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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S. economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs. The fact that something as simple and enjoyable as laughter can help us feel happier, calmer and more connected is an untapped resource that deserves greater attention, even at work.

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5 Ways To Avoid Well-Being Washing And Provide Authentic Support To Employees

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Examples of out-of-touch well-being washing actions include encouraging employees to take well-being walks but giving them no time for it, facilitating support services that refuse to talk about work-related issues, and providing holiday discounts amid a cost of living crisis. This is already a reality for some, like in the U.K.,

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10 Changes Your Organization Must Make To Succeed This Year

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Organizations must set a value agenda that clearly lays out which business units generate the most value for the organization, and which generate the least. An organization that doesn’t have a value agenda could lead to limited clarity on aspiration and required talent/capabilities, according to the report.

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Is The ‘Remote Work Window’ About To Close?

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As a reminder, in Sweden, social security costs 30% of the employee’s salary and is paid by the company. Tax reasons : employees and even more companies need to pay different taxes and different social contributions to different organizations per country. In France, it’s 42%. .

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2023 Future Of Work Forecast: 3 Things CRE Players Must Do To Stay Relevant In 2023

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ESG mandates are coming, so CRE companies must move it to the top of their agendas. Instead it simply becomes a discussion around cost with an implied, undefinable benefit. Click here to read about other trends we expect to see in the new year and how they will impact the future of work. Space-as-a-service .

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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Coming out later in life is a unique experience in that I’d adapted my whole life around ideas based on the cis-heteronormative agenda,” she said. Rising costs meant they also had to test international options for raw goods and manufacturing. “I It’s increased her curiosity and inspired her to question what else there is to discover.

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Want people to spend more time in the office? Give them a little piece of home

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The current cost of living means many employees are not blessed with generous amounts of personal space or to setup dedicated home offices. Business can help, by applying a home-ification philosophy and creating a workplace that reflects what employees need but may not already have, enabling them to feel at home at work.

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