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These links take you to the most recent, complete articles at Heigh Ho:

• 4-Day Workweeks: The Truth Behind That Deluge of Studies
  Should the bandwagon slow its roll?
• Teenage Workland
  Taking stock of teenage worker wellbeing (in words, numbers, and music)
• 5 Big Announcements (with 1 freebie). And how to win a $15 gift card.
  Get extra value from Heigh Ho with new features. Plus, a behind-the-scenes look at what's next.
• Faking a Smile Can Lift Your Mood… Or Burn You Out
  Here's what happens when you're instructed to look happy
• Hardscrabble Jobs: Character Builders or Mental Health Risk Factors?
  A mistreated newsboy becomes a titan of industry
• Here's What I Learned Working at a Warehouse
  Warning: I open up about drugs, firearms, misogyny, rodents, crime, shame, homelessness, and sweaty straphangers.
• The 7 Dwarfs: Engaged Team Players or Marginalized "Others"?
  What looks like a degrading portrayal of outcasts has also been framed as an homage to American labor
• Snow White-washing Child Labor, Then and Now
  Is Snow White's truth stranger than fiction? As 5 million kids toil in mines globally and battle lines are drawn for and against US child labor, now's […]
• Resource: Little Snow-White
  The original-ish fairy tale published by The Brothers Grimm
• Here's How Music Affects Work and Workers
  6 all-important study findings, plus 4 tips for your playlist
• Barely Grasping Bare Minimum Monday
  Work is important to our identity, social network, and wellbeing. But at some point, it drains us.
• Expectations of Working Life
  The influence of pop culture — including media targeted to the kiddos — shouldn’t be underestimated. Decoding it helps explain how and why we show up at […]
• Work, Workplaces, and Worker Wellbeing… thru the Lens of Snow White
  Let's animate our understanding of our own jobs and work life, and use the classic film for a fun ride through topics like job crafting, DEI, emotional […]
• Welcome to Heigh Ho
  Check out the newsletter that explores work, workers, and worker wellbeing based on both evidence and audacity.
• Here's the Clause That Led NLRB to Ban Severance Non-Disclosure Provisions
  Don't make workers choose between benefits and exercising their rights, Board rules
• Presenteeism in the Eyes of CEOs
  In this beta edition of "Heigh Ho," Bob Merberg asks whether presenteeism is whitewashed for CEOs. Speaking of CEOs, they attest profits are not the only purpose […]
• Are Employee Experience Managers Really In Demand?
  A Hot Job or Just Blowing Smoke?
• Layoff Notices: What They Say and What They Really Mean
  Real quotes from layoff notices tech CEOs sent to their employees… along with translations to what they may really mean.
• Fitness Trends Survey Gives Short Shrift to Mental Health
  American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recently announced the Top 10 fitness trends for 2023, based on its international survey of fitness professionals, who were asked to […]
• Why Not Assess EAPs like We Assess Online Therapy?
  Is our problem "The Failed Promise of Online Mental Health Treatment" or the failed promise of mental health treatment in general?