Being laid off from a job is never a pleasant experience, but Sweden's 'transition system' promises to do far more than just get you back on your feet
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For the eleventh year in a row, Iceland is the country ranking first in the World Economic Forum's Geneva Equality List
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How I get by: A week in the life of a McDonald’s cashier
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On October 24, 1975 over ninety percent of Icelandic women refused to work – to show how much society depended on women's labor, from farms and factories to the home
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De-branding my body. The former sex slaves transforming their tattoos.
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In Finland, an intelligent office could change the way people think about working
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Asynchronous communication: The real reason remote workers are more productive
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A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it
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People who work from home earn $2,000 more a year
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'They actually stopped': Women buying sex to ensure safe experience
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Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy
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Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
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“Free time” has been corrupted into “recovery time”: spells of lethargy between periods of work that merely prepare us for the resumption of labor
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'A human need': Australian disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers
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Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable
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You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
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I was skeptical of unions. Then I joined one.
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Résumés are starting to look like Instagram—and sometimes even Tinder
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Finland is taking a radical new approach to flexible working
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Why Finland leads the world in flexible work – Nordic nation has embraced agile hours for decades
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How to answer tricky personal questions at a new job
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Busting the myths surrounding the four day workweek
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The 101 people, ideas and things changing how we work today
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‘I need a superman for me’: Homeless home care worker advocates for better working conditions, a living wage
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What the research says about a $15 minimum wage
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The new ways your boss is spying on you
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Undocumented, vulnerable, scared: The US women who pick your food for $3 an hour
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Road-tripping with the Amazon nomads - To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys
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At Vox Media, workers win a voice beyond wages
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The troubling business of bounty hunting
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It is your responsibility to follow up
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Can ‘pods’ bring quiet to the noisy open office?
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Why productivity isn't about time management - It's about attention management
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The Norwegian town of Sommarøy wants to abolish time
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Minimum wage still can’t pay for a two-bedroom apartment anywhere
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One day of paid work a week is all we need to get mental health benefits of employment
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The revenge of the poverty-stricken college professors is underway in Florida. And it's big.
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If PornHub wants to support a cause, start with sex worker rights
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The British sex workers fighting censorship
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Your professional decline is coming (much) sooner than you think
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'Wages. time. respect': Swiss women go on strike
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Forty online resources all women in tech careers should know about
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Workers with disabilities are making cents per hour — and it’s legal
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How to be great? Just be good, repeatably.
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has finalised its investigation into Uber and found its drivers to be independent contractors, not employees.
ABC news article: Uber drivers are not employees, Fair Work Ombudsman finds Fair Work Ombudsman's media release: Uber Australia investigation finalised
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A generation is learning how to strike: An interview with Isra Hirsi
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When you leave your old job on good terms, you want to ensure a smooth transition to make life easier for your replacement. This succession planning checklist can help you to hand over the reins.
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One Year Off, Every Seven Years: How about this for a demand? You work for six years and you get a whole paid year off to do whatever the hell you want.
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How Montreal freelancers are organizing
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California teachers pay for their own substitutes during extended sick leave
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