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Breaking Barriers: How to Challenge Age Stereotypes In the Workplace

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Age stereotypes are a cross-generational problem that, despite anti-discrimination laws and policies, rears its head in companies of all sizes. Age stereotypes, or ageism, refers to how we think about, prejudice and discriminate against other people, or even ourselves, based on age. What is ageism?

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What’s In It For Me? Why It’s Crucial To Give Your Employees A Return-on-Commute

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The return-on-commute (ROC) concept is emerging as a critical factor in attracting employees back to the office by ensuring that the workplace offers a tangible and meaningful return on the investment of time, effort, and cost that employees commit to when traveling to work.

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The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

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Or consider a National Bureau of Economic Research paper about a study at Trip.com, one of the largest travel agencies in the world. European banks, which offer more flexible hybrid work policies, are using these to hire talented staff from the less flexible US banks. Those who worked on a hybrid schedule had 35% better retention.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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I was traveling on business and planning to open a new franchise in the area, I said. As a Black professional, he had been through his own set of uncomfortable interactions traveling on business and was all too familiar with the array of characters you meet and the variety of tactics used to wiggle out of uncomfortable environments.

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Uber, Lyft and Airbnb Rapidly Gaining Share in the Corporate Market

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According to a survey from the Global Business Travel Association  (GBTA), half of corporate travel policies allow for the use of ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft. with 30% of the corporations surveyed officially allow home-sharing service for their traveling employees. .

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The Taylor Review: The British Government Looks at the Gig Economy

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It is the people told to be ready for work or travelling to work only to be told none is available. Key report quote: government should introduce a new name to refer to the category of people who are eligible for “worker” rights but who are not employees. We recommend that the legislation refer to this group as ‘dependent contractors’.

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Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy

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Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. Just remember, if your company has an “open door” policy, please adhere to it.

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