US men's, women's soccer teams share World Cup winnings | US adds 263K jobs in sign of labor market resilience | Promoting inclusion throughout the organization
Panama forward Newton Williams (7) and the United States forward Giovanni Reyna (11) during the World Cup Qualifier soccer match between the US MNT and Panama earlier this year. (Icon Sportswire/Getty Images)
The US men's and women's soccer teams reached a collective bargaining agreement, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, where both teams share the winning prize money from their respective FIFA World Cup campaigns. The agreement means the US women's team, who will attend its own World Cup next year, will receive half of the $5,850,000 the men's team received for reaching the knockout stage of this year's tournament.
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The labor market continued to exhibit strength in November, with 263,000 jobs added to nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%. The economy is adding jobs more slowly than it did in the first half of 2022, but gains are still above the average of 164,000 per month in 2019.
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Lauren St. Pierre, a military wife and mom, had a relatively comfortable life until an introduction to meth led to addiction, criminality, trauma and a prison sentence. This piece examines St. Pierre's journey and how she found her way back to sobriety, family and employment.
Policies that encourage use of paid time off and increase flexible work options help employees ease pressure in the holiday season, when 60% of people experience stress, according to certified health expert Reena Vokoun. "Be sure to clearly communicate the timeframe during which there will be extra flexibility," Vokoun writes.
Leaders of every gender, or gender identity, need to balance their collaborative "feminine" energy with their direct "masculine" energy to create the emotional intelligence they need to succeed, writes author and life coach Andrea Mein DeWitt. "The more awareness we have about the stability of both our feminine and masculine energies, the more aligned we are with our natural gifts," DeWitt writes.
Anyone remember the D.A.R.E anti-drug program that launched in the '80s? The program, launched by former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Daryl Gates and Harry Handler, former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, aimed to educate students about the dangers of drugs and give them tools for combating peer pressure around it. Uniformed police officers would visit schools and talk to students about these issues.
I never needed D.A.R.E. I had a 6’5”, 250-pound Hawaiian father who was adamantly opposed to drugs and smoking and could smell stupid up to a mile away. When someone that size, with those kinds of Spidey senses, tells you not to do something, you don’t do it.
I also grew up with aunts, uncles and cousins who were drug users. My parents shielded us from much of their use, but I saw some of it nonetheless. In retrospect, I’m glad I did. Their lives were disasters. Violence was common in their homes. So were divorce, unemployment and financial instability. I knew much of this was connected to their drug and alcohol use. And I wanted no part of it.
As I got older and had more context, I discovered that my family’s drug use had complicated roots. I also saw that breaking the cycle was a long, difficult and (often) expensive process. Eventually, nearly all my relatives found their way out of addiction and were able to put their lives back together.
Today’s Health & Wellness story is not the usual story featured in this section or in this brief. But drug addiction is real and is no respecter of persons. I grew up thinking that drugs only affected people from certain homes and neighborhoods. But watching my family members and then observing friends in high school and in my adulthood has taught me otherwise. I now see that addiction seeps into every corner of society and poisons everything it touches.
Even the workforce. It’s folly to think that professionals -- at every level -- aren’t susceptible to this evil. How do we handle this? I have no idea -- I’m not an expert. Certainly some employer benefits programs offer help in the form of recovery and therapy initiatives. But beyond that, how do we support those among our teams who might be battling this?
I don't know. Have you had to tangle with this issue in your workplace? Let me know! Your answers are confidential. And if you enjoy this brief, tell others so they can benefit also.
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