Diamond recommends Thanksgiving week, when the pace slows in many workplaces.

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As a specialist in integrating workplace design and culture as a competitive talent strategy, I spend a lot of time in many different workplaces.

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The paper is worth considering, given that in many U.S. workplaces, both bosses and employees rarely discuss pay or productivity relative to other workers.

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To close the gap, the report suggests that policy-makers work to subsidize Internet access in schools, libraries and workplaces since many minorities access the Internet outside their homes.

CNN: Report: Income, not ethnicity, determines access

Enterprise Minister Jim Mather told MSPs supported workplaces bolster the life of many in Scotland and people and businesses should buy more from Scotland's 24 supported employers.

BBC: Supported workplaces debate

People in many U.S. communities cannot walk even if they wanted to because workplaces are too far apart to permit walking, and too spread out to make public transportation--which often requires walking at least to and from bus or train stops--practical.

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Many of these Americans proudly work in factories, hospitals, public service and other workplaces across the country.

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Many European countries know this and are well ahead of us in creating the flexible workplaces of the 21st century, while ours remain so last-century.

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Although Mr Obama's support for strengthening the ability of unions to enter workplaces is arguably a worrying sign, the American economy is far more accommodating of flexibility in employment than many European countries.

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