work hours

Productivity

How to Identify Your Peak Productivity Hours During Your Work Day

The business world forces everyone into a standardized 9-to-5 time box, but research suggests individuals are more productive at different times of the day.

Innovation

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Take an 8-Hour Shower Each Week: The Benefits of Creative Time

Scheduling entrepreneurial creative time is important. Take some time to stop running your business, and focus on generating new ideas.

Thought Leaders

Here's How to Calculate the True Value of Your Time

Don't limit yourself to selling hours -- there's a better way to discover what your time is worth.

Lifestyle

Why Working Overtime Is Never A Good Idea

Putting in that overtime might get you in your boss' good books, but your body won't thank you

Lifestyle

The Importance Of Striking The Right Work-Life Balance

Make sure your hard-earned professional plaudits don't come at the cost of your personal health and wellbeing

Employee Experience & Recruiting

Does Richard Branson's 3-Day Workweek Actually Work?

Employees want flexible schedules and more hours for the rest of their lives. Businesses have a lot to gain by giving them what they want.

News and Trends

Why You Should Not Check Your Emails on Holidays

Checking work emails after working hours may affect your mental health, and your relationship says a study

Leadership

Nearly Half of Your Hourly Employees Are Ready to Leave Unless You Make These Changes

Remember the Aretha Franklin classic? Show some r-e-s-p-e-c-t to your hourly workers and they'll respect you back.

Productivity

Is a Shorter Workday Actually Better for Businesses?

In a Swedish study, a six-hour workday resulted in a 4.7 percent reduction in total sick days taken and a noticeable reduction in absenteeism.

Growing a Business

5 Easy Ways to Relieve Your Overworked Employees

Are your staffers working overlong hours? Disabuse them of the notion that that's the way to get ahead.

News and Trends

How To Have A Normal 8 Hour Workday

Succeed in maintaining work life balance as a bootstrapped entrepreneur

Productivity

How to Make a 5-Hour Workday Work for You

The idea that workers are expected to endure 70 percent of their week so they can enjoy the other 30 percent? That's collective insanity.

Technology

Autoresponder: "Thank You for Your Email, But You Are Breaking the Law"

Could France's move to make it illegal to email or expect response outside office hours actually be damaging businesses?

Business News

Link Found Between Working Night Shifts and Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Nurses in the study who worked at least three nights per month were more likely to develop heart problems over the next 24 years than nurses who stuck to daytime shifts.

Business News

Warehouse Workers Accuse Target of Not Paying Overtime, File Lawsuit

The lawsuit seeks class action status for misclassifying a position as exempt from overtime.