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How Companies Can Support Moms in–and Returning to—the Workplace

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The maternal wall was increasingly obvious in the pandemic when “mothers of small children… lost work at three times the rate of fathers in the pandemic,” according to an analysis by Stateline , an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. If families opt for a nanny, the average monthly cost soars to nearly $2,800 per month for one child.

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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

Workplace Insight

The 2024 AI Index is the latest update to the annual analysis of trends in artificial intelligence. This year’s edition tracks research, development, technical performance, responsible practices, economics, policy, public opinion, and more. The report also highlights a trend noted last year: training models is getting expensive.

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Study: Uber Drivers on Average Earn $11.77 Per Hour

Small Business Labs

T he Economic Policy Institute (EPI) , a DC non-profit think tank, recently released a study showing the average Uber driver earns $11.77 per hour after expenses.    The study -  Uber and the Labor Market  - is based on a detailed analysis of driver income and expenses

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Do Uber Drivers Only Make $3.37 Per Hour? (The Quick Answer is No)

Small Business Labs

A study on ridesharing drivers -  The Economics of Ride-Hailing: Driver Revenue, Expenses and Taxes - was released last week by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. The only problem was their analysis was flawed, something they conceded this week.  per hour was widely covered in the press.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They achieve productivity more quickly; they cost less in total, and they’re a more flexible cost; they require less emotional investment from their employers; and they take less time and effort to replace. Source: “The Real Cost of Freelance vs. Full-Time Employees” What is a freelancer? They’re a flexible expense.

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Is America "The World's First Poor Rich Country"?

Small Business Labs

Second, Americans bear the risks of paying those unaffordable costs to an extreme degree, bearing the risks that institutions should, and so those risks are now ruinously high. He sums up his analysis by saying the U.S. It too argues this group is advantaging their children at the expense of those who earn less. 

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

While people were probably ‘bleisuring’ long before the advent of the awkward word amalgam, it has recently gained attention as a trend due to quantitative analysis carried out by several corporate travel companies (namely BridgeStreet® Global Hospitality and Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2016 white paper on the topic).

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