Groupon launching appointment scheduling tool
Groupon is launching an online scheduling tool so small businesses can let customers book appointments more easily.
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Sports leagues can fight climate change with lockdown-era schedules, research shows
The past two North American pro-sports seasons have been exceptional in many ways: Fewer games played, more regional travel and more same-city "baseball-style" series with consecutive matchups between the same home and visiting ...
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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Part-time working mothers with flexible schedules end up doing more work without pay
Part-time working mothers who have the ability to control their own schedule often end up working an increased amount of unpaid overtime, new research from the University of Kent has found.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2019
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Q&A: Year-round school—difference-maker or waste of time?
Contrary to how it sounds, "year-round" school usually doesn't mean students going to school throughout the year—or for more days than other students. Often it just means switching up the calendar so that there's not such ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2023
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Stable scheduling increases sales and employee productivity, study finds
A new study co-authored by a UChicago scholar demonstrates that giving sales associates more stable schedules leads to increased sales and labor productivity.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2018
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Robust approach for minimizing costs in power-distribution networks
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new method for scheduling the activation and deactivation of power generators that minimizes costs and ensures reliability while addressing the issues prevalent ...
Engineering
Feb 11, 2019
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New research shows unpredictable work schedules impact restaurant revenue
Short notice versus no advance notice makes a huge difference when it comes to employee scheduling in the restaurant industry. New research in the INFORMS journal Management Science finds checks for parties handled by servers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 25, 2021
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US air controllers still challenged for sleep
(AP)—U.S. air traffic controllers are still working schedules that make it likely they will get little or no sleep before overnight shifts, more than three years after a series of incidents involving controllers sleeping ...
Other
Jun 13, 2014
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Variable schedules harm workers and businesses
Variable work schedules—which employers increasingly use to maximize profits amid unpredictable market conditions—can actually undermine organizational performance, especially in crisis periods such as the pandemic, according ...
Economics & Business
Apr 18, 2022
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How scheduling takes the fun out of free time
Life moves fast, and finding enough hours in the day to get everything done is, at times, a seemingly impossible task. Scheduling, whether keeping a calendar, a to-do list or setting a smartphone reminder, is a saving grace ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2016
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