Construction workers typically work six days a week but research tracking a five-day work week in the industry shows flexibility is key to improving worker well-being, with minimal perceived impact on ...

Working practices in the construction industry have been labeled a relic of a bygone era—64% of employees work more than 50 hours per week. Long working hours can pose significant risks to people's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. We’ve been taught to chase work-life balance as though work ...

A 25-year-old civil engineer from Hyderabad sparked an online debate after sharing on Reddit her struggles with six-day work ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Melissa Wheeler covers leadership strategy and the future of work. Business time plan concept and planning corporate or ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The 23-year-old founder of a San Francisco tech startup has gone viral over a social media post about how his company offers “no work-life-balance.” In a post on X last month, ...

While many countries with 4-day work weeks have recently ended their pilot programs, places like Tokyo and Valencia, Spain are still experimenting with different ways to make the permanent long ...

In a 1930 essay, British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that in 100 years time, technological advances would have displaced so much human labour that people would be working 15-hour weeks – ...

Employees want freedom first, and then money. That’s according to Randstad’s 2025 Workmonitor report. For the first time since the Netherlands-based staffing firm began conducting the global survey in ...

Work-life balance is a myth; focus instead on intentional work-life integration. Enjoying meaningful work removes rigid boundaries and makes both work and life rewarding. Align business goals with ...