While office workers often worry they sit too long while on the job, research suggests standing at work increases the risk of heart disease.
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Annoyed you don’t have a sit-stand desk? Spare a thought for those workers who have to stand all day: Standing may double the risk of heart disease.
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The reality of life as an academic – not quite as comfortable as you might think.
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Do you reply to emails first thing in the morning and last thing at night? Your company should be insisting that you don’t.
In the seventeenth century lawyers, civil servants and other new professionals began to work from offices in Amsterdam, London and Paris.
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The history of the office illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work’s physical spaces respond to cultural, technological and social forces.
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His anti-PC ‘manifesto’ might be filled with nonsense, but that doesn’t mean James Damore’s thoughts have no value, or that he should have been fired.
Challenging times for junior doctors.
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Starting a new job is never easy, never mind one that puts people’s lives in your hands on a daily basis.
Employees are not working at work and working at home.
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Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: that’s workplace cyberloafing.
‘Now, where did I put that purpose?’
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Ethics and a clear vision really do matter – especially in these turbulent times.
Since 2001, the proportion of full-time workers who believe they will not be with their current employer has been stable at about 7.5%; and the rate for part-time workers has decreased from 15.5 to 12.6%.
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Data show that people don’t feel more insecure in their jobs now. In fact, that feeling is decreasing.
Women’s activism has indeed enabled progress to be made in norms and direct gender regulation, but it has not prevented, the growth of market liberalism that has increased regulation distance in many areas.
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The weakening of collective rights and employment protections has harmed the relative position of women in ways that have offset gains through changing values and individual rights.
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The focus should be on supporting women to negotiate fairer pay.
In an ideal world of gender equality and recognition for women’s work, surrogacy could perhaps be part of a paid, legitimate economy.
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As the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society urges the government to consider “compensation” for surrogacy, we need to talk about the implications of this rhetoric for women.
Dreaming of ways to retire.
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With life expectancy stalling and austerity partly to blame, the UK must rethink its approach to retirement.
The uber pool of the 18th century.
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Prior to industrialisation in the 19th century, most people worked multiple jobs to piece together a living.
Theresa May: not bowing to pressure to ban zero-hours contracts.
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Two experts assess the prime minister’s claim and what the evidence says about the impact of a ban.
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Silly labels for well-paid roles just add another layer of elitism.
Gig workers saw their work as flexible but also with its risks.
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A study shows the reality of gig worker experiences is far more nuanced than enjoying flexible work or being exploited.
Esports has become big business.
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Beyond the glitz and glamour of the esports arena there are some serious issues with how its economy works and how this affects player well-being.
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Women in business can be forced to define themselves in opposition to the attributes associated with men.
No rest for the weary in a 24/7 economy.
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Ever more people are stuck with shift work in a globalised economy that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.