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September 25, 2020
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Employers envision a new kind of office
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HR leaders are reimagining what the office of the future might look like, including reworking floor plans, repurposing extra office space for day care or learning, and adopting hybrid models to facilitate both remote and in-person working. Cushman and Wakefield is creating the "the 6-foot office" for social distancing, and Nationwide is closing five main offices while focusing on four hubs for hybrid working.
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Recruiting & Retention
Initial jobless claims reached 870,000 last week, slightly above the 866,000 tally from the prior week. "The labor market is not out of the woods yet. It's still a very challenging and weak labor market, but that said ... it's moving in the right direction," says Kathy Bostjancic, an Oxford Economics economist.
Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/24) 
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Benefits & Compensation
Thomson Reuters is designating Oct. 9 of each year as a mental health day, which will be a paid day off for all employees eligible for company holidays. Employees also have access to the Headspace daily meditation and mindfulness app.
Full Story: Human Resource Executive (9/23) 
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The HR Leader
Several factors, including individual biases and a reliance on hierarchy, can negatively affect the decision-making process of a group. Here are seven suggestions for getting better input from a group.
Full Story: Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (9/22) 
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The aurora borealis might have helped sink the Titanic
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The premise sounds far-fetched at first, but when you learn more about the effect the aurora borealis can have on navigation and communication systems, it suddenly seems possible that nature played a part in one of the most infamous seafaring disasters in human history.
Full Story: PhysOrg (9/22) 
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