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Can a 4-day Workweek Provide Health Benefits?
A recent study, conducted by non-profit 4 Day Week Global, finds that employees who transitioned to a four-day workweek clocked nearly eight hours of sleep per night, an hour more than they slept while working five days a week. 4 Day Week Global, which has been...
The Growing Importance of Mental Health in the Post-pandemic Workplace
With a number of challenges facing workers following the pandemic and current cost of living crisis, two experts from the University of Kent have addressed why workplace wellbeing is so important and the best-practices employers can implement to support staff. ...
The Importance of Mentoring in Developing Talent in the New Norm
Mentoring can be summarized as a supportive and encouraging relationship between two people, one in a more senior position (mentor) and one in a less senior position (mentee). The aim is to guide the mentee to maximize potential, develop skills, improve performance...
Three Companies Winning at Hybrid Work
In the perpetual return-to-office showdown, this much is clear: Few companies have been able to execute a seamless hybrid plan that everyone’s happy with—or at least not quitting-level mad about. While more workers are back in office than ever, companies who set a...
Microsoft’s Jaime Teevan on the New Mindset for the Future of Work
Success as a leader in the new era of work requires not just empathy but also a willingness to experiment. In other words, it requires a scientist’s mindset. That was the message from Jaime Teevan, Microsoft chief scientist and technical fellow, during her talk Oct. 6...
How the Gig Economy Inspired a Cyberpunk Video Game
Citizen Sleeper is a sleek, cyberpunk-style video game, where you play an android with the mind of a human, who has sold their flesh-and-blood body to the corporation Essen-Arp. When you start the game, you've just escaped Essen-Arp in a stolen robot frame,...
Biden Proposal Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers
The Labor Department on Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would make it more likely for millions of janitors, home-care and construction workers and gig drivers to be classified as employees rather than independent contractors. Companies are required to provide certain...
Power of Reverse Mentoring: Connecting Generations at Work
Regardless of which side of the generational divide you fall on, you’ve probably noticed an age gap in the workplace. For the first time in U.S. history, grandpa could be working alongside, or even managed by, a person their grandkids' age. There’s disrespect going...
