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To excel professionally and personally, it’s crucial to ensure you have the necessary support from your partner and family. [Soulaima Gourani – Forbes, 13 December 2023.] READ MORE

In the United States, more than four in ten employees reported feeling “very” or “somewhat” lonely at work. Return-to-office is no cure, and meetings may make the problem worse. [Perceptyx, 8 [...]

The report examines the tangible benefits and employee outcomes that businesses experience when implementing the Best Place for Working Parents’ Top 10 research-backed, family-friendly [...]

Life is never in “balance.” Sometimes work needs to take top priority, sometimes family does, and sometimes we need to take the top spot for ourselves on the importance list. [James M. Kerr [...]

Rights that employers should have in place in relation to employees’ family situations under the UK Employment Rights Act 1996. [Glenn Jaques and Niamh Lewis – People Management, 19 May [...]

Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework. [Richard Fry, Carolina Aragão, Kiley Hurst and Kim [...]

For many non-office roles, the work-from-home phenomenon is clashing against the more traditional approach still being taken by many employers. [Sander van’t Noordende – World [...]

As many of us worked from home during the pandemic, it became evident that things were not particularly equal, even among dual-earner couples. [Adi Gaskell – Forbes, 25 February 2023.] READ MORE

A job that offers autonomy and support for a parent in a child’s first year of life is linked to better cognitive and social outcomes and mental health for that child six years down the road. [...]

America’s fever of workaholism is finally breaking for the rich, who are buying more free time, but unfortunately that’s not the case for the average American worker.  [Bryan Robinson [...]