Sun.Sep 01, 2024

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Government minister sparks debate about working from home and increased truancy

Workplace Insight

A comment piece published in The Sunday Times by UK Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has sparked a debate about whether there is a link between the rise in working from home and an increase in truancy levels among pupils. The number of pupils who are routinely and persistently absent from school is around 150 per cent higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Making Measured Moves: How to Handle Difficult Coworkers

HR Digest

There comes a point or two in each of our careers where we have to exercise our patience and handle difficult coworkers who are blissfully unaware of boundaries. Some of the coworkers are merely unaware that they are crossing any lines, while others are intentionally deceitful for reasons of their own. When you ask your friends and colleagues how to deal with annoying coworkers, ignoring them is often seen as the best strategy, but there’s only so much energy you can invest in turning a blind ey

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Coronavirus and Threats

Florida Workers' Comp

There was an intriguing analysis recently published by Stat News regarding the ongoing debate as to the origins of the Panic in 2020. It has been almost five years since the first cases of the disease were recognized in December 2019. Nonetheless, some believe there were cases earlier that fall. In any event, we rapidly approach the five-year anniversary.