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Offering Financial Literacy Benefit Programs Could Save Businesses $40 Billion

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Employers offering a range of financial support options — such as retirement planning workshops, debt management counseling, and savings incentive programs — can lead to a more stable, productive, and health-conscious workforce. Here are some options: 1.Retirement

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A Deep Dive Into the Positive and Negative Impacts of Gossip

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At some point doing our workday, we’ll casually share information with one another—in other words, gossip. Robb Willer, professor of sociology and director of the Polarization and Social Change Laboratory at Stanford University, is co-author of the study “ The virtues of gossip: reputational information sharing as prosocial behavior.”

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The Intimidation Factor: How Fear Influences Women’s Wage Negotiations

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They can also promote equal pay through public policy measures, such as requiring companies to report on pay gaps and penalizing those who do not comply with the law. Companies shouldn’t offer women less money than men, but the information available to us says they are. A good HR team will fight for salary equality, and many do.

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The Silent Crisis Of Workplace Loneliness: 9 Ways To Foster Genuine Connections At Work

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Employers can use this scale to check on employees during transitional periods (such as parenthood, relocation, divorce, and retirement), as significant life changes often correlate with increased loneliness. Implement Mentoring Buddy Programs: Pair employees across generations to facilitate knowledge sharing and relationship building.

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How to Know If You’re Financially Ready to Start a Business

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Later in the plan, provide more specific information about your offering (e.g., Marketing and sales strategy: How will you get in front of your target audience and promote your offering? Are you currently earmarking 15% to 20% of your income for retirement? What’s your mission statement? suppliers, margins, and so forth).

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How Candidates And Managers Can Identify And Combat Age Discrimination

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Ageism is when employers treat an applicant or employee less favorably because of their age, which can apply to younger people with less experience, or older people who are close to what is traditionally considered retirement age. . Perhaps most crucially, promotions and raises should be based on performance, not age. .

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How to Boost Online Sales

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According to Halpern, every business website should have these things: Basic information: Of course you need to include your business’s name, contact information and an “About” page that makes it perfectly clear what you do and sell. Look for concrete, actionable information with a tangible benefit.

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