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 ...
In a recent article by Ephrat Livni , the job experts asks "Want to love your job? Read this article." Her piece notes that in the view of many, the new dream job is none at all. A cadre of ambitious upper-middle-class types are now devoted to achieving early retirement, so they can spend the rest...
When was the last time someone at work complained about getting "too much sleep?" We know the answer to that one: never. Over the past decade Fast Company has posted thousands of articles on every topic about productivity. The one issue that comes up more than any other is sleep. In fact, it lie...
As we approach the shortest and darkest days of the year, it's natural to feel more sleepy than usual. But let's admit a bigger problem here: Americans are severely sleep-deprived, no matter the time of year. Whether we're pulling extra hours at work or staying up all night fretting about fina...
Workplaces have to make rules—that’s a given. But is it necessary that they be shortsighted and lazy attempts at creating order? Many of us can understand the temptation. As any company grows, so does our difficulty maintaining standards. There are numerous instances where people cross a li...
As American workers worry more each year about losing their jobs to losing their jobs to robot, one group is helping the workforce learn about these issues and develop solutions to the problem. WorkingNation, a nonprofit project that launched just a few months ago, will be educating Americans abo...
It doesn’t take a Harvard Medical School medical study to tell us that poor sleep effects work performance – and just about every other part of our lives. But back in 2011, those Harvard researchers put some cold hard numbers on the problem, and showed when projected onto the entire U.S. workfor...
[caption id="attachment_6387" align="alignright" width="300"] A worker in a protective suit at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year.[/caption] When Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors went into meltdown following the 2011 tsunami in Japan, over 44,000 workers were dispat...
New research by the Department of Labor & Industries' (L&I) has shown that a common chemical used in commercial carwashes can endanger the health of people who work with it. SHARP, an occupational safety and health research program at L&I, closely examined 12 years’ worth of workers' ...
A Yakima orchardist has been penalized with $105,000 in fines from the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) following multiple serious health violations related to chemical pesticides. L&I has cited Gilbert Orchards with 12 serious and repeat-serious health violations. Read more here ...
