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4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees
1 year, 10 months ago

4-day workweek trial: Shorter hours, happier employees

Associated Press  

LONDON — Work less, get more. A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain, billed as the world’s largest, has found that an overwhelming majority of the 61 companies that participated from June to December will keep going with the shorter hours and that most employees were less stressed and had better work-life balance. “We feel really encouraged by the …

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Four-day workweek trial in UK: Shorter hours, happier employees
1 year, 10 months ago

Four-day workweek trial in UK: Shorter hours, happier employees

Al Jazeera  

Findings show companies’ reported revenue largely stayed the same, or even rose, over the June to December trial period. That was all while revenue reported by the participating companies largely stayed the same over the June to December trial period and even grew compared with the same six months a year earlier, according to the findings released this week. “We …

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Patients no longer have to fast more than six hours before surgery
2 years, 5 months ago

Patients no longer have to fast more than six hours before surgery

NL Times  

Surgical patients in the Netherlands will no longer need to fast for extensive periods of time before an operation. A new guideline was recently introduced in which the fasting duration is much shorter, the Dutch Association for Anesthesiology announced following the publication of a news article in AD. Anesthesiologists see more than 1.2 million people every year for an operation …

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Apple Unleashed 2021: AirPods 3 unveiled with shorter stems and spatial audio technology, priced at Rs 18,500
3 years, 2 months ago

Apple Unleashed 2021: AirPods 3 unveiled with shorter stems and spatial audio technology, priced at Rs 18,500

Firstpost  

The third-generation AirPods are available to order in 26 markets starting today; stores will have the sweat- and water-resistant AirPods 3 for sale starting 26 October. One of the biggest unveils at the Apple Unleashed 2021 event was that of the AirPods 3 – the third generation of Apple’s wireless earbuds. Priced at Rs 18,500 in India, the AirPods 3 …

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The case for a shorter workweek
3 years, 4 months ago

The case for a shorter workweek

BBC  

The case for a shorter workweek Getty Images More than ever, workers want to work fewer hours, saying they can be just as effective in less time – and happier, too. “It changes the focus from hours worked to productivity – that is, from ‘busy work’ to the right work,” says Rachel Service, CEO of Melbourne-based workplace culture consulting and …

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每日新闻播报（July 12）
3 years, 5 months ago

每日新闻播报（July 12）

China Daily  

>Damaging effects of 'boreout' at work 专家称长期'闷爆'危害大 Being chronically bored at work can have damaging consequences – and we need to talk about it more, say experts. 土耳其梅尔辛大学的经济学副教授法赫里·奥兹孙古尔指出，抗击"闷爆"现象不能只靠个人。 "Giving meaning to the job is not just up to the employee,” he says, instead, it's up to management to create an office culture that makes people feel valuable. 他表示，"赋予工作意义不能只靠员工"，管理层有责任打造一种让员工感觉有价值的办公室文化。 >Four-day week …

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