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News Articles: work-life balance

A new report from Gallup and Workhuman finds employees who get meaningful recognition for their work are 45% less likely to leave their jobs.

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Want to keep good workers? Praise them, a new study finds

New research from Gallup and Workhuman finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are 45% less likely to leave their jobs. Younger workers, in particular, say appreciation is key.

September 18, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
A new Australian law protects workers who don't respond to work-related messages outside of their working hours, with some exceptions.

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  • Business

Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours

Australia is the latest country to protect workers who ignore work calls and messages after hours, under certain circumstances. The "right to disconnect" hasn't caught on in the U.S. just yet.

August 27, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Andrew DiDonato, a construction plan review specialist with Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections, stands near City Hall on July 22, 2024. After four years of working a hybrid schedule, he's been called back into the office five days a week.

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  • Business

Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. Now it’s over

The mayor of Philadelphia ordered all city employees back to the office full-time this summer. Now some workers are wondering whether their jobs are worth the flexibility they're giving up.

August 12, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Nurse manager Danielle DiLella sits in her office, with a long to-do list on her whiteboard behind her.

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  • Business

These nurse managers were burnt out. Then their hospital gave them a 4-day workweek

Since the pandemic, hospitals have seen soaring turnover among clinical managers who oversee teams of nurses. Now some hospitals, including AtlantiCare in New Jersey, have introduced a four-day workweek.

June 27, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Working late nights and variable schedules when you're young is linked with poor health and depression at 50, a new study finds.

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  • Health

Rise and grind? Working late, volatile hours may lead to depression, illness by 50

Burnt out much? A study links working late, or variable shifts with health problems later in life. Maybe it's time to quit hustle culture for good.

April 16, 2024
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  • Ronnie Cohen
A U.K. four-day workweek pilot has shown lasting benefits more than one year later.

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  • Business

U.K. companies that tried a 4-day workweek report lasting benefits more than a year on

Many of the companies are so pleased with the results — improved wellbeing, lower turnover, greater efficiency — they're making the four-day workweek permanent.

February 28, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
Bill Kowalcic works on wall panels in the finishing department at Advanced RV. After the company went to a four-day workweek, his team figured out how to cut time without cutting corners.

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  • Business

A manufacturer tried the 4-day workweek for 5 days' pay and won't go back

Of the hundreds of companies that have tried a four-day workweek, very few are manufacturers. Advanced RV in Willoughby, Ohio, is showing how it can be done.

November 12, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
United Airlines pilots participate in a picket line at Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2023. Ahead of a busy summer travel season, they're asking for higher wages and also quality of life improvements.

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  • Business

The latest workers calling for a better quality of life: airline pilots

In ongoing contract negotiations, pilots at major airlines are pushing for changes in scheduling, to allow for more time at home and fewer missed birthdays and other celebrations.

May 22, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
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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  • 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
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