent fast-food workers in Pennsylvania and the country from accepting a job at another franchise in the same restaurant chain.

The Central Penn Business Journal hosted an industrial warehousing discussion recently with several members of the development and construction business community. Included in the roundtable were Charlie Courtney, Jim Snyder, and Seth Hughes.

Nothing boosts an employee’s confidence faster than the feeling of being appreciated. People generally begin a new position full of high hopes of excelling and making their mark in their new role. They want to fit in and impress their leaders and peers. As time goes on, if there is no feedback from either, they can start to wonder if they are doing well. 

Educators in the region’s colleges and universities say they are seeing a steady growth in students interested in majoring in engineering disciplines, and the ones coming into their programs are showing more knowledge and have more hands-on experience than in the past.

With ongoing production and supply chain shutdowns there due to the coronavirus, now officially named COVID19 by the World Health Organization, any company that has manufacturing facilities in China, or purchases vital components from that part of the world, could be impacted by the disease’s spread.

Now, as 2020 begins those involved in business law say the work environment is a very different place and the reverberations of #MeToo are still being felt by employers and employees.

Pennsylvania has joined a handful of states that have raised their thresholds for overtime pay above federal levels, which is projected to extend overtime pay to 82,000 additional Pennsylvania workers within two years. 

CPBJ sat down with Laura Potthoff, Director of business and workforce development at Cumberland Area Economic Development Corporation about CAEDC's relationships in the community, the pros/cons of the Cumberland Valley to potential employers.

While there is not a state paid sick leave mandate in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia has an ordinance in place and the city of Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave law will take effect in mid-March, so local business owners may consider offering a comprehensive PTO program.

Though the fear of the Coronavirus is sweeping the country, Pennsylvania residents are more likely to catch the common flu, according to the state Department of Health. However, there are precautions that employers should be mindful of, according to experts.

Sheila Ronning, CEO and founder of Women in the Boardroom, gives her 12 tips for women executives seeking a seat in any boardroom

Injury and death resulting from falls can often be prevented. When three government agencies led by OSHA joined forces to provide education and enforcement of fall prevention methods, they devised a three-step plan your company can use to develop a workplace fall prevention program:

The Workforce Institute at Kronos found that this year 17.5 million American workers expect to miss work the day after the Super Bowl, making Monday, Feb. 3, the largest-ever anticipated day of Super Bowl-related absenteeism.