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Do your employees want more flexibility? Do not panic!

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 RHéveil-matin is a daily column where managers and their employees are presented with inspiring solutions to get their day off to a good start. While sipping your favorite beverage, discover new tips to make your 9@5 productive and stimulating., RÉVEIL-MATIN.  If flexibility seems to be the panacea for many of the ills that have afflicted workers since the start of the pandemic, it can also generate its share of challenges for its boss, assures Margaret M. Luciano, professor of management at the Smeal business school. from the Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Convinced that one person's need for freedom is not completely irreconcilable with the other's organizational imperatives, she identified four key elements that should appeal to both parties to successfully adopt a context. less rigid job. Block collaborative moments in the schedule We often think of collaboration breakdowns when the question of atypical schedules is raised. In environments where coope...

A Spaniard fights against online banking and calls for human help!

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The initiative of 78-year-old retired doctor Carlos San Juan has resonated nationally.  The resident of Valencia, in southeastern Spain, traveled to Madrid on Tuesday to deliver the petition to Secretary of State for the Treasury, Carlos Cuerpo, at the Ministry of Economy. His petition is supported by Spaniards across the country, as Spanish banks accelerate their transition to digital.  When his campaign started picking up steam last month, Dr. San Juan got a phone call from the governor of the Bank of Spain.  The government has also publicly called on the banks to ensure that the needs of seniors are met. Spain's Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transition, Nadia Calviño, stood alongside Dr. San Juan to promise "effective measures" by the end of the month in response to the issue. Referring to the approximately ten million Spanish pensioners, Doctor San Juan told the Ministry of the Economy that he was motivated by “the despair of many, many people who feel exc...