a happy worker is an effective worker
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
workplace innovations they even have a
union of eight to 18 year old laborers
call do not SPO the union of child and
adolescent workers for this list we’re
looking at benefits policies and
modernisations that make the workplace
what it is today we will only be
including innovations to paid workplaces
not for volunteering or internship
positions
what have the unions ever really given
us a workforce that runs this company
and has made you a millionaire number 10
workers compensation there is a way for
the average guy to get what’s coming to
him it’s called compensation in ancient
Sumeria dating to around 20 20 BC King
orna mu out lined the city-state of oars
laws on financial compensation and
specific compensation was made to bodily
workers whose bodies were injured
Hammurabi’s written code allowed law to
be a matter of public knowledge and so
helped advance the rule of law in
society
similarly in 1750 BC the Code of
Hammurabi set forth similar rules
providing rewards for specific injuries
as did many other ancient societies such
as the greco-roman Arab and Chinese some
of which even provided specific
compensation schedules and exact
payments another big leap forward
occurred toward the end of the
Industrial Age as countries like Canada
and the United States paved the way for
more progressive rules that better
protect and compensate workers injured
while performing work-related duties I
could club myself in the head with Sam’s
hammer
if you ask him real nice he might do it
for you
you send more than one blue-collar
brother down so pop early number nine
unemployment benefits these social
welfare payments made by governments are
usually paid to those who are registered
as unemployed and can prove they are
actively seeking work like welfare
pleased depending on which country
you’re in these benefits can range
anywhere from a limited sum that will
cover only essential purchases to larger
amounts covering entire days of lost
income
the first unemployment insurance plan
was established in 1911 with the United
Kingdom’s National Insurance Act it was
introduced by the Liberal government to
fight back against the Labor Party’s
rising support among the working class
she’s one of more than 1 million
Americans receiving long-term emergency
unemployment up to 99 weeks instead of
26 indeed
the Act remains popular among workers
even today as do similar programs
worldwide as the ensure workers during
sickness and in difficult periods
occupation gladiator
did you kill last week did you try to
kill last week now listen this is your
last week of unemployment insurance
either you kill somebody next week we’re
gonna have to change your status you got
it number 8 child labor laws melibea
axis 2 million Damini available sent
estrella Huaraz
a UNC cuenta por ciento a song Nino’s
menores de catorce en los que trabaja
one unfortunate side effect of the
Industrial Revolution was that child
mortality rates grew due to the use of
child workers and dangerous factories
and other hazardous sites the United
States was the first country to react to
the mounting death toll state-of-the-art
machinery shook impound of the walls of
these mills from dawn to dusk and all
the wild children kept time with the
Landrus feet though britain created
factory acts to limit the hours children
worked in 1836 massachusetts enacted the
first state child labor law it was in
1938 however that President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt finally passed the Fair
Labor Standards Act the first federal
law to regulate child labor in the US by
setting minimum employment ages and work
hours as a result child labor at least
in more developed countries is now seen
as a human rights violation but because
kids can make as much as 40 dollars a
day about ten times what a gravestone
polisher or street clown earns it’s not
likely kids will stop working in the
mines anytime soon number seven paid
holidays in the early 20th century
though he wasn’t first to submit the
idea US president William Howard Taft
made public his belief that a healthy
workforce needed two to three months off
every year to cure the office blues and
avoid burnouts what unfortunately for
Taft the legislature thought otherwise
but Europeans picked up on his
suggestion and in the 1930s several
European countries introduced paid
vacation time for workers even today
EU countries are far ahead of North
America in terms of paid vacation time
with countries like France the UK and
Scandinavian nations legally obliged to
give upwards of 25 paid days off per
year the u.s. guarantees none studies
say those who do get paid time off get
an average of about two to three weeks
each year but almost a full quarter of
workers here don’t get any time off at
all
number six unions on every job there’s a
trade unions represent the workers to
speak on their behalf in the workshop in
eighteenth-century England the
Industrial Revolution created a massive
increase in the number of labourers many
of whom were new to the workforce and
some of whom were unjust
besides maternity leave weekends off in
workers compensation tell me one thing
that the unions have really contributed
to the workplace fair wages out long
discrimination and did you know union
workers make 30% more than non-union
workers though attempts to unionize had
been made earlier the first true
organization efforts came in the 1810s
though at this point unions were still
illegal and remained so until 1871 but
the organization only increased from
their negotiating Fair Pay and better
working conditions for their members
that’s ok buddy
we’re from the Union the Union we
represent the workers in all magical
industries both evil and benign oh all
right
are you feeling it all degraded or
repressed a little well we don’t even
have dental by the end of the century
nations like the US France and Germany
had followed suit with labor or trade
unions becoming a locomotive force of
change in the life of the worker to feed
the world shall have voiced in the
