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Productivity is all the rage right now, but should we take it with a grain of salt? Can one force productivity, or find the right app to create a life that is more productive? As we enter into the holiday season, it’s time to consider how to maintain your level of focus and productive.

Q3 is always a busy time for HR. With performance reviews and open enrollment, HR people are shuffling from one activity to another. This week, we’ve got tips on how to manage performance reviews and open enrollment as well as a piece for a bit of encouragement. EREmedia.com:

It’s Nov. 2, and the courts and legislature has been busy. This week, numerous articles have been released relating to employment, from analyses of New York’s new Ban the Box laws to new iterations on joint employment. Additionally, the 2016 employment trends reports are beginning to trickle in.

Last week, Buffer admitted they’d lost half their social referral traffic in the past 12 months. One of the reasons they postulated was because of content overload—there’s simply too much for them to read. So, today a law firm published a list of top HR blogs, and we thought we’d add a bit to it.

Performance reviews: everyone dreads them, and most of us try to sandwich the annual review somewhere between the start of the school year and the holidays. So, if you have a spate of reviews coming up, you’re not alone.

TLNT: Court Finds It Only Takes One Incident To Have A Hostile Work Environment … How can you control every employee and make a safe working environment if this is so? It’s not possible, and in this case, the courts recognize the impossible.

Intrapreneur: it’s the new thing that everyone want to be when they grow up. Less frightening that an entrepreneur, and yet more empowered than a line employee; for many, it’s the best of both worlds. But, how do you hire and nurture these intraprenuers? Entrepreneur:

Labor Day was a week ago, and summer vacation season is drawing to a close. But, did you take your vacation time? If not, there are good reasons to schedule a ski trip. While a select few companies can offer limited vacations, the truth is, almost half of Americans will leave vacation on the table.

This week, President Obama added another executive order to influence employers—this one states that all federal contract employees will have mandatory paid sick leave. This is the latest in a series of executive orders to change the labor market.

This week, like so many before it, has been a busy one for employers. President Obama drafted a bill to create required sick leave for federal contractors, but the bill is unlikely to have any immediate effects. On the other hand, the repercussions of the EEOC vs.