Career Corner: Remote resolution
Angela Copeland
Before the pandemic, your manager probably had more of a say in where you are day to day.
Liz Ryan from Human Workplace explained, “The authority to decide where employees must be at certain dates and times is a big part of many managers’ power. Now that numerous corporations have announced their intention not to bring employees back to the office, some managers are losing that power. Not everyone is OK with it.”
In short, it’s tough to ask people to be in the office every day now that it has been proven to be unnecessary. This is the truest for white-collar jobs that revolve mostly around a computer. For many years, companies told us that we could not work remotely. It wasn’t possible. It wasn’t productive. It would hurt our teams. Fortunately, this is not completely true. The pandemic taught us that.
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Seventy years later, family members of the men and legal advocates are spearheading an effort to posthumously pardon the men and redress a miscarriage of justice. In the January 21, 2021 episode of the
Discussions With DPIC podcast,
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CANISTOTA, S.D. (KELO.com) The Canistota School District is lifting restriction on attendance at school events because of the coronavirus.
The district posted the following message on their Facebook page:
Dear Canistota families,
After careful consideration of current and potential attendance-limiting protocols at winter sports activities, Canistota School is removing attendance restrictions at home games. This means that the use of tickets is over at our home events. Other schools that we enter a contest with most likely will still have a policy regarding tickets, and we will pass that along to you as it is relevant.
As COVID-19 Cases Rise and Restrictions Loom, Small Business Owners See Long Road to Recovery
As COVID-19 Cases Rise and Restrictions Loom, Small Business Owners See Long Road to Recovery With COVID-19 cases surging and a new wave of restrictions looming, challenges persist for small business owners as they continue to weather the pandemic according to data from the Q4 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. While the index score rose 12 points for the second straight quarter, overall optimism levels remain just over half of what they were in late 2019. For the third straight quarter, respondents most frequently ranked the loss of business or closings due to the impact of COVID-19 as their top concern. Attracting new business, worries about financial stability and reduced cash flow were the other top ranked concerns.