Professionals often take pride in working long hours. Others work excessive hours because their supervisors reward only those who are always at work. Data from Clockify, a time tracking software ...

This is Work in Progress, a newsletter by about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here. One of the hard-and-fast laws of economics is that people in rich ...

How many working hours in a year? There are about 2,080 working hours in a year for an employee who works a traditional 40-hour workweek. The average employee works around 8 hours per weekday, ...

Working more than 40 hours a week isn't just tiring; it is actively harming your brain and body. Newsweek spoke to experts in psychiatry and workplace wellness about the risk of health issues and ...

There’s no debate that remote work is here to stay, but the question is what shape it takes and how different types of workers are changing the amount of time they work. My new research shows that ...

Google cofounder Sergey Brin told Gemini staffers a 60-hour workweek is the “sweet spot”—but experts say that’s outrageous. The answer isn’t 40 hours, either. Workplace experts can’t decide what’s the ...

Labor fought for a long time to draw a bright line between work and home. It took almost no time at all to erase it. Credit...Illustration by Brian Rea Supported by By Fred Turner Rush hour, lunch ...

Four construction workers take a nap, balanced on a steel girder hung 800 feet over Manhattan, during the construction of the RCA Building. Man on left has been identified as Joseph Eckner; man second ...

If you’re trying to improve your health, the first stop is likely to be your doctor’s office. But your own office may have nearly as much influence on well-being, according to a growing body of ...

There are few things better for us than regular rest. Whether it's breaks during the day, hobbies that take our mind off work, weekly sabbaths or annual vacations, routines that layer periods of work ...

Over the past decade in South Korea, the primary working hours (employment activities) of citizens have decreased by approximately 20% on weekdays, while the time spent socializing with family and ...