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From the LA Times: 

How to boost mental health at your workplace

Rose Wong For The Times 

By Rachel Schnalzer

The stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic have led many employees to look to their managers for support — with mixed results. Ultimately, though, the pandemic may result in more awareness of the importance of mental health care.

PASADENA POLICE - COMMUNITY BRIEF March 2021

From the New York Times: The Biden administration proposed a significant expansion of federal spending Friday, asking Congress to bolster funding by 16% for domestic programs including education, health research and fighting climate change as it tries to harness the government’s power to reverse what officials called a decade of underinvestment in the nation’s most pressing issues.

Connection Breakfast Thursday, April 8th at 8am. (Sorry, because of the calendar, the lunch and breakfast are on back-to-back days. Hope to see you at both.)

John Burt of Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching sponsors April's breakfast.

Network, promote your business, meet new people, make new connections, build our contact list-all from the safety of your own home or office (or wherever you may be) via ZOOM. 

Pasadena has qualified to advance to the less-restrictive orange tier of the state’s COVID-19 business-reopening blueprint, but will not ease restrictions until Monday. Qualifying for the orange tier requires L.A.

What COVID-19 safety measures do employers need to have in place before bringing employees back to the worksite from remote work?

Employers who are bringing their employees back to the workplace have several steps and considerations to make.

Written Prevention Program

More Retirements Bode Ill for Growth By Amara Omeokwe

The proportion of older workers participating in the labor force is hovering at its worst level since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, raising the prospect that many of these Americans may have permanently left the workforce, potentially impairing future economic growth.

New Grants: Now in its fourth round, KKR Small Business Builders is here to support entrepreneurs and their small businesses around the world. 

From Joanna Stern and the Wall Street Journal:

Once upon a time, there was a tech columnist who bought a $150 printer with a model number so long it’s now her bank password.

The two lived as happily as a printer and a human could. She pulled jammed paper from its rollers, came to understand its sporadic grunts and fed it $40 color cartridges—even though she only printed black-and-white labels.