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Mental Health First Aid: The Critical Skill Set Every Workplace Needs

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It’s standard practice to have multiple employees in every organization qualified in first aid so they can attend to physical injuries until professional medical help arrives. The need for this (and the gap in the market for training) resulted in the development of an organizational body, called Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).

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How Employers Can Better Serve Neurodiverse Employees in 2023

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After surviving a major medical event and a surgery that almost killed her, she found herself reevaluating her trajectory. “I According to 2020 research published in the British Medical Bulletin , “a reasonable estimate of all neurominorities within the population is around 15–20%.” But things only got more complicated. Be proactive.

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What’s Next for HR in 2024?

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AI is being used to assist in sourcing and screening candidates, conducting pre-employment interviews and assessments, and analyzing resumes and job applications. Employee compensation, labor relations, HR compliance, AI proficiencies, recruiting, and training and development are only some of the areas of expertise.

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AI Probably Won’t Take Your Job In 2024

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Two-thirds of the over 1,200 professionals interviewed in Thomas Reuters’ recent “Future of Professionals Survey” said that they believe AI will be high-impact or transformational in their profession over the next five years. An example of one such application currently in use would be Mckinsey and Company’s AI tool called Lili.

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Life Is Not a Movie

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While other newspaper columnists from his generation might have been crotchety and bemused about tweets and video streaming, Ebert’s medical realities propelled him to the head of the class, affording him newfangled awards like Webbys’ “ Person of the Year ” and the No. His online journal. His autobiography, Life Itself. But not me anymore.

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Planning to Take Maternity Leave While Self-Employed? Do These 6 Things First

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The Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave website states: “If you elect coverage, you’ll have access to up to 12 weeks of paid time off a year to care for yourself or a family member—or 16 weeks for combined medical and family leave after giving birth, or 18 weeks if you experience pregnancy- or birth-related complications.”

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As One Writer Grapples with Her Disability, She Rediscovers Passion, Peace and Contentment

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I’d lived with migraines for much of my life, but these were incessant and unresponsive to my normal medications. I saw doctors, drove hundreds of miles for specialized testing, spent hours in the emergency room, tried handfuls of medications and supplements. I’d go to work, then immediately collapse into bed afterward. I was thrilled.

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