Managers who fail to exercise ‘more abusive to employees’.
A new study has found stressed supervisors struggled to cope with time pressures and vented their frustrations at subordinates without regular physical activity.
More employees work multiple jobs to make ends meet
More and more employees are taking on multiple jobs in order to make ends meet.
There are fewer people working part time. But, More people are working multiple jobs. The job market continues to be a mixed bag for millions of workers across the country.
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Businesses turn to quirky perks for employees in 2012
Some employers’ perks include free tickets to theme parks.
Workplaces are providing a unique range of benefits for employees in 2012. From the quirky to the somber, they are offering benefits such as, Pet insurance, at-your-desk meditation services, jewelry discounts and funeral planning
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Employees prefer cash bonus to holiday party in 2011: Survey
Forget the holiday party this year, employees want cash.
Companies shouldn’t bother planning to spend thousands of dollars for staff Christmas parties, even with open bars because most U.S. employees would prefer money.
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Good looking employees are paid more and get better perks: study
More attractive female workers earn four per cent more than their plainer colleagues.
Daniel S. Hamermesh, an economics professor at the University of Texas-Austin reveals in his new book what the world of advertising has known for decades – that beauty sells.
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Top 7 highest paying Silicon Valley companies
Average salary at Twitter is $120, 111.11
As you might expect, former Google Engineer Gareth Jones is a number whiz. He created TechCompany Pay using “open sources of information on the internet”. TechCompany Pay is a list of averages representing how well the biggest companies in Silicon Valley compensate their employees.
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Study: working in an office is bad for your brain
Working in an office can also make you less productive.
According to a new study, working in an office is bad for your brain and can make you less productive. The study found that the hustle and bustle of modern offices can lead to a 32% drop in workers well being and reduce their productivity by 15%.
The 40-hour work week coming to an end
Some workers are being asked to work 50 hours or more, while others face night and weekend hours.
Is the 9-to-5 work week coming to an end? Higher income employees feel the pressure to work 50 or more hours per week while lower income employees are being forced to work less hours.
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Almost half of U.S. workers would scrap summer vacation to save money
Thirteen percent of people take vacations knowing they may have to work if necessary.
About 45% of U.S. workers would scrap or scale back their summer vacation plans to save money if the economy remains volatile, according to a survey.
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Older Workers Are More Productive Than Younger Employees
Older staff are more productive than younger colleagues
Older workers are more productive than their younger colleagues, according to researchers.
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Employers Who ‘Overpay’ Workers Outperform Competitors
The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table, so that people can focus on the work rather than on the cash.
The best use of money as a motivator can be to pay people enough to take the issue off the table.
After more than 200 years of sharing a common language, the United States and Great Britain now share a common predicament.
UK Abolishes Mandatory Retirement at 65
British employees will not be forced to retire at 65.
British employers will no longer be allowed to force people to retire at 65 years old, unless they can justify the dismissal, the government said Thursday in a bid to lessen pension payouts as Britons live for longer.The move was welcomed by nonprofit organizations campaigning against age discrimination. Others, however, complained that the move will make it expensive for employers to continue to provide benefits such as health or life insurance to employees over 65.
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