Nearly 1 in 5 workers telecommute regularly, and about 10 percent work from home on a daily basis, according to an Ipsos/Reuters poll of 11,383 employed individuals in 24 countries. The exact figures vary from region to region: over half of respondents in India have a home-based job,...
These proven ways to reclaim work-life balance will help you shut off the firehose of work email and after-hours phone calls once and for all. We've all encountered managers or coworkers who can't leave work at work, and it's tempting to let that behavior...
You might think that a universal 20-hour workweek would stifle the economy rather than boost it, but that's exactly what a U.K. think tank will propose in London on Wednesday. The New Economics Foundation will appear at the London School of Economics to argue for an abridged...
This Mercer work-life balance infographic shares additional insights from its annual What's Working survey -- namely, that workloads are heavier, and employees consider flexible work arrangements as essential to their motivation and engagement. Women are more likely than men to prioritize the ability to work flexibly (71 percent...
Volkswagen is fighting the good fight in work-life balance by stopping its BlackBerry servers from delivering email to employees after regular work hours. The plan, which applies to VW Germany workers with trade-union-negotiated contracts, only permits emails to be delivered during a window that begins 30 minutes before an employee&...
This GOOD infographic examines a fair question: do we live to work, or work to live? The short answer is that it depends on several factors, including your age, income levels, and whether you are self-employed or a wage-and-salary worker. Among the infographic's data: In terms of age,...
