Tue.Dec 24, 2024

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Rescuing Packages for Good

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Like many others, Romaine Seguin s perspective shifted during the height of the pandemic. As president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding, she was managing tens of thousands of frontline employees, working to deliver critical supplies like vaccines and personal protective equipment. We all saw the stories and [I realized] this is bigger than business; this is bigger than earnings per share.

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Tips For Employees And Employers To Manage The SAD Reality Of Hybrid Work

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Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a serious form of depression linked to reduced natural light, particularly affecting those in higher latitudes and predominantly impacting women. Employers must recognize and support employees in managing the effects of SAD in the workplace to combat increased absenteeism, reduced concentration, and decreased productivity at work.

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India’s Small Businesses Add 11 Million Jobs In Past Year

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India’s small businesses spanning the manufacturing, trade and services sectors added about 11 million jobs in the year to the end of September, with total employment rising to 120.6 million from 109.6 million the previous year, though wage growth was limited by high inflation. Job creation remains a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite the economy growing at an average annual rate of more than 7% over the last decade, and unemployment among young people remains persist

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Facing Chinese EV Threat, Honda and Nissan Plot Industry-Reshaping Merger

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Honda and Nissan are in talks to merge by 2026, they said on Monday, a historic pivot for Japan’s auto industry that underlines the threat Chinese EV makers now pose to the world’s long-dominant legacy car makers. The tie-up would create the world’s third-largest auto group by vehicle sales after Toyota and Volkswagen. It would also give the two companies scale and a chance to share resources in the face of intense competition from Tesla and more nimble Chinese rivals, such as

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Starbucks Strike Expanding To 300+ U.S. Stores, Includes 5,000 Workers

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A strike at Starbucks will expand to over 300 U.S. stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the workers’ union said. Starbucks, which operates more than 10,000 company-operated stores across the United States, said 98% of its stores remained open, with around 170 stores closed on Tuesday.