Have you ever felt that time off wouldn’t be worth it because the planning and preparation effort — not to mention mountain of catch-up work — would be so overwhelming? If so, you’re not unusual. More than 50% of Americans take less than their allowed vacation time each year. Some reasons...

It's clever, but also a troubling sign of Japan's labor priorities. Researchers at the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute have built HRP-5P, a humanoid robot that can do a large number of construction tasks during labor shortages or in the case of serious hazards. The prototyp...

If you want to get a light penalty for committing a crime, you’re better off cheating employees of their earned wages than stealing a pair of designer shoes or the latest electronics off the shelf at your local retailer. That’s what a recent report shows in the Demos research brief, The Steal. ...

The prospect of “vacation” often gives rise to thoughts of faraway lands. Those “bucket-list” trips can be a lot of fun, but they also take a significant amount of time, energy, and money. Some of us even feel exhausted just thinking about planning a big trip—not only in terms of juggling ...

 A lot of us are rightfully worried that no matter how much we prepare, our negotiations will derail into an unproductive debate or shouting match. Even when we go into negotiations with a collaborative and positive problem-solving mindset, there’s always a risk that things can get emotionally ch...

When someone says they “don’t have enough time,” what they really mean is they don’t have time for the stuff they really want or need to do. But in the end, it's always a matter of reorganization. Nobody can create more time out of thin air. We're all limited to a fixed 24 hours per day and ...

Employers and business leaders constantly complain about the gap between what students learn in college and what they need to know in order to succeed in the workplace. This is especially concerning when we take into account large — and always-growing — number of people who earn college degree...

Great news for U.S. workers: we're currently experiencing one of the tightest labor markets in American history. The bad news (for employers, but maybe not job seekers): the U.S. facing a serious "skills gap". According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, our country currently has over 7 million unfi...

There are plenty of factors that can hold back our careers, from lack of skills and education to more personal things like physical appearance or a family reputation. But one factor many of us don’t consider is our personality: preferences, habits, quirks, and style. Yet it doesn’t have t...

In the wake of news that Amazon may be splitting its second headquarters between two locations — Queens, NY and Crystal City just north of Washington, DC — many are declaring that Seattle has dodged a bullet. Jon Talton of the Seattle Times notes that “Very few companies have two headquarters ...