Sentences with phrase «take work breaks»

However, take work breaks, such as time for walks, to enjoy nature or to spend time with your family.

I love to use my chocolate chip cookie cravings as an excuse to take a work break and go down to Silver Spoon Bake Shop for their epic salted chocolate chip cookie.

These limitations are designed to prevent truck and bus drivers from becoming fatigued while driving, and require that drivers take a work break and have a sufficient off - duty rest period before returning to on - duty status.

Not exact matches

Like the Pomodoro Technique, a time - management strategy where you work on one task for 25 minutes and then take a five - minute break.

From setting normal working hours (experts suggest 11 am to 12.30 pm) to taking breaks (The Corporate Athlete lists «Dude, when - evs!»

If you don't have time for a real break, take time away from your current sprint to work on something mindless.

The technique encourages users to work for 25 minutes, then take five - minute breaks in between.

They just worked smarter, taking regular breaks (working for 52 minutes, then taking a 17 - minute break).

But breaks are an important part of the workday, and can actually boost productivity when taken as real breaks — not just continued work with the addition of food.

Like Robert, I tend to work fairly long hours, but I have greater control over mine than he does; I can take breaks if I want, work in the evening instead of at mid-day... the total number of hours I work isn't particularly flexible, but when I work them is.

You can work 9 to 5 in a suit and tie in a stuffy cubicle, skip your lunch break and stay heads - down, and still get less done than someone who comes in at 9:30, takes several breaks, dresses casually, and communicates with his / her coworkers often.

So when she discovered that year two of her rotation would focus mostly on surgery, Holly decided to take a break from medicine and give working for her dad's company a try.

While it's important to move forward and not dwell on mistakes, it's also necessary to take a break and review your own work.

Determine if you need to work for 60 minutes and then take a 15 - minute break.

, fitness breaks legitimized in the work schedule, requiring all employees to take a substantial part of their vacation time off, turning off email while on vacation, providing paid parental leave for new parents and encouraging both mothers and fathers to take advantage with no adverse career impact, paid time off for volunteer activities, and more.

As opposed to actually taking a holiday, simply planning a vacation or break from work can improve our happiness.

Our team takes regular activity breaks together, and although we work hard, we have fun together as well.

Workers at New Century Global, a New York insurance firm, were 13 % more accurate in their work when reminded to take breaks.

By promoting habits like taking frequent computer breaks and putting sleep on the agenda, business owners, managers and employees alike can create a healthier work environment more supportive of better sleep and long - term productivity.

For example, if you're at work, replenishing your energy might mean going for a walk, taking a break, watching a funny YouTube video, looking at pictures of your loved ones, meditating, or engaging in a random act of kindness for a colleague.»

While you should take a break from thinking about work during your lunch hour, it's smart to spend at least a few minutes coming up with a plan for tackling your afternoon tasks.

I took a morning break from work and headed over to Jamba Juice, which advertises a free birthday smoothie for all Jamba Insiders (you can sign up free here).

Put it all together and you quickly realize — if you don't love what you do, you are in the new - age of professional hell where you spend your days waiting for a pause in the steady flow of work so that you can take a break.

«We need to work together to break down barriers to care and information for the millions of people desperate to take ownership of their sexual and reproductive health, and tackle disparities in health care access and outcomes.»

If you shouldn't feel guilty about taking off work, you shouldn't have to plan every break with your team.

One of the surest ways to get inspired is to take a break from work.

Some firefighters worked days on the front line, refusing to take breaks, while sheriff's dispatchers continued taking calls even as the fire came close to taking out their building.

Every person working from home must take time to establish a regular work schedule that includes time to stretch your legs and take lunch breaks, plus some days off and scheduled vacations.

Soon I found myself working late morning to late afternoon, taking a couple hours» break for relaxation and dinner, then working some more until late at night, then starting over the next morning.

Studies have found that working for one to two hours, then taking a 20 - to 30 - minute break, keeps your brain fresh and enables you to accomplish more in less time.

For example, say you wanted to imply that your coworker takes too many coffee breaks without actually accusing him wasting time at work.

«Conceptually you could get data about your health, you could get data about your whereabouts, how often you're working, how long you're working, if you're taking toilet breaks and things like that.»

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You're doing work, studying, or relaxing and you take a quick break to play these games.

In a statement, furnished to tech news site Geekwire, which broke the news of the lawsuit last week, Amazon said it works to resolve such cases in a way that protects the company and enables employees to take new jobs.

I started out taking one week of vacation per year and gradually worked up to four, timing my breaks to coincide with the periods when business was slow.

«It takes a great deal of discipline to put work aside when a stream of emails comes through during a holiday break,» Taylor said.

«Other kinds of work — be it exercise, a creative hobby, hands - on parenting, or volunteering — will do more to preserve your zest for Monday's challenges than complete vegetation,» she has written before recommending that, if you really want to feel jazzed up after a break, you should proactively schedule challenging or engaging activities rather than just planning to chill and take things the days as they come.

Johnson was doing graduate work in anthropology at UCLA and took a break from the daily grind one day to watch a track meet.

Even though they are not required by the Fair Labor Standards Act, if you permit your employees to take breaks, they must be counted as hours worked.

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.

So if you work for an hour, take a 10 - minute break.

The Spanish champions took charge after the break, however, restoring their lead through a deflected long - range shot from Brazilian Casemiro in the 61st minute before Portugal forward Ronaldo struck again, from close - range, after fine work by Luka Modric, to score his 600th goal for club and country.

«In fact, we often welcome distractions because they give us a break from work that takes effort and energy.»

Sorry Vern, but unless the corporation is broke and unless you have no intention of taking any pay from the corporate accounts, you better find a way to pay wages to the working principals.

Taking short breaks throughout the day to clear your head or go for a short walk can make the transition to your work routine less aggressive.

«Our operations director is running surveys from the beach, our [senior vice president] of business development is having lunch with a friend in Connecticut because he is working from home, and our [senior vice president] of product development is taking a break to tend to his goats in Vermont,» Fitzgerald says.

And whether you own 100 percent of your business or your unhappy spouse is also your business partner, you may find yourself having to sell assets or take on debt to break up the company you worked so hard to build.

While shifting expectations about connecting to work after - hours and making it easier to take vacations is a great place to start improving your workforce's work - life balance, encouraging people to take breaks during the workday to exercise, meditate or eat a healthy meal is also highly effective.

There's something unnatural about one adult asking another adult for permission to work from home, leave early for a doctor's appointment or take a break.