The appetite for remote working is not going anywhere. Faced with this phenomenon, managers can either double down on the old 9-to-5 model or offer ever tailored work choices to their employees.
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With the pressure of China’s “three-child policy”, many women are motivated to achieve work-life harmony by merging the identities of motherhood and business ownership.
Working better or working less? Yaëlle Amsallem and Emmanuelle Léon explain how the four-day week raises questions about the meaning we give to work.
A survey of nurses showed that sport, socialising and hobbies are all great ways to unwind, particularly when your job is stressful and demanding.
Older workers can struggle as much with work-life balance as their younger counterparts. But employers need to avoid treating them as a single group – their needs are surprisingly diverse.
The COVID pandemic has exacerbated staff shortages in health care. We need to think about how we can better retain staff in this sector.
After decades of efforts to increase female representation in corporate decision-making bodies, few women are managing to take the reins of power.
If you’re stuck in the ‘wrong’ job, thinking about your skills and values can help you find the right one.
The new NHS workforce plan for England promises a 50% increase in GP training places by 2031. But the challenges GPs are wrestling with go much deeper.
New research from Swinburne University suggests the four-day work week really can be win-win for workers and bosses.
Has your computer just crashed and you are waiting for it to reboot? If so, do not despair. In fact, recent research shows surprise interruptions might even boost your creativity.
Impressive as results from four-day work-week trials may appear, it’s still not clear if they would apply across the economy.
Disturbed sleep can worsen depressive symptoms of health care workers whose jobs come with high levels of emotional labor and work-family conflict.
Running gives us an identity that may help us cope when our sense of self is challenged at work.
Remote working policy needs to strike a balance between productivity and individual rights of employees.
It turns out that there are some benefits to all the time we spend commuting.
More choice over when we work be the next big gain in productivity.
Quiet quitting could be a sign of disengagement. Here’s how to raise the issue with your manager.
Post-COVID, employees are looking for work-life flexibility, but this doesn’t just mean working from home. The new New Zealand workplace is still up for negotiation.
Doing just the duties that your job requires has a long history in the labour movement.
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