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From: Fast Company Compass - Tuesday May 31, 2022 01:55 pm
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In recent years, we’ve seen employers make major strides in expanding second-chance hiring: giving job opportunities to people who have been incarcerated. But to Matthew McCarthy, CEO of Ben & Jerry’s, and Celia Ouellette, founder and CEO of Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, offering a second chance isn’t enough. Companies also need to be providing real first chances to those likely to end up in prison or jail, which could prevent them from falling into the justice system in the first place, they write. That’s why they’re announcing Unlock Potential, a first-chance hiring employment program that will provide career opportunities to those most likely to end up incarcerated, particularly the millions of “disconnected youth” who are neither currently in school or employed. Read more about the program, and the impact it could make, here.
—Kristin Toussaint, @kristindakota
 
impact
Employers like Ben & Jerry’s must help create real first chances to prevent incarceration

Unlock Potential, a first chance hiring program built by the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice with help from Ben & Jerry’s, will give career opportunities to those most likely to end up incarcerated.
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tech
Why this startup is encouraging employees to microdose psychedelics at work

Employees at MUD\WTR are swapping out their morning coffee for mushrooms—including psychedelic ones.
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work life
Why more businesses are considering ending the 40-hour work week

With the shift in working arrangements during the pandemic, businesses are taking a closer look at their schedules.
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Climate change is blowing down houses. This could save them

Extreme windstorms are an increasingly destructive threat, but resilient design can help.
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coronavirus
Why do we have to wait so long for a COVID-fighting nasal spray?

A nasal-spray COVID-19 vaccine could prevent more infections of fast-spreading variants. Here’s why the science is taking so long.
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leadership
POV: Why we should retire traditional performance reviews

The evaluation method may no longer be the best way to review your team’s performance.
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branding
Why Jones Road is paying customers to post TikToks about its products

Some customers of Bobbi Brown’s makeup brand are receiving $1 for every 100 views of their TikTok videos about the products.
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impact
South Africa wants to give every resident free broadband. Can it pull that off?

Broadband has long symbolized South Africa’s alarming wealth gap, as 7.5 million low-income South Africans are paying 80 times more than others for internet.
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work life
How to make better and faster decisions when you are struggling to keep up

The ultimate goal is not perfection or being right all the time, but finding better ways of being wrong.
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tech
How to use Alexa as a $30 medical alert system

Making hands-free phone calls from a $30 Amazon Echo Dot is easier than you think. And if you’ve got again parents, it could really come in handy.
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NEWS
LGBTQ Americans are financially stressed: What you need to know
Ahead of Pride Month 2022, which starts tomorrow, June 1, the Motley Fool has released the results of a survey it conducted about the financial well-being of the LGBTQ+ community.
A full two-thirds of LGBTQ+ respondents said they have a high amount of financial stress, according to the survey. That includes 28% who say their average day financial stress is “very high.”
Nearly half (48%) of LGBTQ+ respondents also said they had experienced discrimination by those in the banking, financial services, or investing industries. That number jumps to 67% among those who identify as transgender.
The results are eye-opening, especially when you consider that people who identify as LGBTQ+ make up around 7% of the U.S. population and have a combined purchasing power of $1.4 trillion, according to The Pride Co-op.
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