Items Tagged with 'Work-life balance'

Sacramento, CA — Legislation recently introduced in California would help ensure workers have uninterrupted personal time by establishing a “right to disconnect” from emails, texts and calls outside of work hours.

Looking to lose weight but have little time to exercise during the workweek? You can still achieve your goal with weekend workouts, researchers say.

Washington — Two senators have reintroduced a bill to establish the 32-hour workweek as an American standard.

Cambridge, England — Nearly 90% of companies that participated in a four-day workweek pilot program have continued with that schedule a year later, a follow-up from research organization Autonomy has found.

London — “Feeling burned out” and “needing a break” are among the reasons nearly a third of employees have or would consider lying about being sick to skip work, according to the results of a recent survey.

Boston — Flexibility in the workplace can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and even keep your heart feeling younger, results of a recent study show.

Portland, OR — An “evidence-based program designed to help supervisors support their employees’ work-life balance and sleep health” is available from the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences.

Increased workloads, long hours, layoffs, work-life balance – these are just some of the reasons why you might be feeling stressed at work. And you’re not alone: Results of a survey conducted by the American Psychological Association in January show that 84% of U.S. adults were experiencing at least one emotion associated with prolonged stress, including anxiousness, sadness and anger.

Geneva — The annual number of heart attack and stroke deaths linked to working long hours rose nearly 30% worldwide between 2000 and 2016, according to estimates from the World Health Organization and International Labor Organization.

London — Two out of 5 office workers say they can’t avoid doing work tasks – often checking email and making phone calls – on their own time, results of a recent survey out of the United Kingdom show.