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The New Benefit Plan-Carter Cleaning Company
The New Benefit Plan-Carter Cleaning Company
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The New Benefit Plan-Carter Cleaning Company
As is Carter’s Cleaning Company lacks a consistent and well-defined policy for vacations, sick leave, and paid days off. Implementing the following policy statement plan would benefit not only the employees but also the company itself. Regarding annual leave, employees that have continuously served the company for more than eight years should be entitled to 24 leave days per year with the exception of public holidays. The employees with 2-5 years of service should be granted 18 mandatory leave days. It should also be made a policy that earned leaved days can be passed across years to a maximum of 60 working days at any one time. Regarding medical leave, any employee is eligible for paid sick leave following an examination and upon a doctor’s recommendation. Employees should also be entitled to fourteen days of medical leave each year they are not hospitalized or suffering from prolonged illness, occupational disease, or an injury due to their employment (Yıldırım, & Aydemir-Karadag, 2021). Additionally, all female employees will be eligible for 180-day maternity leave, during which they will be entitled to their basic salary, medical allowance, and house rent. Absence due to miscarriage and related pregnancy illness will not count as maternity leave. Male employees, too, will be entitled to a 14-day maternity leave during which they will be paid.
There are numerous advantages and disadvantages of providing employees with health hospitalization and life insurance programs. For any company, whether big or small, insurance and health benefits are crucial for the remuneration packages. As a matter of fact, employees tend to be drawn toward employers that offer health benefits. Therefore, it makes sense for any business owner to include health benefits as they attract and retain high-performing employees. Another advantage of offering health and insurance to employees is that it gives employees better group purchasing power. Although the employer can choose not to contribute to the employee’s insurance, it allows them to obtain pocket-friendly rates for the entire groups. Moreover, it gives the company a tax advantage. An employer can give employees something that raises their compensation package while at the same time allowing tax deductions. On the downside, health insurance programs have been rising significantly in recent years. The costs can be draining for the company as the costs can drain the valuable resources of even small employers. This uncertainty makes it difficult for the company to undertake financial planning. Another disadvantage is the administrative hassles that go into the programs. Although the selected insurance company acts as the plan administrator, it is still upon the employer to fill out to remit premiums, fill out form and act as a point of intermediary between the insurer and the employee. All these tasks tend to be time-consuming.
Undoubtedly, I would advise Carter Company to consider establishing a daycare center for all employees as only good would come from it. Daycare services are rather relevant to the company and would go a long way in attracting high-achieving employees. This idea would be viable, especially because many employees with children tend to struggle with daycare, which is expensive for them. Incorporating a daycare aspect at the workplace would create a conducive environment for employees to deliver results because their minds are at ease (Park, Song, & Kim, 2020). The daycare center should, of course, be positioned separately from the offices but at the same time close enough for employees to check on their young ones. When employees do not have to worry about their children’s well-being, they tend to be well settled and productive, which positively impacts the company as a whole.
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Park, N. S., Song, S. M., & Kim, J. E. (2020). The mediating effect of childcare teachers’ resilience on the relationship between social support in the workplace and their self-care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8513. https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fijerph17228513Yıldırım, G., & Aydemir-Karadag, A. (2021). Designing an annual leave scheduling policy: Case of a financial center. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/jimo.2021097
The Nest
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The Nest
Renowned playwright Theresa Rebeck once again did an outstanding job in her latest play ‘The Nest’ shown at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The cast of the play was aptly chosen, and they embodied their characters perfectly. The props for the play also give the audience an authentic feel, starting from the intricately designed bar that is the centre of the action in the play. The cast also dressed appropriately for their parts when they get to ‘The Nest’ after a day at work, ready to exchange opinions on a wide variety of topics. Rebeck managed to tackle many important issues in society without making the play sound like a debate. I would rate ‘The Nest’ as one of the best playas I have watched in a long time.
The first thing that captured my attention was the revolving stage that helped the audience see the play from all angles. I had never seen such a stage, and for many members of the audience, it was also quite captivating. The bar itself was also quite a piece of work. It was intricately designed, and it was clear that a lot of time and work went into it. This was as it should be because it was the focal point of the story. Nick wanted to sell the bar and the mirror behind the bar, which is what caught the attention of the appraiser in the first place. The liquor bottles also add authenticity to the bar; it shows that the customers come to ‘The Nest’ for a drink and also conversations. The customers of the bar have been regulars for a long time; hence, they knew each other very well.
The cast of the play was terrific to say in the very least. Barry, Margo and Patrick were the most frequent customers of the bar for years. Played by Brian Coats, Carly Street and Brian Dykstra respectively, the characters keep the audience entertained. For me, Coats was the most entertaining actor of all, mainly due to his relatable humour. He gave the aura that he has seen it all and therefore he is qualified to air his thoughts and opinions to all the bar-goers such as the couple on their first date. Business at ‘The Nest’ was fast-waning with people preferring other hip and more advertised bars, but the few cast members stayed loyal to the bar and got together to discuss different topics in life.
