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

    March 24, 2020 |

    Next City |

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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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  • Paid to Stay Home: Europe's Safety Net Could Ease Toll of Coronavirus

    March 06, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Europe's generous social policies, such as allowing employees to retain their salaries while taking sick time to care for themselves or family members, may help to mitigate the coronavirus outbreak while also safeguarding the economy. Although the long-term impacts are yet unknown, in the short term, government-provided incentives are helping people and businesses stay afloat.

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  • How a Cincinnati manufacturer is changing lives & slashing turnover

    January 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    At Nehemiah Manufacturing, more than 80% of the employees are "second-chance" workers: people with a criminal record, a history of drug abuse, and such. Not only does the company bring more jobs to the city of Cincinnati, but it also connects employees with resources in the community, such as job training, housing assistance, food assistance, or mental-health counseling. Turnover rate is only 15%, and employees themselves describe how the job changed their lives.

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  • What happens when people win this basic income raffle? They have time to find meaning in their lives Audio icon

    December 02, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    A nonprofit in Berlin tests the success of the Universal Basic Income structure, which is founded on the idea that a monthly stipend awarded to all individuals can create an invigorated labor force and allow people to do what they love. The organization called Mein Grundeinkommen (My Basic Income), has found that recipients of the monthly cash stipend have become less anxious and more curious and willing to reimagine their dream job.

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  • CA Business Owners Spread Wealth By Selling Their Companies To Their Workers

    October 31, 2019 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    As of 2017, more than 130 California-based construction companies have created Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) as a way to ensure the future viability of a small business and ensure stability and buy-in for their employees. While ESOPs are rare, support for the strategy is growing - and the model has both progressive and conservative champions who see it as a way to make business run better.

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  • DIY: Cleveland Comes Back

    August 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    In Cleveland, Ohio, Evergreen Cooperative is a worker-owned business that includes a laundry business and a greenhouse operation, originally created to prevent laundry jobs from being outsourced and to keep jobs in the city. It is unique in that over half of employees are “worker-owners,” and other cities are paying attention. Evergreen Cooperative is working to help Chicago and New Haven bring similar models to their cities, all with the hopes of creating and retaining meaningful jobs that will benefit the local communities.

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  • Sweden's surprising rule for time off

    August 07, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    In Sweden, employees are allotted up to 6 months in an unpaid leave of absence for the purpose of entrepreneurship. Because of the reported decrease in fear of job loss or financial insecurity, this law has said to increase the potential for entrepreneurs around the country to succeed, as it encourages risk-taking with a built-in safety net.

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  • Sweden Finds a Simple Way to Improve New Mothers' Health. It Involves Fathers.

    June 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    New mothers are often overwhelmed once they leave the support of the hospital and find themselves home alone with a newborn. In Sweden, a new law that allows the other parent to take a month off from work to help with infant care has shown promising results in reducing maternal stress and improving overall health.

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  • How Stockholm became the city of work-life balance

    May 22, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

    Stockholm, Sweden is known as the best city in the world for work-life balance, as it boasts flexible work hours and nearly two years' parental leave per child for each parent. While raising a child with a full-time career still poses challenges, the norm for businesses in Stockholm is to cater to working parents' busy schedules in order to support equal childcare between mothers and fathers.

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