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Supreme Court Strikes Down Saskatchewan Law That Prevents Right to Strike
The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down as unconstitutional a Saskatchewan law that prevents public sector employees from striking.
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Office sex caught on camera
TWO oblivious workers were caught having sex at the office over the weekend — by scores of revellers with their camera phones out.
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What will your workplace look like in 25 years’ time?
What will the workplace look like in 2040? Imagine remote working via hologram, commuting by jetpack, even controlling your office with your mind.
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Amsterdam aims to give prostitutes shared ownership in brothels
Amsterdam is looking for an investor to buy five buildings where sex workers can work collectively in their own prostitution business, a spokesman for the city's mayor says. Currently, prostitutes in the city work individually, renting the windows where they stand on view for prospective customers from the brothel owners. But this system leaves women vulnerable to pimps. City authorities hope the sex workers will be safer if they can work together in a building rented and run...
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10 Powerful Ideas that Will Change the Way You Work
Practical Tips for Productive Living
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Get More Done by Focusing Less on Work
Research shows you’ll be more satisfied in every aspect of your life.
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Is Working Freelance Really Worth It?
Are you tired of working for clients you don’t like? Want control of your time, location, and projects you work on? Then perhaps you should consider freelancing.
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Papa John's Ordered to Pay Almost $800,000 in Wage Theft Case
A Papa John’s pizza franchise in New York must pay its workers nearly $800,000 in unpaid wages over allegations the business underpaid employees and failed to pay overtime, a state judge ruled last week. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in December sued Emstar Pizza Inc., which operates seven Papa John’s franchise locations in Brooklyn and Queens, alleging that Emstar underreported hours worked by employees over the past six years, rounded employee hours...
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Debunking the Debunking of "Humans Need Not Apply" and More
This gif is the kind of imagery that gets our attention and gets us all wondering about what is going to happen to the people who did these jobs now being done by robots. There are a lot of people wondering about the answer to this question, and drawing conclusions like 47% of all current jobs are at risk of being automated within 20 years. It's also possible such estimates are conservative because according to this recent report, the work being done by robots is actually growing faster than...
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10 Simple Productivity Tips for Organizing Your Work Life
It really comes down to managing three segments in your life: time, space and mindset.
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How Power Affects Your Productivity
And everyone else’s.
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10 Easy Ways to Make Your Commute More Productive
Check out this roundup of free mobile apps that'll make your commute more productive -- and maybe even more fun.
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A sad story from Marissa Mayer's Yahoo shows how brutal corporate realignments can be
Last week, Yahoo fired about 100 people. The firings were part of a strategic realignment. Over the weekend, we heard a story from two sources that's a reminder of how painful such corporate realignments can be for employees on the ground. Yahoo has an office in Amman, Jordan. For a while now, it's been known there that the office was closing. In fact, it was supposed to close by the end of 2014. Most of the people who used to work in the office have been out of a job for a while now.
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The Gig Economy Won't Last Because It's Being Sued To Death
When Vilma and Greta Zenelaj came across a Craigslist job ad that promised they could make as much as $22 an hour and get paid fast, it seemed like a good deal. The Albanian sisters had moved to Santa Monica to get a foothold in the film industry, and though they had produced a few independent features, they had run out of savings before they could also make a living. Now they were desperate to pay their bills.
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Want More Sleep (And Better Productivity)? Work From Home.
A study suggests people with more flexible work schedules can sleep better and be more productive and healthier.
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The Secret to Becoming 10 Times More Productive? Block Out Time.
Here's how entrepreneurs can work on one extremely important project and absolutely nothing else.
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Are You Proud of How You’re Spending Your Time?
Getting everything done isn’t always the point.
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"My Advice to 22 Year-Olds" - Guy Kawasaki
As I write this, I’m three months short of the big six O. Here’s some advice based on thirty-eight more years of living than you have. Challenge the known and embrace the unknown. Accepting the known and resisting the unknown is a mistake. You should do exactly the opposite: challenge the known and embrace the unknown. Now is the time to take this kind of risk because you have less to lose and everything to gain. Great things happen to people who question the status quo.
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The Rule of 52 and 17: It's Random, But it Ups Your Productivity
Everyone has that person in the office. You know, the one who always seems to get way more done than everybody else, but who never seems stressed or frantically trying to finish an assignment. How does he or she get it done? And can you steal those secrets to improve your own productivity? Yes. Yes you can.
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Boost Productivity by Optimizing Your Work Environment
Try these techniques to develop a work flow customized to your rhythms.
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