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No-vember Challenge: Redefine Holiday Gatherings With These 5 Alcohol-Free Event Ideas

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A recent survey conducted by the Chartered Management Institute reveals that “a third of managers overall (33% of female managers, 26% of male ones) said they had witnessed harassment or other inappropriate forms of behavior at work parties” where alcohol was present. Some workspaces have even formed partnerships with local universities.

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The Holiday Blues Are Normal—These 8 Tips from Experts Can Help You Better Manage Difficult Emotions

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The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, can be a time of great joy with family, friends and tradition, but not everyone feels jolly this time of year. If you’ve experienced a loss, gone through a breakup or simply feel alone, the holidays can put a spotlight on your grief. Manage your expectations.

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

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A way of supporting employees without taking truly impactful steps to create change, IOSH identifies examples of well-being washing when companies offer employee perks (like gym memberships, yoga classes, and healthy free food), “while pushing staff towards unsustainable workloads, long hours and burnout.”

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Gone are the days when new employees received a list of the company holidays during onboarding and a packet with information about how to sign up for health care and retirement benefits. In 2022, YNAB launched a financial wellness benefits package for employers that includes access to online classes, workshops and more.

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Employee Perk or Productivity Secret? Corporate Wellness Programs Deliver on Both

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In decades gone by, the only perk you might have received from your boss was a fruit basket around the holidays. Companies should not overlook the benefits of virtual classes (think meditation, dance, yoga) as well as cutting-edge guided apps,” she says. Instead, they’re letting employees choose for themselves.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Here are a few ways to ‘deck the halls’ and have a worry free holiday. Use your days off during the holidays to relax.

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What I Learned the Year We (Nearly) Skipped Christmas

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There, we’d spend the holidays together, as a family, without the overgifting and overdecorating and overeating of a typical Christmas. On Christmas Eve, she’d cook pigs in a blanket and we’d head over to the neighborhood holiday party. She loathes whining in all of its forms, always emphasizing the value of dealing and doing.

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