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Why retail and consumer CEOs are facing shorter tenures

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When two of the most powerful brands in retail and packaged foods last month ousted their CEOs , it signaled corporate boards are more ready to toss top executives before activist investors tell them to act. Consumer packaged goods and retail chiefs to August 31 have held the top job for 7.7 The tenure for U.S. The tenure for U.S.

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Flexible working and its benefits are enjoyed most by highest paid workers

Workplace Insight

Low paid workers have the least flexible working, and the gap between the number of flexible workers on the lowest and highest salaries has increased in the last year, according to figures from the Flex for Life 2023 report from advocacy group Flexibility Works. Non-frontline roles are often office-based.

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How to Partner with a Rival for a Win-Win

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Blue Moon Fair Trade partners with three other fair-trade retailers to combine trans-Pacific shipments, saving all of them up to 40% in shipping and paperwork expenses. Look to the creation of a trade association or conference, or sponsoring an independent research report on your industry. Team up to attract the big guys. Cross-refer.

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Researchers submitted 83,000 fake job apps to see if the biggest U.S. companies discriminate. Here’s what they found

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Much of the discrimination was, however, concentrated in certain industries—namely auto and retail—and among a select group of companies. But there were a handful of exceptions: JPMorgan Chase and Honeywell were among the employers that favored male applicants the most, along with manufacturer Builders FirstSource and auto company LKQ. (On

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Is carbon counting really the answer for the office furniture industry?

Workplace Insight

As an example, a leading sports trainer manufacturer is now displaying carbon content labelling, rather like food retailers quote calories. Many manufacturers will state that materials contained within a particular product are 100% recyclable. This is probably true but how can these materials be segregated into waste streams?

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Mental health matters in the workplace

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, employees still report that they are not receiving the support they need. We gathered insights from people working in a range of sectors, including manufacturing and energy production, retail, business services, healthcare, and technology. and 2,000 global employees. In the U.S.

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Employers are upping benefits, but 91% of new mothers still struggle with returning to work

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A new report released today by Carrot captures the racial disparities that persist when it comes to maternal care. Feeling prepared for pregnancy In a survey of nearly 1,300 women—which included a fairly equal share of respondents who identified as white, Black, Hispanic, and Asian—only about half reported feeling ready for pregnancy.