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Europe not on track to deliver carbon neutral built environment by 2050

Workplace Insight

It has been one year today (24 May 2023), since the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new policy called the EU Policy Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, to help the European Union accelerate total decarbonisation of buildings and construction — the most heavily emitting sector in the world.

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Way Beyond The 9-to-5: Could A 70-Hour Workweek Ever Be A Good Thing?

Allwork

While there’s been much talk about the sought-after four-day workweek, or even the five-day, 32-hour workweek, have you heard of the proposed 70-hour workweek? In sectors known for their high-stress environments, like finance and technology startups, it’s not uncommon for employees to work between 60 and 100 hours per week.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

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Remote workers want to feel connected to their company’s mission, goals, and people; your corporate culture must address that need to retain talent. Compound this with the G reat Resig nation and you can see how it can become increasingly difficult for businesses to meet goals in an ever-changing, highly competitive environment. .

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The FTC Banned Noncompetes—What Does That Mean for Businesses and Employees?

Success

The only exception to this is for senior executives within a company or those earning more than $151,164 annually and who are in a policy-making position. Employees are not property and it should never be a goal of an employer to control their people. Why is the noncompete clause a problem?

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Designing Human-Centric Workplaces Is Key To Hybrid Program Success

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Rather than setting arbitrary policies, organizations must now seek to maximize intentional flexibility for their workers and teams within the context of the work to be done, as Waller proposed at the 2022 Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. Hybrid working will likely be part of most organizations’ workplace strategies.

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The AI Revolution Liberating Workers From The Office

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Productivity and Teamwork Furthermore, AI-driven platforms can match skillsets and interests for optimal team formation, creating virtual teams that work harmoniously to achieve common goals. In a remote work environment, knowledge is power, and AI is the key to unlocking it.

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Net-zero emissions is a great goal for companies to set — but it’s incredibly hard to reach. Here’s why

Ideas.Ted

As environmental policy and economics researchers , we study how companies make these net-zero pledges. Is simply restoring environments without fundamentally changing the business-as-usual paradigm really a solution to climate change? And, importantly, it can’t be the end goal. The needed goal: A negative net.

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