Rethinking the Grind: The Rise of the 32-Hour Workweek

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Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Rethinking the Grind: The Rise of the 32-Hour Workweek

Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week in 1926 after he realized that working more only produced a small increase in productivity. However, it wasn’t until 1940 that the 40-hour work week became law in the United States. Although the 40-hour workweek has been the standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades, remote […]

A Work-Life Balance Will Help You Keep Employees

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Thursday, July 14th, 2022

A Work-Life Balance Will Help You Keep Employees

Although this may seem like a modern concept, “work-life‌ ‌balance” was popularized in the 1970s and 80s. The idea? Stressed baby boomers were attempting to balance work, family, and other things. ‌However, due to shifting generational experiences, HR leaders have reevaluated ‌ ‌ the ‌ ‌term. ‌According‌ ‌to Forbes, Gen X is big on balance, […]

How to Make Company Flex Schedules Work for Everyone

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Wednesday, June 15th, 2022

How to Make Company Flex Schedules Work for Everyone

The demand for flexible work schedules is on the rise. ‌ ‌Almost ‌80%‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌workers in the U.S. would prefer a job offering a flexible work schedule over one without. As a consequence, this results in employers starting to accommodate this request. ‌ So, why are so many people ‌‌‌expecting flex schedules? ‌Well,‌ ‌flexible‌ […]

How to Make Flexible Work Schedules Work 

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Friday, February 28th, 2020

How to Make Flexible Work Schedules Work 

There’s a reason the 9-5 job has lasted so long: It’s a standardized way to structure work, it keeps most workers in the same place at the same time, and it is easy to implement. Slowly but surely, that’s changing. Digital technologies have made it possible to conduct work without having everyone in the same […]

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