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Twitter bosses have told staff that the $44bn deal to sell the micro-blogging platform to Elon Musk is moving forward as planned, and that the company has no plans to renegotiate the agreed-upon price of $54.20 per share with the Tesla chief executive. Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top lawyer and head of policy, also told employees at an all-hands meeting that there is “no such thing as a deal being on hold,” according to people in attendence. Mr. Musk has claimed that he is pausing the deal while he learns more about the number of bots and spam accounts on the social media service.

The bad news? Some 46% of employees in Europe’s small and medium-sized companies plan to look for a new job in the next 12 months. That number alone shows a very clear change in the needs and opportunities at hand for top talent.

Now, onto the good news: we delved into why more and more employees are thinking about quitting their jobs. Teaming up with the market research institute Opinium, Personio conducted a pan-European study to dig deeper. In the process, we discovered some eye-opening insights – alongside a host of possible solutions and strategies for organisations.

Get the insights you need – read the HR study in full.

Journalist Dylan Byers tweets an extract from a robustly-worded memo circulated at National Public Radio detailing the U.S. media organization’s strict in-house mask policy. You can read an extract from the memo here.

The New York Post says the rules encourage coworkers to rat each other out if they do not comply with the policy.

Lexy Martin reposts an article she penned with Ian Cook that examines the efficacy of people analytics. She observes that its adoption enables organizations to improve #diversityequityandinclusion – so “let your CHRO, CPO, CFO and CEO know that it’s been statistically validated that investment in people analytics pays off.”

Today is International Human Resources Day 2022  - “an opportunity to join your profession in an international recognition of all the hardworking HR and people professionals around the world.” Twitter is celebrating with hashtags including #InternationalHRDay and #HumanResourcesDay

Emma Harris, the founder of London-based marketing agency The Glow, has posted on LinkedIn from her hospital bed after having a heart attack in NYC. She reflects: “My heart has told me in the most effective way: ‘bloody listen!’” and advises “please take a moment to ask yourself what meetings in your diary this week are you not needed in? Are you prioritising the stuff that feeds your soul?”