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This is how America’s childcare crisis is killing careers

Work Life

Between them, they earned too much to qualify for government help. The dilemma is common in the United States, where high-quality childcare programs are prohibitively expensive, government assistance is limited, and daycare openings are sometimes hard to find at all. But, she says, she felt like she had no choice.

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Can AI improve one of the most expensive (and boring) parts of work?

Work Life

She was the insurance biller, or she ran the payroll, and I observed her calculating the payroll taxes by hand,” he says. And the government wins when it doesn’t need to chase down employers for violating such regulations. But with AI, he believes businesses can more efficiently and accurately complete necessary compliance tasks.

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This crucial step is the precursor to success. Here’s how to leverage it

Work Life

Sir James Dyson made 5,126 prototypes of his bagless vacuum cleaner, only to be rejected by every manufacturer in the U.K. It was acquired when I discovered my mother had homeowner’s insurance. Jack Ma was rejected by Harvard 10 times. Grit is great. Perseverance is a virtue. payroll taxes).

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An Admin’s Cheat Sheet to Business Terminology

All Things Admin Blog

I supported three actuaries who were developing annuity and insurance products for banks. Thankfully, the company I worked for provided an employee training certification course that introduced all of the principles of insurance, and made sure we could all speak and understand the language. It was truly like learning another language.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

When I read it in 2015, I was working both a full-time government job and launching a side business that would eventually eat up 80 hours of my week. Not working with a manufacturer halfway around the globe to prototype and build brand new products. Titles can be misleading. No warehouse or dropshipping fees.

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How the DIY economy hurts women

Work Life

In the process, they’ve left forty million Americans struggling to keep a roof over their heads , thirty-four million without sufficient food to eat , and thirty million without health insurance. They offered health insurance and pensions for workers when they retired. Policymakers have kept the federal minimum wage stalled at $7.25

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Nine Actions to Mitigate Specialty Drug Costs

Inside Workplace Wellness

V-BID V alue-Based Insurance Design (V-BID) is about shifting the conversation from how much to how well. Here's how the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design describes applying V-BID to specialty medication. The arrangement would have been the first agreement with a manufacturer for outcomes-based pricing.