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Time magazine recently reported about the buy new creative suite 5 four day work week, explaining that Brevard College in Florida went to buy new creative suite 5 a four day week for summer session and saved $268,000. In addition, sick leave dropped by 50%, and turnover among the staff decreased by 44%. Here at Creative Business Resources, an buy new creative suite 5 HR outsourcing firm we deal with lots of different clients and buy new creative suite 5 business owners on a daily basis. We have had to alter our processes such as dates of payroll because one of our own personal clients here in Arizona has buy new creative suite 5 converted to the four day work week in direct response to buy new creative suite 5 higher gas prices. If you are a business owner and you buy new creative suite 5 want to boost the morale of your employees you could implement this buy new creative suite 5 new trend. In addition, stay tuned for our newsletters in July and buy new creative suite 5 August that gives more tips on how businesses can survive and buy new creative suite 5 prosper in this economic downturn.

Posted July 9th, 2008 by Jessica Spinks - Posted in Human Resources, Productivity | |

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