world’s government and shall share in
the good things their labor produces
number 5 parental leave maternity or
paternity leave is a period of work
leave either paid or unpaid but usually
with guaranteed job security even to
parents after the birth of a child
various countries around the world
adopted such policies during the 20th
century with Sweden for example
introducing maternity leave in 1937
halfway around the world in Sweden
a whole country of men are making
full-time fathered seem like in dream
job in 1974 Sweden became the first
country to replace maternity leave with
a gender-neutral parental leave so
father’s could also opt to stay home
with their families
the expansion acknowledges the fact that
both parents play a role in the
development of their children instead of
additional time off the French
government offers a family allowance
every month to help pay for child
expenses today parental leave policies
vary significantly worldwide with
Swedish law allowing up to 480 paid days
and u.s. law providing none there are
seven countries who don’t have laws
requiring paid maternity leave
Suriname Marshall Islands Micronesia
Papua New Guinea Tonga the United States
of America hello
wait what number for retirement pension
means that’s it for me from here on and
you consider my extra time Jesus Christ
don’t do that after decades of dedicated
service
don’t you think workers are entitled to
some financial comfort in their golden
years that’s basically the idea of a
retirement pension and today you’ll find
that most developed countries do offer
some form of it it’s generally believed
that the first pensions originated in
Germany in the mid 1600s where the
widows of clergymen and later teachers
received funding by the end of the 19th
century Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of
Germany pushed through the old age and
disability insurance bill which
originally set the age of eligibility at
70 and later 65
[Music]
– all though pensions are now at risk
due to aging populations they are still
a vital part of today’s workplace
[Music]
number three
Human Resources I’m a bit of a spark
plug and human resources lady it’s
actually it’s Pam I’m sorry a business’s
HR department has many responsibilities
including but not limited to hiring and
all that entails as well as employee
relations and more its purpose is
essentially to maximize output by
keeping employees happy and thus
limiting turnover sometimes I download
pirated music onto my work computer
who hasn’t good good what else as was
the case for many workplace innovations
the history of HR began during the
Industrial Revolution but it was 1913
before the welfare workers association
was formed in England which was one of
the first groups of its kind in the
world
there pretty much we won’t be the
employees right through from application
to retirement and that could be anything
from looking after their safety to
training to providing wellness programs
or diversity events since then human
resources management and employer
employee relations have changed the
modern HR department helps employees
achieve self-actualization and gets
employers to recognize employees as
valuable human assets when you say we
interview you all right yes that’s a
sometimes useful exercise please figure
number two minimum wage the workers are
demanding minimum pay of $15 an hour in
mid 14th century England the first laws
regarding wages actually set a maximum
wage fortunately this was altered toward
the end of the century when the cost of
food was used as a guide to establish a
living wage 1604 s Act fixing a minimum
wage made minimum wage official for
members of the textile industry and we
just love not making minimum wage Oh get
me Social Security by the end of the
19th century New Zealand and Australia
were enacting the first national minimum
wage laws to aid workers and becoming
more financially independent
the United States followed in 1938 and
today although minimum wage rates differ
significantly depending on the country
this advancement increased the world
standard of living and morale and
reduced poverty and inequality
[Music]
to
before we unveil our top choice here are
some honorable mentions okay but the
money’s good plus you get to stare at
Rachel as much as you want
what flexible hours yeah you know I
feared you use all the jobs to build the
D I’m sorry get health insurance he’s
pretty good hey honey my cable guy is
coming today can you let him in but this
is my work area I’m working from home so
if he knocks on the door you may or may
not let him in your qualified and
personable and bright and and black
number one the eight-hour work day
[Music]
can you imagine working a grueling 10 to
16 hour day in a dangerous factory six
days a week that was the reality for
many during Britain’s industrial
revolution but thanks to figures like
prominent socialists Robert Owen and
Karl Marx the 8-hour workday and
consequently the 40-hour workweek
eventually became a reality
Owens slogan read quote eight hours
labor eight hours recreation eight hours
rest and slowly but surely the legal
length of workdays around the world
shortened to twelve then ten and finally
to eight hours long I generally come in
at least fifteen minutes late I use the
side door
that way lumber can’t see me and after
that I just sort of spaced out for about
an hour in fact it wasn’t until the mid
20th century that most industrialized
countries began limiting the workweek to
40 hours and offering overtime pay for
additional work you don’t forget the
overtime bonus on this move
Cannings over there ask them already
know the answer I’m an intern so I don’t
qualify protti but without such laws
we’re betting you’d be a lot more
exhausted than you are right now hey
how’s work you tired do you agree with
our list which other workplace
innovations belong on our list now if
you feel that the bare minimum is enough
then for more laborious top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com let’s do this you know
you guys are hired you’re the weirdest
guys ever and I don’t see it great
you
