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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

Allwork

s fastest-growing media agencies, MediaLab , and held in collaboration with an organization focused on boosting the number of minority ethnic employees in the media industry, Media for All (MEFA). A panel discussion recently attempted to unpick how organizations can develop culturally sensitive mental health support in the workplace.

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The Hidden Costs of Unlimited PTO

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When that’s the standard, is it any wonder that employers can tempt potential employees with limitless holiday time? Some countries have very strict rules around paid time off and leave accrual systems,” Preston warns, “so do the research before implementing it into your environment.”. Check your country’s labor laws. Not necessarily.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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It’s hard to imagine Jewel—full name Jewel Kilcher—wrote it when she was just 17, two years after leaving an unstable home environment, moving into her own cabin and then leaving Alaska to study operatic voice at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. How do I have agency? After school, she moved to San Diego.

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Opposites Attract: 3 Benefits of Having 2 Bosses In The Workplace

Office Dynamics

With the right dynamic, it can create a rich, creative environment for employees. It would be easy to let our founders speak for themselves about the dynamic of a partnership leading the way at Huemor , the UX agency we work at. As the holidays approach, we’re wrapping up our biggest year yet. Something must be going right.

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Balancing Professionalism and Friendship in the Office: Guest Blog by Elaine Hirsch

Laughing all the Way to Work

We both went our separate ways: I moved out west with my young daughter and started working for an oil company and she got married, started a family and continued to work at the law enforcement agency we had both worked for. A few years later we reconnected and now we are the best of friends.

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Angela Howard Ceo of Call For Culture | Creating a Human-Centric Workplace with Angela R Howard

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Your mission is to help and transform companies into environments where employees can deploy their contributions for positive organizational outcomes and social impact. They weren’t real worker sensitive in that environment, and we’ve had several major shifts as they come along. But I guess what drives those shifts?

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How to Have a Greener Holiday Season

Eco-Office Gals

It’s incredible just how much paper we use around the holidays. The Environmental Protection Agency predicts that we could cut down on 25 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions if we switched to ENERGY STAR appliances. Many families will deck their halls with a holiday tree this winter. Pass on Paper. Watch Your Water Usage.

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