Linked – Why a 5-day workweek is a waste of time and money for big companies
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Linked – Why a 5-day workweek is a waste of time and money for big companies

I think the key word in this quote is uninterrupted. “Employees don’t need the five-day workweek, according to a Monday report from the Workforce Institute at Kronos and Future Workplace. Nearly half (45%) of full-time workers said it takes less than five hours a day to do their job if they work uninterrupted, while 72%…

Linked – The Dangers of Counsel Not Being Active Participant in the Discovery Process
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Linked – The Dangers of Counsel Not Being Active Participant in the Discovery Process

Short version- client gives lawyer photos of incident. Lawyer doesn’t pay attention to the metadata, produces them, signs off on the production. After some conflicting testimony during deposition, opposing party requests the native files and they all discover the photos were actually taken 2 years after the fact. This is a sad tale, but one…

Linked – Facebook Sued for Traumatizing Content Moderators With Graphic Images
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Linked – Facebook Sued for Traumatizing Content Moderators With Graphic Images

There is no question this is a difficult job. “A class action alleges that Facebook Inc. fails to provide a safe workplace for content moderators who suffer from psychological trauma relating to their jobs of weeding out graphic content depicting child abuse, suicide and other violent events.” The suit claims that Facebook didn’t take the normal steps…

Linked – Mental Health in the Workplace
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Linked – Mental Health in the Workplace

https://psychcentral.com/blog/tpcs-podcast-mental-health-in-the-workplace/ I have listened to this podcast a couple of times now, because I wanted to put my finger on something that has bothered me about it. During the podcast, Gabe Howard describes being let go from a job that he was very good at, because his coworkers saw him getting accommodations for his illness…

Linked – Australian Woman Steals 18 Bags From Airport Luggage Carousel
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Linked – Australian Woman Steals 18 Bags From Airport Luggage Carousel

Like the author, I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often too. Victorian (and Federal) Police have arrested a 51 year old woman who lives in Kings Park, which is a suburb quite close to Melbourne’s main airport in Tullamarine. Over the course of almost a year, this woman would simply regularly go to the airport,…

Linked – ACLU Says Facebook Enabled Companies to Target Job Ads to Male Users
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Linked – ACLU Says Facebook Enabled Companies to Target Job Ads to Male Users

Yeah, you really can’t do this: The ACLU alleged in its charges that Facebook earned revenue from job ads that were delivered selectively based on age and gender, adding that most of the employers’ ads targeted males in fields that are traditionally dominated by men, excluding women and older potential applicants. But, the question I…