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Is Technology Meeting The Needs Of Today’s Workers?

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Jennifer Kraszewski: Updated technology allows employees to seamlessly manage their payroll, request time off, and take care of their benefits—all aspects of the job from recruitment to retirement. Payroll errors can greatly increase employee stress and lead to disengagement. .

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Port Strike Threatens to Disrupt Supply Chains Amid Rising Automation and Labor Conflicts

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According to economic estimates, if the strike extends into mid-October, it could curtail payroll growth by about 100,000 jobs — adding pressure to an already stressed U.S. Ports affected by the strike range from Maine to Texas and reportedly handle approximately half of U.S. ocean trade. supply chain challenges.

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AT&T Extended Its Remote Work Policy, But Some Employees Are Still Being Forced Back

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The extension agreement allows us to go back to working from home in a crisis—but we know of call centers and payroll departments that have had outbreaks, and they are not going back to working from home there,” said Kieran Knutson, an AT&T call center worker and leader of the CWA’s Minneapolis chapter. . “If

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HR Professionals Are Burned Out. Can A.I. Help?

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Human resources workers are under a considerable degree of stress as a result of these increased demands. Can artificial intelligence help human resources careers become a less stressful in the future of work? . How can artificial intelligence help with human resources tasks .

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Way Beyond The 9-to-5: Could A 70-Hour Workweek Ever Be A Good Thing?

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In sectors known for their high-stress environments, like finance and technology startups, it’s not uncommon for employees to work between 60 and 100 hours per week. While a creative solution, Murthy’s call for a 70-hour workweek will likely result in nothing but declining task-completion returns on a ballooning payroll budget.”

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Book Review: The Million-Dollar One-Person Business

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There is less risk because there’s no regular payroll to meet and less stress because there aren’t employees to manage. The value of automation is stressed throughout the book (you simply can’t build a large solopreneur business without using automation tools) and this section provides a list of the tools to make this happen.

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5 Positive Practices to Reduce Stress in a Team

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Hiring and managing employees, payroll, and quality control, to name a few. All these – in themselves – may not be stressful, but collectively, they can be hard on executives – and tough on their teams. Want to help alleviate stress among your team? Executives juggle many things when running a business. How does this happen?

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