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UK Government grants Crown Estate new investment powers to drive growth

Workplace Insight

The UK government has introduced a new bill to update the Crown Estate Act of 1961 which will grant the Crown Estate new investment powers. According to the government, these new powers enable the Crown Estate to invest up to 1.5 billion over the next 15 years in sectors such as clean energy, infrastructure, and digital technologies.

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Driving Sustainability Consciousness: The Role of AI and Technology

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The undeniable impact of technology on environmental, social and governance strategies. The post Driving Sustainability Consciousness: The Role of AI and Technology appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Designing A Better Future For The Workplace

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That means not just tracking the carbon footprint of a company’s real estate assets, but emissions across the entire supply chain. Already, companies that do significant work (more than $50 million) with the Federal Government must report and track this information. Design standards will become much more sustainable across the board.

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COVID-19 pandemic: How to prepare your business

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Provide sufficient soap and water, alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel, paper towels and other supplies as needed in the workplace to encourage hand hygiene. When meetings are essential, use technology as much as possible to provide virtual meeting spaces. government to coordinate U.S. Rely on official sources to keep informed.

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Business owner beware: FLSA compliance and personal liability

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In fact, when considering lawsuits about back wages, the federal government has the authority to deem a business owner an “employer” if certain criteria are present under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Except in rare instances, such as with government agencies, it’s probably best to avoid comp time altogether to be safe.

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Shortage of high-quality data threatens the AI ‘boom’

Workplace Insight

A number of fundamental issues, including a shortage of high-quality data with which to ‘train’ the technology is threatening the AI ‘boom’, according to a new white paper from the Open Data Institute. The paper Building a better future with data and AI is based on research carried out by the Institute in the first half of 2024.

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Economies need to cut carbon emissions by 7 percent annually to hit Paris target

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In the lead-up to the UN’s COP28 climate conference, the world’s largest CEO-led community committed to accelerating the net-zero transition is calling on businesses and governments to further slash global carbon emissions to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals. C, as agreed in Paris in 2015.

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