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News Articles: work-life balance

Brandie Diamond describes herself as a "transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades." But her career in trucking began in the mid-1980s, and she hadn't come out as trans back then.

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  • Mental Health

What women truckers can tell us about living and working alone

American long-haul truckers share wisdom from the road on living where you work

July 22, 2022
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  • Adelina Lancianese
(L-R) Cati Bennett, Frank Ruiz, Carla Stickler, Jack Elliot, Kristin Zawatski

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  • National

The pandemic pushed people to reevaluate their jobs. Meet 5 who reinvented themselves

Morning Edition spoke with people who changed their jobs and transformed their lives as a result of the pandemic, from a Broadway actor who entered the tech world to a mom who set more boundaries.

July 10, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tourists enjoy a day at the beach on the Canary Island of Tenerife. A Welsh recruitment company is treating its entire staff to a vacation on the island.

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  • Business

A Welsh company is taking its whole staff on vacation as a reward for pandemic work

Cardiff-based Yolk Recruitment Ltd. is taking its more than 50 employees on an all-expenses-paid vacation to the island of Tenerife in April. The four-day trip will reportedly cost more than $135,515.

February 09, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A commuter wearing a protective face mask looks at her mobile phone in a train arriving at the Central Train Station in Brussels in May 2020. Belgium's new rule addresses the ever-blurry line between work and personal life in the pandemic.

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  • Europe

In Belgium, government workers no longer have to answer the boss's emails after hours

Thousands of federal civil servants will no longer have to answer calls or emails from their bosses outside of working hours. The law aims to address burnout exacerbated by the pandemic.

February 01, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
The United Arab Emirates is changing its workweek to have half days on Fridays and a Saturday-Sunday weekend. Here, the country's emirate of Dubai and its Burj Khalifa skyscraper are photographed from a helicopter on July 8, 2020.

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  • World

The UAE is adopting a 4.5-day workweek and a Saturday-Sunday weekend

The change will apply to federal government entities starting in January. UAE officials hope it will enhance workers' well-being and boost the country's economic competitiveness.

December 08, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Iceland has found that a shorter workweek has improved the well-being of its workforce while not cutting into productivity.

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  • Business

Iceland Finds 'Major Success' Moving To Shorter Workweek

The results of two trials in Iceland found that a 35- to 36-hour workweek resulted in similar or greater productivity and improved well-being among workers.

July 06, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
Jonathan Caballero is among the millions of workers who are rethinking how they want to live their lives after the pandemic. He has found a new job that won't require a long commute.

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  • Business

As The Pandemic Recedes, Millions Of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit'

People are leaving their jobs in search of more money, more flexibility and more happiness. A record 4 million workers quit just in April.

June 24, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
According to Pew Research Center, about half of U.S. parents say working makes it harder for them to be good parents, and about the same amount say they feel like they're not giving enough work.

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  • Research News

Sociologist, Author On 'Making Motherhood Work' For Highly Stressed American Moms

New and expecting mothers are frequently told that their lives will change once their baby arrives. They don't always hear how, especially when it comes...

October 04, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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