By the same token, the Divisional Court found it to be common ground that the swimming pool was «a place where one or
more workers work.»
As the on - demand economy grows,
more workers work in a different kind of office.
Not exact matches
Office
workers now receive an average of
more than 100 emails per day and spend 6.3 hours checking both their
work and personal messages.
It requires French companies with
more than 50 employees to take concrete steps towards ensuring their
workers are maintaining
work life balance, giving them the freedom to ignore emails that come after standard
working hours.
And starting in 2008, the majority of U.S.
workers, for the first time,
worked at companies with 500 or
more employees.
As a result, safer
work conditions are becoming
more of a reality for the nearly five million garment - industry
workers in Bangladesh.
He has argued in the past that younger employees are
more stimulated by a communal
work environment than by the classic,
more rigid structure of buildings divided into offices and cubicles, and that major corporations have to adjust in order to keep attracting new
workers.
However, even among full - time
workers (those usually
working 35 hours or
more per week), men
worked longer than women — 8.4 hours, compared with 7.8 hours, respectively, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Namely, it can take a decade or
more for highly trained
workers or immigrant entrepreneurs who create fast - growth companies and jobs to get long - term
work status and citizenship.
The proportion of older
workers (55 +)
working minimum wage jobs grew much
more slowly... but it's the fastest growing age cohort of
workers.
Now that some of the early on - demand
workers have had (mostly) good experiences,
more people are willing to
work for these types of startups.
Taussig shares that the issue is not just helping
workers find employers but rather, «the issue is creating the common framework and context so that they can
work together
more effectively once they have found each other.
The new judging criteria for the federal skilled
worker program will award
more points to younger immigrants and changes the way the government looks at
work experience and education.
So rather than blowing the Q2 budget on a Superdesk to attract a younger class of
worker, consider letting your employees
work from a
more familiar setting: their own homes.
Should
workers switch to
working remotely, you might want to schedule
more one - on - one meetings or calls throughout the month.
«Whereas ten years ago,
work was
more a solitary pursuit, now
workers are dependant on communication with each other.
Workplace pensions are covering a smaller and smaller percentage of
workers — in 1991, 45 % of
workers had an employer - sponsored pension; today it's
more like 33 % — and those who don't have a pension through
work aren't saving enough.
Although Liu
works only with quality suppliers (those that can provide on - site medical care to
workers, for example), he wanted to do
more than adhere to minimum standards.
Workers at New Century Global, a New York insurance firm, were 13 %
more accurate in their
work when reminded to take breaks.
The retailer has so far spent $ 2.7 billion on raises to make sure
workers are motivated to better serve customers and to do
work that is
more complex now, given how much tech is changing in - store shopping.
A University of Iowa study found that
workers who were provided with a portable pedalling device under their desk were able to concentrate better at
work,
more likely to report weight loss and take fewer sick days than co-
workers who pedalled less.
Slow days may seem tedious to employees focused on getting through the workday or worrisome for
workers concerned about the security of their position — either way, there are countless strategies you can use to make your slow
work day
more entertaining and
more productive.
And young
workers are particularly likely to favour being able to
work from their couches — Canada's Telecommunications Industry: Industrial Outlook Spring 2014 suggests that over 70 % of full - time
workers aged 18 — 29 would be
more satisfied in their jobs if they could
work remotely using cloud software.
The move was part of an effort to improve customer service and keep good
workers in a tightening job market at a time when
working in stores is getting
more involved.
Highly motivated
workers are those who will find
work and tighten the labor force
more quickly.
Autonomy breeds
more satisfied and productive
workers while allowing them to strike the right
work - life balance, says Pilz.
That places Vargas in a similar position to a rising number of Silicon Valley
workers brought in by tech giants to
work on third - party firm contracts, not only janitorial services and caterers that can be found in any corporate campus, but
more specific roles created for contractors as projects evolve.
This department no longer simply manages people but also
works with the CIO to manage the technology they use - all with the goal of happier,
more productive
workers.
