Fri.Aug 30, 2024

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Experts Predict Glacial Job Market Growth Until 2033

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Economists predict the job market growth will slow dramatically over the next decade. According to the latest projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the workforce is on a path to expand at an annual rate of just 0.4% through 2033. The annual growth rate for the previous 10 years was 1.3%. Bloomberg reports that this anticipated slowdown is largely attributed to technological advancements spread across the workforce — specifically, the rise of e-commerce platforms and artifici

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How Stranded Passengers Navigated the Delta Airlines Debacle After the Global IT Outage

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We saved up all year for a vacation on a Delta Skymiles card, charging almost every expenditure to the card to earn enough points. Our plan was to embark on an airplane trip for the first time as a family of seven, and luckily, it was for “free” with said points. Somehow, it sounded easier than a 16-hour drive from Cincinnati to Florida with babies and toddlers—until it wasn’t.

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Office Market Woes Lead to Fire Sale in Chicago Loop

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Allstate sold a 10-story office building located in Chicago’s Loop at millions of dollars below what they had originally purchased the property for, in a loss reflecting the prevailing difficulties in the commercial office market. CoStar reports that the sale at 29 N. Wacker Drive was for just over $11 million, a sizeable loss compared to the $29.7 million the insurance company purchased it for in 2022.

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When can employees change their pretax deductions?

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The cafeteria-plan rules require employees to designate their pretax deductions before the start of the plan year. For calendar-year plans, employees will be making changes very soon for the 2025 plan year. But stuff happens, and this stuff doesn’t account for another cafeteria-plan rule that requires employees’ designations to be locked in for the entire plan year.

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The Memory Edge: Outlearn, Outperform, Outlast

Speaker: Chester Santos

Forgetfulness is costing you time, money, and a ton of missed opportunities. In the age of automation, it’s easy to underestimate the power of a well-trained human mind. But memory isn’t just a parlor trick, it's a strategic edge. Human memory is one of the most underrated business skills. Whether you’re managing people, leading sessions, or having high-stakes conversations, remembering names, details, and concepts can be transformative in building trust, absorbing knowledge, and driving perform

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U.K. Government Takes Another Big Step Towards Four-Day Workweek

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The U.K. has been one of the nations at the forefront of the four-day workweek movement —consistently engaged in studies and debate exploring its viability — and now the government is positioned to enable workers to request a four-day “compressed” workweek. The Independent reports that a proposed piece of legislation , driven by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and supported by trade unions, would allow employees to squeeze their regular working hours into four days, instead of five.

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The case for good jobs — and why they're good for business too | Zeynep Ton

TED Talks

Many of the jobs that keep the world running — like cleaning bathrooms, picking up trash, caring for the elderly — pay so poorly that workers can barely make ends meet. Nonprofit leader Zeynep Ton is intent on changing that, showing why everyone wins when companies pay their people livable wages and offer opportunities for growth. Want to help shape TED’s shows going forward?

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Vast majority people on zero hours contracts don’t want to be on zero hours contracts

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A new poll makes the perhaps obvious point that a significant majority of workers on zero-hours contracts prefer stable, regular working hours. Commissioned by the TUC , the survey found that 84 percent of zero-hours contract workers would prefer consistent work schedules, while only 14 percent are content with their current arrangements. The poll also highlighted the financial difficulties faced by these workers due to underemployment.

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TED Intersections: What makes you "you"? An actor and a neuroscientist answer | Yara Shahidi and Anil Seth

TED Talks

What can acting reveal about the mystery of consciousness? Actor and producer Yara Shahidi and cognitive neuroscientist Anil Seth unpack the surprising ways that portraying different characters can reveal insights about our authentic selves — even if we're not actually performing onstage or onscreen. Explore the intersection of consciousness and identity and discover how our brains and bodies work in tandem to form our understanding of ourselves.

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NHS to offer workplace health checks to middle aged staff

Workplace Insight

The NHS is set to launch a comprehensive initiative aimed at preventing heart attacks and strokes by conducting health checks in workplaces across the UK. Over the next six months, more than 130,000 middle-aged employees will be offered free workplace health checks in their places of work. This national drive, known as Health MoTs, is designed to identify individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes or heart disease through a 20-minute evaluation that includes weighing staff and measuring their blood

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