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How You Can Promote Social Responsibility in the Workplace

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For instance: Ensure all areas including storage areas are accessible Provide time off for religious and other holidays not traditionally observed in the West Strengthen and measure anti-discrimination policies Consider creating prayer rooms and quiet spaces based on religious or sensory needs.

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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. For example, an employee using our free employee support program or meditation app is finding they can sleep better at night, which in turn results in greater overall health and reduced medical claims,” he says.

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5 Ways to Save Money This Holiday Season (Without Disappointing Anyone)

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So, the holidays and all the cheerful “requirements” that come with it, from gift-giving for dozens of people to taking time off work, can just add another layer of stress in a season meant for joy and relaxation. Exhausted Americans are saying enough to the holiday extras. It’s time to have the talk and not feel bad about it.

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COVID Came – We Waivered and then we Conquered

The Persistent Assistant

We chose a platform (Webex) and sat learning how to mute, wave, chat, play a presentation, switch video on and off and most of all find a spot where we looked good on camera! We had taken on the challenge presented by COVID and had won. We invited our finalists and their nominators to join us online at 12h30 on 26 June 2020.

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The words we borrow from other languages to talk about work and wellbeing

Workplace Insight

A straight dictionary translation of hygge would be something like cosiness, but the word also embodies an emotion and an approach to life that embraces a certain degree of slowness and an enjoyment of the present moment. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.”

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Are you Ga Ga For Google?

The Office Professionals Place

Now Google can help you do things like…… Google Docs – Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets Google Voice - Don’t have time to listen to voicemails? Google Health – organize your medical records, prescriptions, etc. Need a speaker/presenter? Are you Googling?

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" It's called a Presentation Remote. Thanks Patty.