But, ironically, our loss of sleep, despite the extra hours we put in at
work, collectively adds up to
more than eleven days of lost productivity per year per
worker, or about $ 2,280.
The site reportedly gives its
workers benefits like health insurance as they establish themselves in the network once they
work 20 hours a week or
more.
«Fear of confrontation is so overwhelming, but if you communicate boldly,
more frequently, and honestly... and you're not afraid to
work through conflict, you'll likely reduce your stress and be a better
worker,» says Lynn Taylor, national workplace expert and author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant; How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job.
New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food
workers, which it defines as
working in an establishment with 30 or
more locations.
Additionally, as the nature of
work continues to change, prodded by technological advances that maximize
worker efficiency at the expense of regular
work schedules,
more workers are seeking supplementary income.
Oxfam said that women
workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less than men and usually have lower paid and
more insecure forms of
work.
Those
workers from Coke told him they wanted to
work in a
more inspiring environment.
But the dramatic economic downturn in the world economy that hurt so many
workers starting in 2008 only accelerated a decades - long trend toward
more precarious jobs and the unstable hours, low wages, minimal benefits and insecurity that this
work means for so many.
Today's
workers are pretty entitled when it comes to Olympics - watching during the workday:
More than three - quarters say it's «appropriate» for them to take work time to watch a competition or check scores — and a surprising 56 % think it's just fine for them or their colleagues to spend half an hour of the workday watching, listening to, or reading about the games, and almost 10 % think it's reasonable to spend an hour or more concentrating on the Games instead of their j
More than three - quarters say it's «appropriate» for them to take
work time to watch a competition or check scores — and a surprising 56 % think it's just fine for them or their colleagues to spend half an hour of the workday watching, listening to, or reading about the games, and almost 10 % think it's reasonable to spend an hour or
more concentrating on the Games instead of their j
more concentrating on the Games instead of their jobs.
Another study by CareerBuilder shows that most
workers waste at least an hour or
more each
work day on personal stuff.
In 2014, 47 % of millennials said they wanted to be mentored by their bosses, a figure that actually crept up by one percentage point in this year's survey, even though these
workers have two
more years of
work experience under their belts, and many are even becoming managers themselves.
The bottom line: «What Gibson and Shrader found was that sleep has a definite effect on productivity, which in turn might affect
worker wages (the
more productive you are at
work, the
more likely you either score a raise or get compensated with tips).»
Recognizing Gen Z's entrepreneurial obsession, you might want to offer your future employees
more opportunity to «own» their
work to keep these hard
workers on the payroll as long as you can.
Studies have found that remote
workers are
more productive — 77 percent of survey respondents reported greater productivity, and a study on
work - from - home call center employees found that remote
workers outperformed peers in the office because they took shorter breaks and used less sick leave.
As a result, some managers are implementing
more flexible
working hours and training opportunities to encourage frustrated
workers to stick around.
If you're a full - time
worker in the U.S., chances are that you're
working more.
Interestingly, slightly
more than half of those surveyed who gave the «highest agreement rating» to the statement «I feel I can approach my manager with any type of question» are considered actively engaged in their
work, according to The Wall Street Journal, in a sign that manager openness may be tied to
worker productivity.
«The exemption represented a positive step in the right direction but we still have a lot
more work to do,» Trudeau told the room full of aluminum
workers.
The company has spent billions on giving
workers raises to motivate them as retail
work gets
more complex.
Immigrants who avoid ICE face the possibility of exploitation by employers: A 2008 survey from the National Employment Law Project found that 51 % of all undocumented
workers in New York City were underpaid by
more than $ 1 per hour, and 47 % said they were required to
work after sustaining an injury on the job.
«This was an enormous
work effort... involving hundreds of
workers for
more than a year,» said Imperial spokesman Pius Rolheiser.
«The rumor is that it's
working for
more mass - market sorts of positions,» says Jacque Paige, one of the owners of Smith Hanley, a Southport, Connecticut - based recruitment agency specializing in placing highly skilled
workers.