Worker Productivity

Is Tech Addiction Killing Your Small Business?

Melody Stevens | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Tech Addiction, Small Business, Technology Use, Technology Addiction, Worker Productivity, Productivity, Social Media, Smartphones, Email, Small Business News

We have crossed the line. Internet and technology use has ceased being about helpful tools to grow and sustain a business. Instead, in many cases it has become an obsession, a compulsion and an addiction.

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Revenge Of The Geeks

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Overtime Pay, Unpaid Interns, Walmart, Geek Squad, Video, Diana Wang, Wages, Fiscal Times, Taco Bell, Novartis, Labor Department, Worker Productivity, Class Action Lawsuit, Hearst Corporation, Best Buy, Business News

If some workers get their way we may witness the real life version of Revenge of the Nerds -- or in this case, geeks. Geek Squad workers have file...

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Why Working From Home May Not Be All It's Cracked Up To Be

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Work-From-Home, Corporate Profits, Companies Squeezing Workers, Work Productivity, Worker Productivity, Productivity Work From Home, Work From Home, Video, Work From Home Productivity, Corporations Work From Home Productivity, Corporations, Companies Productivity, Corporations Squeezing Workers, Corporations Productivity, Productivity, Business News

Workers are getting more flexibility from their employers, but that doesn't necessarily mean their lives are getting any easier. Companies are le...

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The 10 Hardest-Working Towns In America

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Claritas and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hiring, Total Cereals, Compensation, Worker Productivity, Mri, Corporations, Wages, Parade, Business News

With relatively few Americans in the workforce, those who do have a job are working harder than ever these days. But which city’s got its nose press...

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Did You Hear That? Office Gossip May Be On The Decline

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Video, Office-Gossip, Workplace, Workplace Gossip, Gossip, Business News, Financial Crisis, Water Cooler, Human Resources, Worker Productivity, Business News

Your co-workers have been gossiping less as of late, and that should have the old boss worried. Most workers -- 63 percent, in fact -- say that wat...

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Wages Fell In 2011, While Corporate Profits Surged

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Labor's Share of Income, Labor, Video, Low Wages, Workers, Corporate Profits, Profits, Wages, Salary, Work Productivity, Labor Share of Income, Worker Productivity, Productivity, Business News

A new report out Tuesday shows that working Americans made less money last year, as real wages fell about two percent in 2011, when accounting for inf...

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U.S. Workers Will Hand Employers Billions By Not Taking Vacation Days

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Vacation Time, Company Profits, Video, Unused-Vacation-Days, Vacation Days by Country, Business News, Worker Productivity, Vacation Days, Productivity, Employee Productivity, Business News

American workers are giving their companies a boost by not using all those vacation days. U.S. workers on average won't use two of their vacation ...

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Mobile Devices Are Creating Meeting Madness At Small Businesses

Karen Leland | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Small Business, Meetings, Texting, Mobile Phones, Small Business Cell Phones, Small Business America, Small Business Smartphones, Smartphones, Worker Productivity, Cell Phones, Productivity, Small Business News

Small businesses suffer just as much as major corporations from their constant checking of cell phones in important meetings and even one-on-one conversations. And while big businesses have more staff to cushion the impact, small businesses are by nature tight on resources and need to get the most productivity out of the people they do have.

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U.S. Worker Productivity Falls More Than Anticipated As Labor Costs Rise

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: US Workers Active, US Productivity, Video, Great Speed Up, Workforce Productivity, Unemployment Crisis, Stagnant Wages, Worker Productivity, Business News

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Worker productivity fell this spring more quickly than previously estimated and labor costs r...

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The Strike That Ruined Unions

New York Times | JOSEPH A. McCARTIN | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Corporate Profits, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, Ronald Reagan, Great Recession, Screen Actors Guild Strike, Worker Productivity, Double Dip Recession, Labor Unions, Unions, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Patco, Income, Business News

THIRTY years ago today, when he threatened to fire nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers unless they called off an illegal strike, Ronald Reagan not o...

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Office Single Serve Beverage Systems Are the New Water Cooler

Brian Miller | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Workplace Productivity, Work Productivity, Worker Productivity, Coffee, Productivity, Business News

In order to satisfy their taste buds, American workers are spending valuable time away from the office, which can cut back on both office productivity and hard-earned disposable income. Good coffee in the office changes this though.

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Productivity Falls, Labor Costs Rise: Good News For Workers

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recovery, Labor, Gdp, Worker Income, Output, Labor Costs, Labor Department, Economic Recovery, Worker Productivity, Business News

WASHINGTON — American companies experienced the largest drop in workplace productivity this spring in nearly four years and a rise in labor cost...

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U.S. Worker Productivity Surprisingly Fell In 2nd Quarter

Bloomberg | Courtney Schlisserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Standard, Federal Reserve, Fed?S Open Market Committee, Worker Productivity, Labor Department, Business News

Productivity in the U.S. unexpectedly decreased in the second quarter after employers expanded the workweek by the most in four years even as the worl...

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The Growing Burden of Workloads in the Workplace

Diane Burrus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worker Productivity, Employees, Employers, Workloads, Business News

Employers and managers need to understand the impact that unrelenting heavy workloads, long hours and stress are having on employees and the organization and make a commitment to tackle the issues head on.

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Obama To Hold Job Performance Review With Every American Worker (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worker-Productivity, Video, The Onion, Comedy News

According to The Onion, Obama's latest plan to increase the nation's productivity is to discuss goals and achievement (and increased use of Google doc...

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Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity

Wall Street Journal | Ben Worthen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Worker Productivity, Big Computer Monitors, Productivity, Computer Monitors, Business News

Working late? Blame your computer screen. A new study finds that bigger monitors make people more productive. Researchers at the University of Utah t...

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