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How Thomas Jefferson came to invent the swivel chair

Workplace Insight

As part of the Committee of Five men and at the tender age of 33, he had been charged with drafting the Declaration of Independence that was to be presented to Congress the following Summer. By all accounts, Jefferson was a self-contained and self-sufficient man and, like many great people, a mass of contradictions.

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Workers’ Comp Insurers Continue Cutting Their Rates

InterWest Insurance Services

Competition has been fierce in the workers’ compensation insurance market and rates charged to employers have been falling since 2005, although there was a slight uptick in 2013 and 2014, followed by further declines.

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THE LGBT+ COMMUNITY IN THE WORKPLACE: BE AN ALLY

Employee Benefits

February has been LGBT+ History Month here in the UK since 2005. The initiative strives to educate schools and businesses by providing free resources to help organisations celebrate and usualise LGBT+ lives in their full diversity.

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Office refurbishments rise to all time high in London

Workplace Insight

According to the latest London Office Crane Survey from Deloitte, London has seen the highest volume of new office refurbishments since records began in 2005, with 37 new schemes covering 3.2 This is the highest number and volume of refurbishment starts since Deloitte began tracking them across the seven central submarkets in 2005.

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The job ad that was too much of a ‘hit’; IT workers refuse to implement staff monitoring

TLNT

” The site was originally created in 2005, to advertise a cyber security company that never took off. In response to the question “Why I want this job,” he said: “I’m looking for a job, that pays well, related to my military experience (shooting and killing the marked target), so I can support my kid on the way.

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DWP publishes updated occupational pension schemes regulations

Employee Benefits

The consultation, which was launched in July 2022, sought views on the draft Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2023, as well as comments on proposals to amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Funding) Regulations 2005 and the new requirement for DB schemes to appoint a chair.

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Flexible working means large firms plan to work with less but better office space

Workplace Insight

Recently, the London Office Crane Survey from Deloitte, claimed that London has seen the highest volume of new office refurbishments since records began in 2005, with 37 new schemes covering 3.2 “Change in the occupier market is a 3-6 year play, not a 3-6 month play.” million sq.