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Sick pay reform should encourage people back into work, government claims

Workplace Insight

A parliamentary committee of MPs has called for a ‘long-overdue’ boost to statutory sick pay (SSP), emphasising the need to strike a delicate balance between workers’ wellbeing and employers’ financial constraints. The cross-party committee contends that all workers, regardless of income, should be eligible for SSP.

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Super Bowl Promotions and Preparations: How 8 Small Businesses Are Bracing for the Big Game

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Chronicling history Company: Storyville Road Who they are: Woman and minority-owned video production company based in Las Vegas How they’re preparing: Storyville Road is an approved supplier of Super Bowl LVIII Business Connect Program and the Las Vegas Super Bowl LVIII Host Committee.

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Hefty fine for Amazon has implications for employee surveillance policy

Workplace Insight

Among the examples of such monitoring by Amazon management was the recording of data captured by employees’ handheld scanners, which tracked their activity to such a precise degree that it led to workers potentially having to justify each break that they took during the working day.

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10 Changes Your Organization Must Make To Succeed This Year

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Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company published a new report last week called, “The State of Organizations 2023: Ten shifts transforming organizations” which surveyed more than 2,500 business leaders around the world to find out how organizations are navigating today’s challenges.

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New study will explore the impact of economic turmoil on workplace experience

Workplace Insight

The Skills and Employment Survey 2023 (SES2023), which also involves researchers at UCL, the Universities of Oxford and Surrey and the National Centre for Social Research, will help academics assess the impact of an extraordinary period of turbulence for workers which includes the economic downturn, Cost-of-Living Crisis, Covid-19 and Brexit.

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How to Name Your Business

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What does it cost (not only in terms of price, but also time)? We had our creative department design logos for those three names and present them to our executive committee. Digital Marketing Manager Business: CanvasPaintings.com , Brooklyn, New York Why this name? Why should I believe you? What’s in it for me? William Lau.

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I knew with my experience and overqualifications the interview committee would want to know why I would be willing to take a pay cut and less work responsibilities. Prepare answers for anticipated questions the committee might ask. So, I did some research and prepared some answers to possible questions.