The female characters in the play also gave me many points to reflect on. For example, Lila kept explaining that ‘The Nest’ was her property because it had been in her family for years, yet her husband was trying to sell it. Other topics discussed by the women include men’s anger and their lack of affection, the glass ceiling set for women in their careers, the tendency of men to pander to women’s beauty and also the way men lectured women. Given that the playwright is a woman, the play gave her the chance to give the female perspective on such issues. For female members of the audience, many of them could be able to relate to the topics, or at least understand where the women were coming from.
In conclusion, ‘The Nest’ is one of my favourite plays of all time. What might have been disconcerting for me was the adult content, but the play is only limited to adult audiences. Rebeck managed to execute a well thought-out script and keep audiences wholly engrossed from the first to the last. The cast took to their roles almost effortlessly and watching the play felt like a real-life event rather than a theatrical production.
the neolithic revolution.
Agriculture, which dates back 12,000 years, has resulted in such a societal shift that it has been called the “neolithic revolution.” Since their creation, traditional hunters and human lives have been followed, choosing permanent dwellings and stable food sources. Cities and cultures have sprung up as a result of agriculture. The world’s population has grown from about five million citizens 10,000 years ago to more than seven billion today, as crops and livestock continue to be developed to satisfy demand.
There was no one catalyst or combination of causes that prompted people to begin farming in various parts of the world. Climate change, for example, was thought to have introduced seasonal conditions in the Near East towards the close of the last ice age, favoring annual crops such as wild cereals. Another cause, such as the spread of bacterial strains on natural food supplies in East Asia, may have compelled citizens to look for homegrown alternatives. Planting has sown fresh seeds, regardless of the reasons for their distinct origin.
Religion has played an essential role in the history of humans in many civilizations. There are many reasons why religions have played such a prominent position in forming a society’s identity; possibly the most remarkable reason is that belief in a divine or theological being adds meaning and significance to certain earthly people. This trend has been especially evident among persecuted groups. People who have been victimized have a deep desire to uphold their religious beliefs because their faith provides them with hope and a reason to survive amid horrible oppression. This is evident in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. Both three of these cultures have faced different modes of tyranny at some point in their histories, and some historians have cited the Party’s religious solid belief as one of the primary reasons for its survival.
Constructivism is a subfield of epistemology, which is concerned with how we learn knowledge. The fundamental theory of constructivist philosophy is that scientific significance, particularly in human contexts such as families, is traditionally unknowable. This philosophy is shared by social constructivism, which contends that we understand absolute, trustworthy, and natural objects. Our minds are socially modeled on human concepts by societies and language patterns. When we accept “fact” or “facts,” we are urged to consider whether our theories correspond to the way things were, that is, the Connection between our internal and external environments, and whether and how they reflect a specific privileged cultural internalization or externality.
Faith as a social framework critics contends that modern religious categories are based on ideas that arose in European history. In its initial Christian context, religion is used to identify a distinct feature of new societies (Asad, 1993: 37-43). Belief creates what it is supposed to describe. Linguists, theologians, missionary societies, imperial authorities, and nascent social sciences were among the early practitioners of comparative religion, which arose from philology. Theological conclusions would not be excluded from the concept if the definition shifted from religious distinction to a more secularized definition (Niebuhr). As a result, an ostensibly neutral party continues to apply principles from its Christian past in an informal manner. This relentless Christian determination towards religion is perhaps most visible in the continued emphasis on confidence as the central trait of religion.
Cushman wrote his book “The Cry of Stone” at one stage (the title refers to Luke 19:40, where he says that even though all individuals were mute, the stones would be witnesses to him). He went on to work for the good of the Plymouth Colony for many years until his death, perhaps from sickness, in 1625 CE (Cushman 78-165). Thomas Cushman (11608-1691 CE) married one of the Mayflower passengers’ daughters and rose to prominence in the colony. Mourt’s Connection became an English best-seller, inspiring other colonists to establish their territories. In contrast, Cushman’s patent for Plymouth Colony and the agreement he signed with the colonists guaranteed their longevity by regular supply ships. On the other hand, Cushman is often forgotten since he was not on the Mayflower in 1620 CE for its landmark crossing, but the famous voyage – and all that followed – would not have happened if it hadn’t been for him.
Work cited
Cushman, Philip. “Why the self is empty: Toward a historically situated psychology.” American psychologist 45.5 (1990): 599.
Niebuhr, Reinhold. Does civilization need religion?: a study in the social resources and limitations of religion in modern life. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010.
