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Annotated Agenda

Laughing all the Way to Work

It is very useful to use an annotated agenda. For those who have never used one, it is simply an agenda with notes on it. For the agenda that I send to the meeting participants, I annotate it to let them know why an item is on the agenda or if there are any attachments. Adoption of Agenda (Motion Required) 2.

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The sector responds to the Spring Budget

Workplace Insight

Yesterday’s Spring Budget included a number of announcements that affect the various people, place and technology professions in the UK. The Autumn Budget in November 2023 teased us with the “Back to Work” plan to support sick or disabled adults back into work along with a launch of the occupational health consultation.

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10 Changes Your Organization Must Make To Succeed This Year

Allwork

Walking the talent tightrope Figuring out how to retain talented employees while balancing budgets is a shift that McKinsey calls, “walking the tightrope.” Factors that play strongly into this shift are the current state of the labor market, inflation rates, and the post pandemic recovery.

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Firms want to embrace AI, but bewildered by range of options

Workplace Insight

Despite concerns about application sprawl, nearly all CIOs (91 percent) plan to increase their budget to make investments in AI apps, with over a third (36 percent) planning budget rises of more than 50 percent. Integrating AI is high on the agenda.

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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

BMT Office Administration

Proposed regulations covering white-collar employees were included in the Department of Labor’s spring 2022 semiannual regulatory agenda. Everyone then anxiously anticipated the regs’ release, despite the fact that items on the regulatory agenda are routinely ignored by the agency putting them there. Axed business travel budgets.

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Most firms don’t see retrofit as part of their net zero strategy

Workplace Insight

Only one in three companies with a net zero agenda said they included non-domestic buildings in those plans at all. Over half of the respondents said they will be operating with the same or lower budgets over the next three years compared to the previous three years.

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Meetings, Meetings, and More Meetings

Office Dynamics

have increased are due in part to the rise in teams and requisite team meetings and technology such as video-conferencing accommodating slashed travel budgets. Distribute an agenda to participants before the meeting. The reasons meetings. Approximately 11 million meetings occur in the U.S. Identify the objective for your meeting.

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