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There are clear mental health benefits to healthy workplace boundaries. AdvertisementIn France, where the trend emerged, workers are under no obligation to work at home, and ignoring calls outside work hours is no grounds for discipline. Related storiesMental health benefitsThere are clear mental health benefits to healthy workplace boundaries. Cooper said that when attempting to improve a company's culture, you also don't want to eliminate flexible working altogether. In his work on the book "Flexible Work: Designing our Healthier Future Lives," Cooper found that people have wanted flexible work for a long time.
Persons: , Rentokil, Elouisa Crichton, Sir Cary Cooper, Cooper, Crichton, it's, Jeri Doris, Doris Organizations: Service, Labour, Gallup, BI, Manchester Business School Locations: France, Portugal, Australia, New York, Washington, California
Here, Feinberg shares the biggest mistakes he often sees people make with their health coverage during open enrollment, and how to avoid them. Waiting until the last minuteThe worst thing you can do during open enrollment season is procrastinate on researching your options, Feinberg says. Your open enrollment period will depend on where you get your health coverage. Instead, it's important to think through your specific health needs and the needs of any dependents or partners on your plan. Paired with a health savings account, or HSA, the option can provide some of the most flexibility in health insurance coverage, he adds.
Persons: they've, David Feinberg, Feinberg, that's, That's Organizations: Justworks, Medicare Locations: millennials, Justworks, Jan, New York City
Those who raised their first venture capital funds in the pandemic-era boom times are now struggling with their sophomore efforts. Despite the tailwinds, some emerging managers are defying the slump and raising new funds. He told Insider exclusively that he's now closed on $15 million for fund two from investors including Cendana Capital, Invesco Private Capital, and two dozen startup founders. And so in 2019, he reached into his network of founders and raised a $2 million fund to invest in software companies. Now, he's already gearing up for fund three, which Wan said he plans to launch in 2024.
Persons: Insider's Callum Burroughs, Jordan Wan, Wan, Zocdoc, Oliver Kharraz, it's, Alan Ni, Jake Cooper, Manoj Kanagaraj, Blackstone, Cooper didn't, Cooper, they've, Wolf Organizations: Sequoia, Partners, Cendana, Invesco, Capital, Oscar Insurance, Garner Health Locations: London, Denver , Colorado, Wan
46% of American workers take less paid time off than they are offered, per the Pew Research Center. Respondents worry taking time off will slow down their career advancement, among other concerns. They found that nearly46% of American workers aren't taking all of their allotted paid time off. Lower-income workers said they were "more likely" to worry about losing their jobs for taking all of their time off than "middle and upper-income workers." Workers "want to know they can take time off when they need it," she said, "but this new data shows us that many workers don't. "
"I often ask myself, 'Why am I working right now if I might not have a job in two months?'" Living in fear of losing your job can be crippling — but confronting your layoff anxiety head-on is the best way to beat the panic. Here are three strategies to cope with layoff anxiety. Detach your identity from your jobSpending more time on the hobbies, relationships and interests that bring you joy outside of work is another powerful antidote to layoff anxiety. Being his own boss, Jacobowitz jokes, gives him ultimate job security: "It's not like I can fire myself!"
Unless managers encourage vacation, workers too often don't take the days they should. While the growth of unlimited PTO might seem like a big win for workers, research and commentary from workplace experts suggest unlimited vacation is often, well, limiting. Geoffrey James, a contributing editor for Inc. and author of several business books, called unlimited PTO "the scam of the century." "Unlimited vacation time is classic bait-and-switch," he wrote, explaining his experience with having the benefit. Some employers have learned about the shortcomings of unlimited vacation through experience and have walked back their policies.
Still, tools for small businesses is a huge market — one that a tech industry that has focused on the more lucrative enterprise market has largely ignored. According to the Small Business Administration, there are 32 million small businesses in the US employing about 61 million people, nearly half of the country's private workforce. As companies grow and chase larger enterprises as customers, they lose sight of the discrete needs of small businesses, she said. The startup hopped on pandemic-era workplace trends, adding products for small businesses to apply for government loans and for employees to access their wages between paychecks. GustoGusto has ruthlessly prioritized areas like payroll and tax-filing that small businesses need to run.
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