A family affair: how close relatives can push new mums to work longer
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Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can get away with it, so employers need to get creative
Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend's holiday snaps on Facebook: that's workplace cyberloafing.
Happiness mapped: why work is the place we feel the worst
Having a job plays an important role in our overall happiness – yet research also shows most of us are unhappy while we're at work.
How Swedish literature reflects the benefits of a shorter working day
Sweden's switch to a six-hour working day is doing it the world of good.
The more work-life balance we have the more we want: global study
Employees in countries with shorter working hours report more work-family conflict – what's going on?
Are Sunday penalty rates a job killer? A real-world experiment refutes employers’ claim
Are penalty rates no longer relevant in the retail industry — and do they cost jobs? Recent research compared two neighbouring states where one raised rates to the other's level to find the answer.
Co-living is demolishing the line between work and life
If you could work from anywhere, where and how might you live?
The proposed ‘right to disconnect’ after work hours is welcome, but not enough
In the age of the smartphone, it's often hard to switch off after work. Here's how employment law can help.
Companies prefer ticking boxes to breaking the glass ceiling
Australia's largest companies are happy to tick gender reporting boxes, but when it comes to pay equity they are largely silent.
Is it even possible to have a work-life balance?
Life is messy – and it's time we accepted that.
Time pressure may be a better way to measure work-life balance
A work-life-family balance is highly valued by most workers and employers now realise they need to offer flexible arrangements such as reduced hours, flexi-time or telework (working from home). Workplace…
Is it becoming easier to be a working mother?
Some countries make it easier than others for women to have a family and keep on working.
How to fix work-life balance for constantly connected millennials
When workers are living their lives online, it's hard to see the joins between home and office. So how can employers answer the growing desire to seprate the seemingly inseparable?
Workaholism isn’t a valid requirement for advancing in science
Despite macho career advice, it's time for scientists – and everyone else – to understand that the point is to work smarter, not longer and to strive for a realistic and livable work/life balance.
Helping men get work-life balance can help everyone
Is getting work-life balance right for men the answer to workplace gender equality?
Want to help the environment? First fix your work-life balance
Being time-poor makes it harder to be green, says a study which shows that people who work long hours are more likely to fall short on taking real action to address their environmental concerns.
Why single mothers are more likely to get ill when they get older
New research shows how complex the effect of lone parenting can be, even after children have grown up.
Dual-earner couples share the housework equally – until the first baby comes
It's one thing if you're a stay-at-home mom. But why aren't working dads equally sharing household duties with working moms?
The summer holidays are over – but we shouldn’t stop playing
The summer holidays are well and truly over. The magic of Christmas is back in its box. Sales of champagne have plunged. The customary dribble back to work across the stretch of January, and now early…
Want a happy office? Here’s what you need to know
Well-being at work is a prerequisite for flourishing in life. Most of us have some type of employment, if not a full-time job, and we spend the majority of our waking hours engaged in this work. Therefore…
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