Employee files suit over Google's confidentiality policies | Video spectacles helping Citi with recruitment | How to encourage A-players to work together
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December 23, 2016
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Employee files suit over Google's confidentiality policies
A Google employee has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company's confidentiality agreements are overly broad and that Google uses a "spying program" to stop leaks. A spokesperson for the company called the allegations "baseless."
Reuters (12/21) 
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The Impact of Employee Wellbeing
Traditionally, wellness programs focus on physical attributes and provide employees with gym memberships, meal plans, and healthy snacks. However, wellbeing is much more than a measure of physical wellness. Don’t miss out on how to optimize and engage a healthy and productive workforce.
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Recruiting & Retention
Video spectacles helping Citi with recruitment
Citigroup employees are wearing Snap Spectacles to give potential job candidates a glimpse of life at the bank. The videos, which are posted on social media sites and aim to attract young talent, feature a typical day at work for a junior employee.
Business Insider (12/19) 
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How Employee Health Benefits Impact A Bottom Line
Healthcare reform and rising costs have many small businesses wondering, "Should I offer employee healthcare benefits?" "Can I afford it?" and "How do I choose the right plan?" Understanding how offering employee health insurance can impact your business' bottom line can provide some relief. Read more.
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Leadership & Development
How to encourage A-players to work together
Star employees are critical, and getting them to collaborate can be challenging, writes Heidi K. Gardner. She describes the successful approach taken by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Harvard Business Review (tiered subscription model) (January/February 2017) 
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Get with the flow. How payment processing affects cash flow.
Cash flow is the lubricant of business. Without a healthy cash flow, business dries up. It stops. It can't function. Which is why it is vital to keep the revenues coming in as the expenses go out. But there's one aspect of cash flow that many of us are not aware of. It is how managing credit cards and other such non-cash payments affect cash flow. Turns out it has a huge affect. Download the free guide today.
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Benefits & Compensation
Paid leave? Depends on where you live, your employer
US companies, cities and states are offering varying versions of paid sick and family-leave policies. The lack of a national policy is challenging for employers that have to abide by multiple state and local laws.
Bloomberg BNA (free content) (12/19) 
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The HR Leader
What HR needs to know about self-driving cars
Autonomous vehicles could displace employees whose main job is driving, as well as affect liability insurance and problems with attendance, Mike Haberman writes. HR will need to start thinking about the company-specific consequences of such technology.
Workology (12/20),  HR Observations Blog (12/16) 
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Workplace Chatter
Christmas songs are all (sort of) the same
Christmas songs are all (sort of) the same
(YouTube/Vox)
A number of American Christmas standards rely on essentially the same chord progression, which may contribute to why they're so quintessentially seasonal, according to this video. The video looks at Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," one of the rare modern Christmas standards, and its similarity to "White Christmas" and other songs.
Vox (12/21),  Vox/YouTube (12/21) 
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Editor's Note
SmartBrief will not publish Monday
In observance of Christmas, SmartBrief will not publish Monday. Publication will resume Tuesday.
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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer your goal.
Elbert Hubbard,
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