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The Decline In Willingness To Work During The Pandemic

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The supply shortages in the labor market during the Covid pandemic have been well documented, but most of the narrative has been around people either leaving the labor market entirely or moving to new jobs. Indeed, this decline in the desired working hours has contributed far more than the fall in the labor force participation rate.

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How Electronic Voting Changes Shareholder Behavior

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But in the stock market, people value it differently based on what they think the company will do with the money. And this positive view links to the cash the company holds being valued more in the market. The researchers looked at data from 12,207 Korean firms over the years 2015 to 2021.

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Better Management Will Help Drive Productivity Improvements

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After analyzing data over nearly a decade, the correlation between effective managerial practices and a company’s overall productivity, profitability, stock market value, and longevity has been firmly established. As of October 31st, 2021, a mere 810 firms had enrolled, a long way off from the goal of 30,000 participants.

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New Project Aims To Provide Guaranteed Work For The Long-Term Unemployed

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Nonetheless, they remain central to the ideas of many for how we can build a degree of buffer in these most turbulent of times to help people adapt to changes in the labor market. It will see all of those who have been unemployed for at least a year invited to participate, after which they will go on a two-month preparatory course.

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Covid Saw A Boost In Online Learning Among Women

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While labor market participation among women had been steadily rising in the decades leading up to the pandemic, it fell dramatically during it, with participation rates in America falling to levels last seen in 1987. Indeed, whereas women made up 47% of learners in 2019, this had jumped to 52% by 2021.

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Working From Home Isn’t As Accessible As We Think

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The researchers believe that similar disparities existed in the United States, where commuting data suggests that around 17% of the workforce worked remotely during 2021, which, while significant, is some way below the estimates of around 40% that commonly appeared in public debates on the topic.

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Learning & Development’s Role in Operational Efficiencies in 2022

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2021 was expected to ease things a bit, but the resurgence of variants of the virus put paid to any plans of return to normalcy. In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world.