Work

Telecommute and Hurt Your Career
A NorthJersey. (January 30, 2007)

New Law Requires Companies To Keep Better Digital Records
A new law that went into effect on December 1st requires companies to keep better track of employee emails, IMs and digital files. (December 4, 2006)

Gen Y Confusing Workplace With Geekspeak and Chatty IMs
MSNBC. (September 5, 2006)

Fired for Smoking
A CBS News article on AOL discusses a Lansing, Michigan insurance called Weyco that actually fired some workers for being smokers. (July 21, 2006)

Study Finds There are More Workaholics Than Ever in America
Are you a workaholic? A CBS News suggests that there are more workaholics than ever in America. (June 23, 2006)

Judge: Websurfing Worker Can't be Fired
A judge has sided with Toquir Choudhri, a Department of Education worker who was fired for playing solitaire on his work computer and visiting websites. (April 28, 2006)

Many Workers Job Hunt on Company Time
A new study has found that many people job hunt at work. (March 23, 2006)

Women Earn More Than Men in a Few Fields
A CNNMoney. (March 15, 2006)

Study: Only 20% of Men Working Past 65
The Seattle Times reports on a new study that indicates many men are not working past the 65-year retirement age. (March 13, 2006)

Survey: 10% of Telecommuters Work Nude
A new survey has found that 10% of telecommuters work in the nude. (March 8, 2006)

Many Boomers Want or Need to Work Past Retirement
An InformationWeek article says the U. (March 3, 2006)

BLS Says Retail Salesperson Top Job for 2006
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has listed Retail Salesperson as the top job in 2006. (February 22, 2006)

Ohio Company Tags Workers With Electronic Implants
A U. (February 20, 2006)

Employees Being Watched at Work
A new study has found that employees do not have much privacy at work. (January 24, 2006)

Many Students Lacking in Skills
A shocking new study that found that many students lack the problem solving skills that are important in life and in the workplace. (January 23, 2006)

Careers and Twenty-somethings
Telegraph. (January 16, 2006)

USNews Lists Best and Worst Careers for 2006
The USNews. (January 13, 2006)

Wired Article Warns Don't Blog From Work
A Wired article about worker privacy warns workers not to blog from their office computer. (December 14, 2005)

People Leaving Careers to Take Care of Parents
Our aging demographic and longer lifespan is leading some people to leave their careers and take care of elderly parents. (November 28, 2005)

Change Careers Within the Same Company
In today's corporate world you hear a lot about people changing jobs or looking for a job with another company in another city. (November 21, 2005)

New Moms Taking Less Time Off Work
A USA Today article cites a new report that found pregnant moms and mothers with new borns are taking less time off work than mothers did in the 1960s. (November 16, 2005)

Japan Faces Shrinking Working-Age Population
Japan faces an interesting problem. (November 9, 2005)

16 Careers That Don't Require a 4 Year Degree
The Career Journal has an article about 16 careers that do not require a college degree. (October 26, 2005)

The Ol' Gals Network
The Career Journal has a Q&A piece with Helene Cruz, the assistant director of M. (October 14, 2005)

Jobs of the Future Include Tissue Engineers and Virtual Reality Actors
In 2000 Time magazine offered a look at the top ten jobs of the future. (October 13, 2005)

Drive Safely Work Week Campaign Begins
EHS Today says this week, October 3-7, is Drive Safely Work Week, a campaign to raise awareness about driving safety and reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries in their workforce. (October 5, 2005)

The Most Dangerous Jobs
CNN reports on the latest national census of fatal occupational injuries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in a recent article. (September 6, 2005)

Katrina Puts Lives and Jobs on Hold
Hurricane Katrina has devastated areas of Mississippi and Alabama and flooded the city of New Orleans. (September 2, 2005)

Mommy Wage Gap Shows Mothers Earn Less
New findings from the Center for Economic and Policy Research find that women with children earn less than employed single women. (August 29, 2005)

Study: Workaholics Make Better Lovers
An unusal study of 100 couples has found that workaholics make better lovers. (August 23, 2005)

Study: Long Work Hours Increase Illness and Injury Risk
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports on a study that has found that long work hours increase a workers chance of getting sick or injured by 61%. (August 22, 2005)

One-Third of Americans Go Online at Work
More than one-third (37%) of working Americans now go online regularly at the office, according to a new report presented by The Wall Street Journal Online and prepared by eMarketer. (February 28, 2003)