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The ACA Health Coverage Subsidy Lapse Hit 22 Million People

Enhanced subsidies that helped millions of people afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace expired at the end of 2025 — which has forced many people to make tough financial choices. The enhanced subsidies, which had been in place since...

Astemo Engineering Careers Tour Meets Brody Kavanaugh

The Global Auto Mobility and Smart Mobility Today team spent the day on campus at Detroit’s Wayne State University just before winter break. During our visit, John Petty and Cindy Polakowski met with Brody Cavanaugh, President of Warrior Racing at WSU. Brody talks......

Gig Work Isn’t The Same As Owning Your Own Business

Countless millions of people are very clear that working for themselves is much better than working for “the Man,” for numerous reasons. There’s even a theory that Gen-Z workers, turned off by many restrictive workplace traditions like the 9-to-5 grind, are turning...

Managing The New Blend Of Human And Virtual “Co-Workers”

With the picture of an immediate future workplace including humans working alongside non-human “colleagues,” the human resources profession is having to quickly prepare by revising the traditional rulebooks and protocols to make way for a “new workplace.” Gartner,...
The Importance Of Having ‘Horizontal Mentors’

Jon McNeill has been in the C-suite for a long time. He worked as the president of global sales and marketing for Tesla under CEO Elon Musk before becoming the chief operating officer for Lyft. He now runs the company he co-founded, DVx Ventures, which helps...

Pandemic Boosts Remote Work Global Adoption

A report by Project Management Institute (PMI) has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic added adoption of working from home. The report stated that though, remote work technology had existed for decades, the pandemic mainstreamed it into a global, real-time trial for...

At 66 I Went Back To Work As An Apprentice

Just before the Covid pandemic hit, Chris Bore retired at 63. Then in September 2020, he changed his mind and unretired. For Chris, his retirement at 65 was highly desirable after decades in corporate life, working as a consultant and trainer in DSP (digital...

Do You Have Leadership Charisma?

We have all met someone we love working for or with. That person seems to have that extra gear for rallying the troops and getting everyone to bring their A-game to the office or wherever. It's as if they have a magnetic personality that everyone is attracted to....

Coffee Badging: Swiping Into Work To Show Your Face

First popularized as a term by video conferencing company Owl Labs in 2023, coffee badging refers to workers who badge in at the office before going back home to do the bulk of their work. They're swiping their badges to satisfy their return-to-office mandates,...

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