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Cost of March Madness: This Year’s Tournament Will Cost Employers $17.3B, $1B More Than Last Year Published March 14, 2023 With news of layoffs soaring, American workers may feel disengaged and worried about their jobs. The upcoming March Madness tournament

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2022 Tournament Could Cost $16.3B Published March 16, 2022 Engaging Workers With March Madness Worth The $16.3 Billion Price Tag With employment and wages rebounding and companies’ ongoing difficulty hiring and retaining workers, March Madness could be the perfect tool

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2021 Challenger March Madness Report Published March 17, 2021 As millions of the nation’s workers battle very real burnout after a tumultuous and uncertain year, the first round of this year’s March Madness tournament starts tomorrow. Fewer Americans are working

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Challenger 2019 March Madness Report Published on March 14, 2019 It’s that time of year again! College hoops fans across the country are not only filling out their brackets, but also planning where they will watch the first round of

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Published on April 19, 2018 It was a year full of surprises and upsets. Congrats to this year's winners of the Challenger NCAA March Madness Pool! From left: John Wirkes, Don Cannon, and John Challenger! Read about why employers should

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Challenger March Madness Report 2018 PUBLISHED MarCH 8, 2018 Tournament could cost employers billions March Madness starts next week, which means basketball fans across the country are starting to think about their brackets. If you want morale to soar, you

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Published on: Mar 1, 2017 While President Trump has stated he will not fill out a bracket for this year’s NCAA tournament beginning March 14th, millions of workers across the country will likely spend company time researching teams and making their

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Challenger 2017 March Madness Report   Published March 1, 2017 While President Trump has stated he will not fill out a bracket for this year’s NCAA tournament beginning March 14th, millions of workers across the country will likely spend company

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2016 Challenger March Madness Report PUBLISHED March 8, 2016 TOURNAMENT COULD COST EMPLOYERS BILLIONS March Madness is just around the corner and employers across the nation are bracing for the inevitable drain on workplace productivity. While millions of preoccupied workers

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2015 Challenger March Madness Report Published March 11, 2015 The main action for the 2015 NCAA men’s basketball tournament gets underway Thursday, March 19, but the viral phenomenon known as March Madness officially sets in on Monday, March 16. That

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Challenger 2014 March Madness Report PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2014 The 2014 NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament is still about one week away, but the nation’s employers already may be bracing for the inevitable dip in productivity resulting from office

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