Weekly Reports July 2016

July 29, 2016

Weekly Report 16-30

  • “GLOBAL WARMING APPEARS TO HAVE GONE INTO OVERDRIVE, with the northern hemisphere growing 2 degrees Centigrade (3.6 Fahrenheit) which has long been held as the point above which climate change may be ‘dangerous’ to humanity… It took from the dawn... Continue
  • July 29, 2016

    Weekly Report 16-31

  • A CULTURE OF CHRONIC OVERWORK IS CREATING ANXIETIES ABOUT ‘BURNOUT’ – exhaustion stemming not just from workload, but also from “electronic communication & social media which have come to dominate our daily lives, in a transformation that is unprecedented… where... Continue
  • July 15, 2016

    Weekly Report 16-29

  • FRUSTRATED CALLING FOR TECH SUPPORT? A NY Times survey found 75% of Customer Service managers admitting that “company procedures actually prevent satisfactory service… limiting the time agents can be on the phone, leading to endless rounds of transfers and being... Continue
  • July 8, 2016

    Weekly Report 16-28

  • DCG MEDIATION SERVICES WILL EVIDENTLY SOME DAY BE ‘COMPETING’ WITH ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The U.S. trails other countries in implementation of broad services, but it’s coming. eBay buyers & sellers already settle 60 million claims globally every year; Canada &... Continue
  • July 7, 2016

    Weekly Report 16-27

  • LOS ANGELES EMPLOYER SURPRISE: A new Ordinance (passed June 2 and effective July 1, 2016) now provides employees who work at least two hours weekly to accrue up to 48 hours paid sick leave per year – for personal illness... Continue