[Music]
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
workplace innovations they even have a
union of eight to 18 year old laborers
call do not SPO the union of child and
adolescent workers for this list we’re
looking at benefits policies and
modernisations that make the workplace
what it is today we will only be
including innovations to paid workplaces
not for volunteering or internship
positions
what have the unions ever really given
us a workforce that runs this company
and has made you a millionaire number 10
workers compensation there is a way for
the average guy to get what’s coming to
him it’s called compensation in ancient
Sumeria dating to around 20 20 BC King
orna mu out lined the city-state of oars
laws on financial compensation and
specific compensation was made to bodily
workers whose bodies were injured
Hammurabi’s written code allowed law to
be a matter of public knowledge and so
helped advance the rule of law in
society
similarly in 1750 BC the Code of
Hammurabi set forth similar rules
providing rewards for specific injuries
as did many other ancient societies such
as the greco-roman Arab and Chinese some
of which even provided specific
compensation schedules and exact
payments another big leap forward
occurred toward the end of the
Industrial Age as countries like Canada
and the United States paved the way for
more progressive rules that better
protect and compensate workers injured
while performing work-related duties I
could club myself in the head with Sam’s
hammer
if you ask him real nice he might do it
for you
you send more than one blue-collar
brother down so pop early number nine
unemployment benefits these social
welfare payments made by governments are
usually paid to those who are registered
as unemployed and can prove they are
actively seeking work like welfare
pleased depending on which country
you’re in these benefits can range
anywhere from a limited sum that will
cover only essential purchases to larger
amounts covering entire days of lost
income
the first unemployment insurance plan
was established in 1911 with the United
Kingdom’s National Insurance Act it was
introduced by the Liberal government to
fight back against the Labor Party’s
rising support among the working class
she’s one of more than 1 million
Americans receiving long-term emergency
unemployment up to 99 weeks instead of
26 indeed
the Act remains popular among workers
even today as do similar programs
worldwide as the ensure workers during
sickness and in difficult periods
occupation gladiator
did you kill last week did you try to
kill last week now listen this is your
last week of unemployment insurance
either you kill somebody next week we’re
gonna have to change your status you got
it number 8 child labor laws melibea
axis 2 million Damini available sent
estrella Huaraz
a UNC cuenta por ciento a song Nino’s
menores de catorce en los que trabaja
one unfortunate side effect of the
Industrial Revolution was that child
mortality rates grew due to the use of
child workers and dangerous factories
and other hazardous sites the United
States was the first country to react to
the mounting death toll state-of-the-art
machinery shook impound of the walls of
these mills from dawn to dusk and all
the wild children kept time with the
Landrus feet though britain created
factory acts to limit the hours children
worked in 1836 massachusetts enacted the
first state child labor law it was in
1938 however that President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt finally passed the Fair
Labor Standards Act the first federal
law to regulate child labor in the US by
setting minimum employment ages and work
hours as a result child labor at least
in more developed countries is now seen
as a human rights violation but because
kids can make as much as 40 dollars a
day about ten times what a gravestone
polisher or street clown earns it’s not
likely kids will stop working in the
mines anytime soon number seven paid
holidays in the early 20th century
though he wasn’t first to submit the
idea US president William Howard Taft
made public his belief that a healthy
workforce needed two to three months off
every year to cure the office blues and
avoid burnouts what unfortunately for
Taft the legislature thought otherwise
but Europeans picked up on his
suggestion and in the 1930s several
European countries introduced paid
vacation time for workers even today
EU countries are far ahead of North
America in terms of paid vacation time
with countries like France the UK and
Scandinavian nations legally obliged to
give upwards of 25 paid days off per
year the u.s. guarantees none studies
say those who do get paid time off get
an average of about two to three weeks
each year but almost a full quarter of
workers here don’t get any time off at
all
number six unions on every job there’s a
trade unions represent the workers to
speak on their behalf in the workshop in
eighteenth-century England the
Industrial Revolution created a massive
increase in the number of labourers many
of whom were new to the workforce and
some of whom were unjust
besides maternity leave weekends off in
workers compensation tell me one thing
that the unions have really contributed
to the workplace fair wages out long
discrimination and did you know union
workers make 30% more than non-union
workers though attempts to unionize had
been made earlier the first true
organization efforts came in the 1810s
though at this point unions were still
illegal and remained so until 1871 but
the organization only increased from
their negotiating Fair Pay and better
working conditions for their members
that’s ok buddy
we’re from the Union the Union we
represent the workers in all magical
industries both evil and benign oh all
right
are you feeling it all degraded or
repressed a little well we don’t even
have dental by the end of the century
nations like the US France and Germany
had followed suit with labor or trade
unions becoming a locomotive force of
change in the life of the worker to feed
the world shall have voiced in the
world’s government and shall share in
