While asking for a flexible work schedule is likely easier now than it was pre-pandemic, it can still be uncomfortable to approach a manager with the request. Some companies that are taking a hybrid ...

Work schedules beyond the traditional eight-hour shift are increasingly common, particularly in emergency response, disaster recovery, and high-demand industries. While extended and unusual shifts ...

Over the past two years, flexibility in work location has become an expectation rather than a perk. Many employers have embraced the hybrid work model in an effort to pacify employees who want to work ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In the quest to get around returning to the office, a new tactic has gained steam. It's called working ...

Condensing workweeks into fewer days to enjoy more days off, what are the implications for employee well-being? New longitudinal research from Ghent University at IKEA Belgium challenges policymakers' ...

After a year and a half of being confined to their own four walls, many people are stepping into a time of unprecedented flexibility in terms of deciding if and when they’re expected to show up at the ...

Mental strain throughout the workday can diminish a worker’s output. So, employees use the hours between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to exercise self-care. They are dedicating this time slot to their families, ...

Most workers — 89% — want flexibility when it comes to their work schedules. Companies are striving to get workers back in the office, but that doesn't have to end flexibility completely, experts say.

Alternate schedules allowing Newport Beach city employees to work four days a week have been eliminated. In a trade-off with ...

The hours you work earlier in life may be associated with worse health years later, according to a study published April 3, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Wen-Jui Han from New York ...