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If you daydream about getting a break from the stress of work, you might picture a restful week of holiday or a long weekend away. But some people are opting for something more ambitious. Dubbed mini sabbaticals, adult gap years or gap months, these extended breaks range from quitting a job to taking leave to just working remotely from somewhere different. Although it’s not an entirely new concept, the pandemic's upheaval of work life has prompted a distinct rise in people questioning whether they really wanted to work the way they used to. Why are workers taking mini-sabbaticals?Barry Kluczyk...
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Luxembourgish commissioner Nicolas Schmit this week warned "we need more doctors" and said it was imperative to make the job more attractive, especially in rural areas, to avoid the risk of ‘medical deserts’ arising. “Medical deserts are a reality, and this has to be seriously taken into account,” the EU Commissioner for Social Rights explained during a press conference in Brussels (20 March). A parallel shortage is affecting the care work sector in the context of increasing demand for their services in an ageing society, Schmit said in the presentation of a new action plan to tackle labour an...
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Carrefour has more than 12,000 stores across the world, with about 5,000 in France alone. Since 2018, some 300 stores have become franchises and the trend looks set to increase. The French union CFDT claims resorting to franchises en masse leads to major disadvantages for staff. Although still operating under the Carrefour banner, franchised employees do not enjoy the protection of a multinational company and its strong unions, which can result in them losing previously acquired advantages. The union said that the franchise system has resulted in workers' annual earnings dropping by more than ...
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New York (AFP) - A monument to essential workers who risked their lives during the pandemic will open in New York in September, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Nineteen red maple trees -- one for each profession considered essential, like health care workers, teachers and store workers -- will be arrayed around an eternal flame in Battery Park in view of the Statue of Liberty, according to renderings released by the governor's office. The new monument will be called the Circle of Heroes. It was designed with input from essential workers, Cuomo said. "While we will never be able to fully ...
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A new report by the Main Street Alliance shows how small businesses suffer when large corporations take advantage of lax enforcement of labor laws and the use of forced arbitration to keep employees from asserting their rights. The report, titled Small Business, Common Sense Standards and Forced Arbitration, also recommends that states enact whistleblower protection laws. Read the Report Lip Service To Small Business OwnersNearly 60 million Americans work for small businesses. And yet some politicians, while paying lip service to small business owners, have time and again enacted policies that...
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