the good things their labor produces
number 5 parental leave maternity or
paternity leave is a period of work
leave either paid or unpaid but usually
with guaranteed job security even to
parents after the birth of a child
various countries around the world
adopted such policies during the 20th
century with Sweden for example
introducing maternity leave in 1937
halfway around the world in Sweden
a whole country of men are making
full-time fathered seem like in dream
job in 1974 Sweden became the first
country to replace maternity leave with
a gender-neutral parental leave so
father’s could also opt to stay home
with their families
the expansion acknowledges the fact that
both parents play a role in the
development of their children instead of
additional time off the French
government offers a family allowance
every month to help pay for child
expenses today parental leave policies
vary significantly worldwide with
Swedish law allowing up to 480 paid days
and u.s. law providing none there are
seven countries who don’t have laws
requiring paid maternity leave
Suriname Marshall Islands Micronesia
Papua New Guinea Tonga the United States
of America hello
wait what number for retirement pension
means that’s it for me from here on and
you consider my extra time Jesus Christ
don’t do that after decades of dedicated
service
don’t you think workers are entitled to
some financial comfort in their golden
years that’s basically the idea of a
retirement pension and today you’ll find
that most developed countries do offer
some form of it it’s generally believed
that the first pensions originated in
Germany in the mid 1600s where the
widows of clergymen and later teachers
received funding by the end of the 19th
century Chancellor Otto von Bismarck of
Germany pushed through the old age and
disability insurance bill which
originally set the age of eligibility at
70 and later 65
[Music]
– all though pensions are now at risk
due to aging populations they are still
a vital part of today’s workplace
[Music]
number three
Human Resources I’m a bit of a spark
plug and human resources lady it’s
actually it’s Pam I’m sorry a business’s
HR department has many responsibilities
including but not limited to hiring and
all that entails as well as employee
relations and more its purpose is
essentially to maximize output by
keeping employees happy and thus
limiting turnover sometimes I download
pirated music onto my work computer
who hasn’t good good what else as was
the case for many workplace innovations
the history of HR began during the
Industrial Revolution but it was 1913
before the welfare workers association
was formed in England which was one of
the first groups of its kind in the
world
there pretty much we won’t be the
employees right through from application
to retirement and that could be anything
from looking after their safety to
training to providing wellness programs
or diversity events since then human
resources management and employer
employee relations have changed the
modern HR department helps employees
achieve self-actualization and gets
employers to recognize employees as
valuable human assets when you say we
interview you all right yes that’s a
sometimes useful exercise please figure
number two minimum wage the workers are
demanding minimum pay of $15 an hour in
mid 14th century England the first laws
regarding wages actually set a maximum
wage fortunately this was altered toward
the end of the century when the cost of
food was used as a guide to establish a
living wage 1604 s Act fixing a minimum
wage made minimum wage official for
members of the textile industry and we
just love not making minimum wage Oh get
me Social Security by the end of the
19th century New Zealand and Australia
were enacting the first national minimum
wage laws to aid workers and becoming
more financially independent
the United States followed in 1938 and
today although minimum wage rates differ
significantly depending on the country
this advancement increased the world
standard of living and morale and
reduced poverty and inequality
[Music]
to
before we unveil our top choice here are
some honorable mentions okay but the
money’s good plus you get to stare at
Rachel as much as you want
what flexible hours yeah you know I
feared you use all the jobs to build the
D I’m sorry get health insurance he’s
pretty good hey honey my cable guy is
coming today can you let him in but this
is my work area I’m working from home so
if he knocks on the door you may or may
not let him in your qualified and
personable and bright and and black
number one the eight-hour work day
[Music]
can you imagine working a grueling 10 to
16 hour day in a dangerous factory six
days a week that was the reality for
many during Britain’s industrial
revolution but thanks to figures like
prominent socialists Robert Owen and
Karl Marx the 8-hour workday and
consequently the 40-hour workweek
eventually became a reality
Owens slogan read quote eight hours
labor eight hours recreation eight hours
rest and slowly but surely the legal
length of workdays around the world
shortened to twelve then ten and finally
to eight hours long I generally come in
at least fifteen minutes late I use the
side door
that way lumber can’t see me and after
that I just sort of spaced out for about
an hour in fact it wasn’t until the mid
20th century that most industrialized
countries began limiting the workweek to
40 hours and offering overtime pay for
additional work you don’t forget the
overtime bonus on this move
Cannings over there ask them already
know the answer I’m an intern so I don’t
qualify protti but without such laws
we’re betting you’d be a lot more
exhausted than you are right now hey
how’s work you tired do you agree with
our list which other workplace
innovations belong on our list now if
you feel that the bare minimum is enough
then for more laborious top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com let’s do this you know
you guys are hired you’re the weirdest
guys ever and I don’t see it great
you
[Music]
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