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  • Tip Me's Digital Tipping Solution Lets You Tip the Workers Who Made Your Clothes

    December 03, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Germany

    To mitigate the problem of unfair supply chains, Tip Me allows consumers to send money directly to the workers creating the merchandise in factories halfway across the world. Brands pay a fee to sign up for the system "in order to boost their ethical credibility" which provides funding for Tip Me, allowing the company to handle the logistics of getting tips into the hands of those for whom they are intended. Half of all shoppers have used the tipping feature when presented with the opportunity.

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  • SLO County child care is hard to find and even harder to afford. Here's how to fix it

    October 30, 2020 |

    San Luis Obispo Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, San Luis Obispo, California

    Affordable childcare options are far and few between in San Luis Obispo but one effective solution has been the result of businesses subsidizing child care. Onsite daycare centers are available to employees at discounted rates and child-care workers are considered employees which gives them access to benefits. The important perk keeps turnover low - a common issue in the industry.

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  • How a New Zealand firm pioneered the 4 day work week

    October 18, 2020 |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    A New Zealand firm has successfully implemented a 4-day workweek resulting in more satisfied and better-rested employees. Revenue for the firm remained steady and operating costs even declined. Employees enjoyed a surge in work-life balance resulting in less stress, more creativity, and better performance at work.

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  • What Germany teaches the world in a crisis

    September 16, 2020 |

    Financial Times |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Germany has weathered the pandemic with lower illness rates than its neighbors and a relatively strong economy thanks to leadership and responses that have evolved and helped the country thrive in the three decades since reunification. The author of the book "Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country" reports on the blend of governing, business, and social approaches to challenges – rooted in a concept of "social trust" in the state and society, and a steady, deliberate, caring mindset – that help the country confront a contagion, a recession, or a refugee crisis.

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  • Work obsessed Japanese learn to take it easy, with a ‘workation'

    September 02, 2020 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: Japan

    The Japanese government is embracing the idea of "workation" trips for employees across industries as a means to "help the travel industry and keep the economy ticking" as the country moves forward in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Discounts for various travel resources have encouraged 4.2 million people to try out the idea which has been made even more feasible due to the widespread adoption of remote teleworking.

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  • Why Japan's Jobless Rate Is Just 2.6% While the U.S.'s Has Soared

    June 20, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Japan's unemployment has barely grown during the COVID-19 crisis, thanks in large part to a business culture that prizes employees' interests over short-term profits. Much of the country's economy remained open in the pandemic's early months. But the jobless picture was aided even more by policies based on a tradeoff between ordinarily high demands on workers in return for job security. The same policies have produced a tight job market that can make companies risk averse in their hiring. But the net effect during the crisis has been much less economic pain inflicted on workers.

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  • Martha Is Eliminating Tipping. What Does That Mean?

    June 18, 2020 |

    Philadelphia Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The elimination of tipping has allowed one Philadelphia bar to give their employees health insurance and ensure an equal distribution of income amongst all employees. Typically servers in the front of house make much more in tips than those working in the kitchen. The owners of Martha are instituting a 20 percent service fee in lieu of optional tipping, providing a more stable source of income for all employees.

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  • How custodians in Durham Public Schools were granted paid emergency leave

    April 09, 2020 |

    The Daily Tar Heel |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    In March 2020, North Carolina’s Board of Education, in response to COVID-19, approved paid emergency leave for all school employees – but with 100% pay only going to those that qualify as “high risk.” With many of the affected employees being Spanish-only speakers explanations of the detailed leave policies were not comprehensive, making the roll out of the relief confusing and inaccessible.

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  • How Bartenders and Wait Staff Are Making Up for Lost Tips During COVID-19 Quarantine

    March 24, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Bartenders and restaurant workers rely heavily on tips and often work off the books, which puts them in a unique disadvantage when trying to collect financial aid during this pandemic. Some have thought of creative ways to stay in touch with regular customers to ask for tips and others have sought relief from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United which has a membership of 30,000 restaurant workers and has provided half a million dollars in funding. The organization has sought to provide immediate help and is also pushing for long-term structural change such as paid sick leave.

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  • Less is more: Lithuanian company's experiment with shorter working hours

    March 12, 2020 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

    A company in Lithuania cut back the work day from eight to six hours and noted an increase in morale without any negative impact on productivity. Employees reported a better work-life balance, reducing their stress and exhaustion and allowing them more time for activities that boost personal wellbeing.

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