Small business sabbaticals instead of layoffs.
How small businesses can consider offering sabbaticals to employees as an alternative to layoffs during a slow economy. Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano explain to Jim Blasingame how this works.
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How creative do employers have to get to acquire and keep good talent? The mother and daughter team of Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano join Jim Blasingame to talk about the concept of allowing employees to go on sabbaticals for up to four weeks, as a way of motivating them to value their employment.
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Barbara joins Jim to talk about the courage it takes to first open a business and then to work every day to keep it going.
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