A man eats breakfast at a restaurant that is advertising that they are hiring in Annapolis, Maryland. American states are moving to cut pandemic unemployment benefits, a painful blow for millions of people who will soon be left without income. With punishing jobless levels during the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment benefits had been extended especially to the self-employed and extended further until September 6,2021 even for those who had reached the maximum duration. AFP
Secret to CEO success: pay higher wages
Masaru Tange says the strategy that turned his company into one of Japan’s best-performing stocks may be surprising: he buys smaller firms and boosts their workers’ pay. Mr Tange’s Shift, a software tester, acquires other businesses near the bottom of the industry supply chain and raises their engineers’ salaries. He says he’s able to do this and still charge competitive prices by cutting out layers of companies that serve as middlemen in the outsourcing proces
The Monday, May 10 meeting of Brown County Commissioners has been moved from the Courthouse to the Adams Street Community Center. The reason is a large crowd is anticipated as Commissioners consider a request by IP Radian for a reinvestment zone and tax abatement for a proposed solar farm in southwest Brown County. The meeting will begin at 9:00 am.
Brown County Judge Paul Lilly issued the following press release regarding Monday’s County Commissioners meeting,
We will have a second public hearing on the controversial tax abatement issue. Please announce and encourage everyone who wants to speak, to attend.
I have the following questions for IP Radian and their abatement application:
Leading Teams Forward, Advised by Gallup Remote Work Trends
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The number of remote employees doubled in early 2020
High-performing managers are clear about expectations and priorities
If you re a leader, you re worrying about your employees productivity whether they re in the office, at home or a hybrid of both particularly if productivity is as high for remote workers as for those on-site. After a year like 2020, decisions about productivity take on a whole new dimension.
The problem is that in six months, the world won t look like it does today, and it ll look different six months after that. Today s decisions may not fit next year s needs but revising a strategy introduces disruption.
7 Ways to Save Your Working Moms Before It s Too Late
The workforce has lost over 2 million women since the pandemic began
Leaders can set the tone for working moms with these seven things
The pandemic changed everything. And while the future of the traditional 8-to-5 workplace schedule is uncertain, there are both positives and negatives regarding the new approach to getting work done. One of those
negatives is that the workforce is currently down 500,000 more women than men compared with before the pandemic began.
Bureau of Labor Statistics data have consistently shown that the labor force participation rate has shrunk more among U.S. women than men, translating into 2.3 million fewer women and 1.8 million fewer men in the workforce in February than were there a year ago.
3 Employee Development Interventions for 2021
by Rob DeSimone and Jennifer Robison
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Focus on three areas of employee development
Gallup data analysis shows that employee engagement increased in 2020 as the workforce responded to COVID-19, and most employers report productivity levels remained the same or were higher than before the pandemic. But the workforce is stressed. Parents with kids at home are struggling to get work done. Those living alone are feeling increasingly isolated. And workers everywhere are exhausted and burned out.
Meanwhile, leaders are laying plans for 2021. Creating a high-performance workplace during and after a crisis requires a new approach, one that optimizes employee engagement and productivity for a radically different environment.