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The thing
Stall active
At Coboom, dropping out is part of the pay. The impact management consulting firm has allowed two hours of paid physical activity per week to its fifteen employees since the pandemic. “Already, since 2016, we have a mandatory yoga hour on Mondays at 8:30 a.m., says co-partner Catherine Dubé. We want people to take care of themselves. We made the activity mandatory, otherwise the only participants would be those who are already training. However, the second hour of activity added along the way is optional. Half of the employees take advantage of it. “We realized that people were working more hours working from home. We therefore proposed an hour of active pick-up during working time. It could be going for a walk with your dog. These active hours allowed Coboom to put absenteeism for mental health reasons on the back burner. “We haven’t had any sick leave since 2016,” says Catherine Dubé. To encourage employees to stay active, she suggests that management constantly remind them of the physical activities in place, change the themes from time to time and get involved in motivating everyone.
Gesture
Elastic flexibility at Airbnb
PHOTO PROVIDED BY AIRBNB
Airbnb Head Office in San Francisco
Where are the Airbnb offices? They are now everywhere. The temporary accommodation company is redefining the definition of work flexibility by allowing its 6,000 employees worldwide to work from anywhere, both full-time from home and up to 90 days in another country. This new policy is in line with what Airbnb has been advocating more broadly for a year for its customers, namely teleworking anywhere in the world. In such cases, housing allowances will be adjusted to the cost of living, starting in June. “Limiting our talent pool to X distance from our offices would put us at a huge disadvantage,” says CEO Brian Chesky. The best candidates live everywhere, are not concentrated in one place. By recruiting from different communities, we will become a more diverse company. »
Source : HRReporter
The quote
PHOTO ANDREW KELLY, REUTERS
Lizzo at the 2022 Met Gala
We have spent the last two and a half years protecting ourselves and those around us, but also being very disconnected from each other. Good now to see how reconnected we are. Thanks for coming back.
The American singer Lizzo, recently invited by Google, in California, to sing in order to attract employees to the office, at a time when some are reluctant to relaunch themselves in traffic to get to work. Several employees criticized the presence of the interpreter of Good As Hell for such performance.
Source : Tea New York Times
The number
40%
It is the proportion of employees out of the 270,000 employees of the JPMorgan Chase bank who will opt for hybrid work. After announcing a tougher back-to-office policy, the institution reversed its decision to let people work up to three days from home, if they so choose. “Back-to-office policies are changing in real time,” notes Melissa Swift, chief transformation officer at consulting firm Mercer. Much has been said about the importance of coming together to collaborate. It’s changing right before our eyes. Now, only employees who handle screwdrivers will have to be in the office! »
Source : The Financial Post
The law
Menstrual leave
Spain is in the process of passing a law allowing employees suffering from severe pain during their period to take three to five days of government-paid leave each month. This permission is part of a larger bill affecting various aspects of women’s health, such as fertility problems or abortion. “We are making progress, while it is not normal to work in suffering and to be silent about the problems and evils surrounding menstruation”, said the Minister for Equality, Irene Montero. Some politicians and unions have argued that such a decision could stigmatize and set back women in employment.
Source: Euronews
The idea
The free bus
The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) is offering to reimburse its employees for their trips to the office by public transport, reports The duty. This measure applies two days a week, i.e. the days of presence requested at the office. The measure applies to 650 employees. The expenditure estimated by the SAAQ will be $350,000 in 2022. “It is really the kind of measures that we will have to study and spread more, according to Fanny Tremblay-Racicot, professor at the National School of Public Administration ( ENAP), quoted by the daily. First, to remedy the crisis in operating costs for Quebec transit companies, and then to relieve the ridership crisis they are experiencing. »
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