Productivity gains achieved during the pandemic have diminished as low-wage workers return en masse.
Tag: Productivity
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How Covid Did Away With the Sick Day
Some workers have no choice but to clock in. Others find the flexibility of remote work leads them to log in from their sick beds.
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Britain Tests a 4-Day Workweek
A six-month program involving thousands of workers across 70 companies in Britain will be the latest effort to assess the effects of a shorter workweek.
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Why Isn’t New Technology Making Us More Productive?
Innovations like cloud computing and artificial intelligence are hailed as engines of a coming productivity revival. But a broad payoff across the economy has been elusive.
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Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking.
To some, the pursuit of workplace happiness — and its price, like an $18,000 “happiness M.B.A.” for managers — can seem like a corporate attempt to turn feelings into productivity.