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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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Allwork.Space and Alliance Virtual Offices conducted a survey, and also analyzed third party research, to understand how remote work impacts individuals’ health and wellbeing. . According to one report, 133 million people in the U.S. Workers Thrive When Given the Choice of Work Environment . The unemployment rate in the U.S.

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Freelancers Embrace Health Insurance

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full-time independent workers/freelancers who report having health insurance increased from 64% in 2013 to 82% in 2015.  million more freelancers have health insurance than in 2013.   Three quarters of full-time independents report working more than 30 hours in an average work week.  

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4 Friendship Apps to Help You Connect with New People

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Americans also report “having fewer close friendships than they once did, talking to their friends less often, and relying less on their friends for personal support.” Friendships may also impact overall well-being by decreasing the risk of health problems such as depression, high blood pressure and an unhealthy body mass index (BMI).

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If You Were Dying… Would Gratitude Be Your First Thought?

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Public health practitioners use maps to track bad things like gun violence and flu outbreaks—what if we used maps to track good? Click on ‘Submit a report’ to tell us why you’re glad. She flirted with a police officer there, a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter noted. “I Photo by fizkes/Shutterstock.

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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

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meetings (totaling 18 hours) per week,” numbers which increase as “management level and number of direct reports increases.” Additionally, non-management employees reported that only 11.9 If the intent of a meeting is to have people report what they’re doing, have them write a memo instead. A 2022 Otter.ai

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5 Productivity Products and Services to Boost Company Morale

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record in 2022 , reporting they’ve sold Apple watches to 30% of iPhone users—an unprecedented success rate. But maybe more importantly during my work day, it keeps track of my mental health, important meetings and, maybe most importantly, [silences] text messages from my wife during meetings.”

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women in business: a look at the numbers A 2022 annual report by the National Women’s Business Council found that women owned 20.9% Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 Additionally, the report found that women-owned businesses “employed 10.8 of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7%

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