#Eating away at the heart of small businesses

#Eating away at the heart of small businesses

“#Eating away at the heart of small businesses” Of the four restaurants Rick McQuaide owns across several counties in Western Pennsylvania, one is barely making a profit, two are losing money and the fourth has been “temporarily” closed for far longer than he ever anticipated. The 58-year-old small businessman from nearby Cambria County has one…

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#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever

#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever

“#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever” The majority of LinkedIn’s 16,000 employees will be allowed to work remotely full time, the company said Thursday, in a reversal of its previous policy. However, workers who relocate from cities like San Francisco and New York to cheaper locales may have their pay docked based…

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#Four-day work week is ‘overwhelming success’ in Iceland

#Four-day work week is ‘overwhelming success’ in Iceland

“#Four-day work week is ‘overwhelming success’ in Iceland” When it comes to work, less is more. An Icelandic trial of four-day workweeks determined that shorter hours lead to maintained or increased productivity.  In two large-scale trials conducted by the Icelandic government and the city of Reykjavik from 2015 to 2019, researchers analyzed the impact of reducing…

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