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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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After lodging a sexual harassment complaint against a coworker at her job in 2009, Cynthia Watson says she was shunned in the office. There’s a lot of research that shows that Black women who are encountering discrimination problems in the workplace experience poor health outcomes that hurt their overall health and well-being,” Frye says.

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When Hybrid Work Just Becomes Work

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By 2026, the trend of working from home will once again rise, potentially becoming the dominant work model, challenging the existing workplace industrial complex (WIC) that thrives on traditional office-centric infrastructure. For over a generation, and particularly since the advent of cheap capital post-2009, the WIC has been riding high.

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Wellbeing and organisational agility will dominate workplace conversations in 2023

Workplace Insight

According to the authors of the UKG report, organisations must watch this emerging human energy crisis because it can affect workplace culture, retention, performance, and innovation. During the 2007-2009 recession, companies with the most inclusive cultures grew by 14.4

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Small Business world News Round-up – 2009/10/27 by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 27, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Take Control of Your Customer Service with These 6 Tips

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Encourage them to listen , and make the workplace a safe space for them to speak up when they see something that isn’t working. This article was published in September 2009 and has been updated. Ask the people who deal directly with the customers’ questions, listen to them and incorporate their good ideas. Ownership builds trust.

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Angry, stressed and worried. The utter state of the UK workforce in 2023

Workplace Insight

UK employees have contended with massive workplace disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis sparked by energy prices related to the war in Ukraine, and years of political upheaval due to Brexit and frequent prime ministerial turnover. What’s more, nearly all UK workers are not enthused by their work and workplace.

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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

Women In The Workplace by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 20, 2010 This weekend I watched a debate on BBC televisions’ ‘The Big Questions’ about working mothers and their cost to small businesses. As a society we need to change the way we view work, change the way work is carried out and introduce a bit of flexibility in to the workplace.

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