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Australian women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age

Australia’s gender pay gap has been shrinking year by year, but is still over 20% among Australia’s private companies, a new national report card shows.This post was originally published on this site

‘Will you buy fewer plastic bottles?’ A simple question can change our behavior

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The bottled water market has seen explosive growth—up 73% over the last decade—making it one of the fastest-growing industries globally. However, this growth comes at a significant environmental cost. Plastic waste, greenhouse gas emissions from […]

Study reveals how caregiving for loved ones shapes lives of Cleveland’s chronically homeless

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Shortly after Jerome’s mother died of cancer, he experienced what he described as a “mental breakdown” and, before too long, found himself without a home. Taking care of his mother had drained him—both emotionally and […]

Parents lie to children all the time—but they should think twice about it

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Parents frequently lie to their children. “No, you can’t have any chocolate—it’s all gone,” when there’s a jumbo bar of Dairy Milk in the cupboard. “No, you can’t have my phone to watch YouTube—the battery’s […]

Why people would rather clean the toilet than check their bank balance—and the spending problems this leads to

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“One in three people would rather deep clean their bathroom—deep clean with rubber gloves and everything—rather than check their savings,” according to AJ Coyne, chief marketing officer at online bank Monzo. While this might sound […]

Idea thieves tend to target early concepts, experiments find

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People who steal ideas from creative workers prefer to do so in earlier conceptual stages than creators expect, according to new Cornell research.This post was originally published on this site

When picking schools, don’t get stuck on single-sex vs. co-ed—ask whether all students supported and included

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If parents have a choice, the decision about where to send a child to school and what will be best for them can be a really difficult one.This post was originally published on this site

I’ve studied organizational failure for decades—the Church of England needs more than a new leader

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In a book I wrote with a colleague on organizational failures (The Apology Impulse) the inability of many of them to confront their failures, except to say a meaningless “we’re sorry,” is legend.This post was […]

Employment outcomes study finds women veterans weathered pandemic lockdowns better than men

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The U.S. economy took a severe hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered lockdowns that cost many workers their jobs beginning in March 2020.This post was originally published on this site

Majority of clothes being donated are exported or discarded: Study calls for city fashion waste shakeup

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With most donated clothes exported or thrown away, experts are calling for a shakeup of how we deal with the growing fashion waste issue. A first of its kind study, published in Nature Cities, analyzed […]