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U.K. Minister Slams Four-Day Workweek, Says “We Are Not Living In The 1970s”

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” Research Shows Potential Benefits for Government and Workers The PCS, which represents civil servants, cited internal research suggesting that a four-day week could reduce sickness absence, cut turnover, and allow the hiring of an additional 2,345 staff across the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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New York Weighs Statewide Four-Day Workweek Pilot That Could Reshape U.S. Labor Norms

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The effort would require updates to existing labor and civil service laws and assign the state’s Division of the Budget to identify agencies where the shorter workweek could be viable for a significant share of employees. Additionally, some observers believe resistance may emerge from more traditional political or economic factions.

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Jonathan’s Flex Diary: Can WeWork’s New Campaign Win Back The Business World?

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events organisers like GCUC and most importantly the big international operators like IWG, WeWork and Servcorp. The latter have sufficient budgets to make an impact in the business world if they get their message across in the right way.

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Colleges Are Struggling With Generative AI. The Workforce Could Pay the Price.

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Budget limitations, of course, are a major challenge. Thats why New River is taking a holistic view, blending federal insights with vendor innovations and internal discussions to craft its own evolving understanding. Were a small community college, Ayersman says. We dont have deep pockets. They each have their perspective, he notes.

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Experts Say CEOs Must Face The Facts About Flexibility

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This creates a paradox—despite data showing that hybrid and remote work can drive productivity, some companies are reverting to in-office mandates not because of a decline in performance, but due to internal pressures related to control and economic strategies.

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Strategy Will Help Keep Your Brand’s Voice Alive in the Age of AI Advertising

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At the same time, the company is also pushing forward with the development of an internal advertising team, bringing operations in-house and reducing its reliance on external agencies and third parties to drive promotion and growth. Just last month, U.S.

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Cutting Ties Without Breaking Bonds: How Managers Can Conduct Layoffs and Still Keep Company Culture Thriving

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So [get] clear about what is the communication that were all going to be sharing internally and then usually externally, he says. Companies that want to maintain what sets them apart and to continue past a layoff, both internally and externally, might need to discover what their corporate fingerprint looks like after a restructuring.